Paul Von Hoff

Paul Von Hoff is a trombonist and chamber music specialist who performs extensively on both historic and modern trombones. Paul is a founding member of the Gaudete Brass Quintet, a modern brass quintet founded in 2004 that has toured extensively, given masterclasses at schools such as Juilliard and Eastman, recorded four albums, most recently recording Chicago Moves and sevenfive for Cedille Records, and premiered over sixty new works. Paul is also especially passionate about the music of the 16th and early 17th centuries. He has explored this music with his own group, Rook, with whom he recorded the album eleven, as well as with the Newberry Consort, Three Notch’d Road, Bella Voce, Piffaro, and the Wayward Sisters. He has also expanded his interest in historical performance to later centuries, recording Tchaikovsky with Philharmonie Austin on romantic period trombones. Recently Paul has coordinated live telematic performances of musicians playing together online from different locations using emerging networking technologies including a series of performances with Gaudete sponsored by a Digital Residency Grant from Chamber Music America.