Paul Sherman

Dr. Paul J. Sherman enjoys a varied career as a conductor, oboist, and musicologist. He performs on both modern and baroque period instruments and performs in many different musical branches including jazz, classical and early music. His doctorate is in oboe performance with minors in conducting, early music and music history from the USC Thornton school of music. When graduating from USC he was honored as the university's top wind graduate.

He is an Assistant Professor of music and head of music history at Glendale College, conductor of the Glendale College Orchestra and of the Crown City Symphony. Dr. Sherman has been on the faculty of USC as Instructor of Early Music, at Chapman University as Director of the Wind Symphony and Coordinator of winds and brass, and at College of the Canyons for twenty years as Director of the Symphony of the Canyons. He also teaches study abroad music courses in Bali, Cambodia, and Ghana.

Dr. Sherman has appeared with the LA. Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, LA Master Chorale, Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, Santa Barbara Opera, Southwest Chamber Music, Santa Fe Pro Musica and Music Angelica among many others. He has recorded with numerous ensembles in all genre of music. His recording of the music of Jeffery Holmes was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2019.