Biography
Paul Floyd is in demand as a pianist and vocal coach in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. For sixteen years he served as an Assistant Conductor at Los Angeles Opera and was regularly featured as a lecturer at pre-performance talks. As a teacher and conductor, he has served on the faculties of Chapman University and the University of California, Los Angeles. In the summers he can be found coaching singers and conducting at the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, and he has held similar positions at The Santa Fe Opera, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Astoria Festival in Oregon.
Paul holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in addition to piano degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the University of Southern California, where he graduated summa cum laude. His film credits include an appearance with Julie Andrews and Anna Netrebko in Princess Diaries II (Disney, 2004) and a Walt Disney Concert Hall performance with Vivica Genaux in Anthony Hopkins’ Fracture (Newline, 2007).