Peter Paulsen

Peter Paulsen is currently Assistant Professor of Double Bass/Jazz Studies at West Chester University and is Section Bass with the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra, Principal Bass of the Allentown Symphony Orchestra. He is an active composer of works for his instrument, receiving three prestigious Pennsylvania Council on the Arts composition grants. Mr. Paulsen is founder/director/bassist of TurksHeadKnot Contemporary Music Ensemble, having presented numerous premiers of commissioned works for the ensemble and having premiered both his song cycle “The Wild Iris”, a second song cycle, “Songs of Late Summer” and recently premiered his, “Shanghied Paisano”, in collaboration with the Dali String Quartet.