Paul John Rudoi

Megan Roth

Paul John Rudoi is an award-winning composer, conductor, tenor vocalist, and arts entrepreneur. Deemed “indisputably unique, confident, and innovative” through the American Prize, Paul’s compositions have been commissioned and performed by various ensembles and artists throughout North America and Europe. His work has garnered numerous grants from the Jerome Foundation, the ACF, MRAC, MSAB, the NEA, and ASCAP. His music is published through PJR Music alongside Graphite, Santa Barbara, Walton, Morningstar, and ECS music publishers. As a professional tenor vocalist, Paul has performed and recorded a wide range of music in professional ensembles nationwide including Seraphic Fire, The Santa Fe Desert Chorale, and Cantus. During his tenure in Cantus, he premiered dozens of new works, traveled across four continents, conducted and educated in masterclasses driven by Cantus’ artistic and programming model, and advocated for arts education and empowerment via outreach opportunities nationwide. Paul is also a fierce advocate for new music trends, resources, and issues. He is co-founder and CEO of “Consortio,” the online consortium building platform designed to help composers, conductors, and ensembles find common themes and interests for consortium-based commissioning while offering tools and services to make such commissioning more readily accessible and feasible. Paul holds degrees from the Hartt School and the University of Oregon. His teachers have included Dr. Sharon Paul, Robert Kyr, Libby Larsen, and Dr. Edward Bolkovac.

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