Music Director
Dr. Paul J. Sherman, oboist, conductor, musicologist and performer on both modern and baroque period instruments, enjoys a career with many different musical branches. He studied at CalArts with Allan Vogel for his B.F.A. and USC for his graduate work. He received a doctorate in performance, conducting, early music and music history from USC.
Dr. Sherman is currently executive director of ensemble green and has commissioned and performed several new works with the ensemble. His work has included traveling to Cambodia and Vietnam to premier a new work by Chinary Ung, with the Grammy Award Winning ensemble, Southwest Chamber Music. He performs on baroque period instruments with the Harmonia Baroque Players, Musica Angelica, the Corona del Mar Baroque Orchestra and his own ensemble, Ventus Baroque, which specializes in baroque wind music. He also teaches baroque period performance practice at Cal Arts.
In the jazz idiom he has performed with the Dutz Quintet ,which released its debut CD in November 2007, GO Organic Orchestra, and the Vinny Gollia Large Ensemble.
In an orchestral setting, he has performed with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Master Choral Orchestra, Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, Riverside Philharmonic, the Santa Clarita Symphony and many others.
He is currently teaching at College of the Canyons, CalArts and USC and is the music director of the Symphony of the Canyons, formerly the Santa Clarita Valley Youth Orchestra, and the Intermediate Orchestra.