Have you always wanted to learn to play the violin? Ever thought about what your next camping trip or holiday get-together would be like with you accompanying your friends and family in their favorite songs on guitar? What about the piano that has been in your living room collecting dust for years? Perhaps you want to audition for your local musical theater company or you understand the importance of music lessons in your child’s life.
At Bower Music our goal is to enable you to enjoy the beautiful gift of music in all of its richness and splendor. All of our teachers undergo a screening and interview process and are college-trained professionals. We are confident that we are sending you some of Albuquerque’s finest teachers for your instrument, and as an added bonus, most of our lessons are taught in the comfort of your home at a time that is convenient for you.
Here at Bower Music, we are committed to providing excellence in music performance and instruction in the Albuquerque metro area and throughout the region. Baritone Paul Bower performs regularly with opera companies throughout the region and maintains a private voice studio in Albuquerque.
In addition, Bower Music offers a roster of teachers for various instruments who will travel to the student’s home to teach. If you would like to consider Paul for a performance, please view his resume and photos or listen to an audio clip. If you are interested in music lessons with Paul or another one of our instructors, then check out the instruction page on our website.
Paul Bower began singing as a member of the Cincinnati Boychoir in 1984. He pursued his singing career in college at Northern Kentucky University, where he graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Music in Voice and a Bachelor of Music Education in 1997. While in Cincinnati, Paul had the privilege of performing with Cincinnati Music Theater, Northern Kentucky Symphony, Carnegie Opera Theater, and the Sorg/Whitewater Opera companies. Paul moved to New Mexico in 1997 to attend the University of New Mexico, where he studied with Marilyn Tyler and earned his Master of Music in Voice in 1999. Since then he has sung professionally with many organizations in New Mexico and around the country including Opera Southwest, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Santa Fe Symphony, Albuquerque Chamber Orchestra, The New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, and the opera companies of Santa Fe, San Diego, Pittsburgh, Des Moines, Amarillo, and El Paso. His roles include Marcello, Schaunard, Eugene Onegin, Marullo, Pistola, Mercutio, Figaro (Barber), Dancairo, Baron Douphol, Yamadori, Angelotti, Pish-Tush, Guglielmo, Dr. Falke, and Silvio.
Paul has had the privilege of singing with the Kentucky Institute for International Studies in Salzburg, Austria in 1994, the East-West International Music Festival in Altenburg Germany in 1998, and as a participant in the International Singing Competition of Cologne, Germany in 2002. He has also received two encouragement awards from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
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