Brian Paulding is a trombone player, music educator, and composer living in Boston Massachusetts. He is an internationally touring musician and trombone player with Kotoko Brass, a West African dance band described by The Boston Globe as “propulsive, infectious party music.” Brian is also a music educator and teaching artist. He is on music faculty at Boston Arts Academy, and a teaching artist at East Boston’s award winning youth development nonprofit, Zumix
Kotoko Brass @ Accurate Records. Somerville, MA. November 2, 2019
Performer
Internationally touring artist and tour manager with many reggae, funk, and world music groups as well as two of New Englands premier wedding bands
Educator
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Zumix Youth Latin Ensemble Director and Brass Instructor teaching private trumpet, trombone, and tuba lessons with emphasis on youth development and culturally relevant repertoire.
Composer
Soundscape and ambient composer and multi-instrumentalist of eleven self-produced albums with work featured in ILLUMINUS Festival and NPR’s Invisibilia podcast.