ISB 2025 Convention Presenter — Paul Ellison

Paul Ellison is the Lynette S. Autrey professor of double bass and chair of strings
at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, visiting artist-faculty at the
University of Southern California, Los Angeles (USC), and guest tutor at the
Yehudi Menuhin School, the Royal College of Music, and Bass Club, England. His
current summer positions include principal bass at the Grand Teton Music
Festival, faculty/performer at the Sarasota Music Festival and
faculty/performer at Festival Domaine Forget, Quebec. Previously he served as
principal bass of the Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera and
Aspen Festival Orchestras, professor of double bass and chair of strings at
USC, and president of the ISB. Ellison was the first to receive both a diploma
and teaching certificate from the International Rabbath Institute in Paris. His
former students hold titled positions in major ensembles and institutions of
higher learning on five continents.