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Currently composer in Residence with the Minnesota Orchestra, a position he has held since 1983. His works for orchestra include: Concerto For Orchestra, Soliloquy For Orchestra, Ordway Overture, Translucent Landscapes, Seven Short Pieces, and Soliloquy. For chamber orchestra: Reflections and Spectra. His orchestral works have received performances from the Minnesota Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Oakland Symphony, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Houston Symphony, American Symphony Orchestra, and others. In addition to his works for orchestra, Paulus also has three operas to his credit. The Village Singer, The Postman Always Rings Twice, and The Woodlanders were all commissioned and premiered by the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. The Postman…also was the first American opera production ever presented at the Edinburgh Festival when the Saint Louis Opera Company performed it there in September, 1983. Paulus has received Guggenheim and NEA Fellowships as well as commissions from the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard, the Atlanta Symphpony, the Dale Warland Singers, and others. His Christmas cantata, So Hallow’d Is The Time was given its European premiere at the Aldeburgh Festival and has been recorded on the Pro Arte Label by the Plymouth Music Series of Minneapolis. Paulus is also active as Vice-President on the Board for the Minnesota Composers Forum, an organization that he co-founded.

Title	Ensemble Type	Composed	Duration	Media
Manhattans Sinfonietta	Orchestra		00:15:00
Music of the Night	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:00:00
Seven for the Flowers Near the River	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:00:00
Angels We Have Heard on High	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices		00:02:00
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices		00:02:00
The First Nowell	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices		00:02:00
Wassail Song	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices		00:00:00
Meditations of Li Po	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices		00:15:00
Shall We Gather at the River?	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices		00:03:00
Banchetto Musicale	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:12:00
Bittersuite	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble		00:00:00
Organ Concerto	Orchestra		00:21:00
Heloise and Abelard	Opera/Theater	2002	02:00:00	Heloise and Abelard
Summer	Opera/Theater	1999	02:00:00
The Water is Wide	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1996	00:03:00
Pilgrim Jesus	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1996	00:05:00
Whitman's Dream	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1995	00:11:00
The Woman at Ottawi Crossing	Opera/Theater	1995	01:50:00
Preludes	Keyboard	1994	00:18:00
Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra	Orchestra	1993	00:25:00
Songs of Love and Longing	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1992	00:10:00
Air on Seurat	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1991	00:07:00
Voices from the Gallery	Orchestra	1991	00:30:00
Harmoonia: opera in one act	Opera/Theater	1991	00:45:00
Suite from Harmoonia	Orchestra	1991	00:05:00
Street Music	Orchestra	1990	00:03:30
Excerpts from Symphony for Strings	Orchestra	1989	00:22:00
Fantasy in Three Parts	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1989	00:15:00
American Vignettes: Six American Folk Songs	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1988	00:18:00
Violin Concerto	Orchestra	1987	00:25:00
Dance	Keyboard	1986	00:03:00
Suite from The Postman Always Rings Twice	Orchestra	1986	00:22:00
Reflections: Four Movements on a Theme of Wallace Stevens	Orchestra	1985	00:22:00
Ordway Overture	Orchestra	1985	00:05:00
Symphony in Three Movements (Soliloquy)	Orchestra	1985	00:30:00
The Woodlanders: a romantic tragedy in three acts	Opera/Theater	1985	02:05:00
Seven Short Pieces for Orchestra	Orchestra	1984	00:13:00
All My Pretty Ones	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1984	00:26:00
Artsongs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1983	00:27:00
Divertimento for Harp and Chamber Orchestra	Orchestra	1983	00:12:00
Concerto for Orchestra - The Veil of Illusion	Orchestra	1983	00:27:00
The Postman Always Rings Twice	Opera/Theater	1982	02:00:00
Translucent Landscapes	Orchestra	1982	00:18:00
Courtship Songs	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1981	00:15:00
Lately Arrived from London (from Letters for the Times)	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1980	00:05:00
Music for Contrasts	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1980	00:15:00
Spectra for Small Orchestra	Orchestra	1980	00:15:00
So Hallow'd is the Time: Christmas Cantata	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1980	00:40:00
Letters for the Times	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1980	00:15:00
This is the Month	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1980	00:01:00
Run, Shepherds, Run	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1980	00:01:00
A Child, My Choice	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1980	00:04:00
Sing, Hevin Imperiall	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1980	00:02:00
Village Singer, The	Opera/Theater	1979	01:00:00
The Village Singer	Orchestra	1979	01:00:00
Now is the Gentle Season	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1978	00:03:00
We Give Thee but Thine Own	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1977	00:04:00
Built on a Rock	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1977	00:04:00
Marginalia	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1977	00:10:00
Mad Book, Shadow Book	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1976	00:25:00
Lunar Maria	Unknown	1976	00:00:00
Silver the River	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1976	00:03:00
Pium Paum	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1976	00:03:00
Hallelu!	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1975	00:02:00
Personals	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1975	00:06:35
Wind Suite for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1975	00:08:30

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