Paul Erhard

Associate Professor of Double Bass

Email: paul.erhard@colorado.edu
Websites: http://www.amazingbass.net; http://www.atmicvision.com
Office Location: Room C133, Imig Music Building
Office Phone: 303-492-4918
Mailing Address: 301 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0301

Dr. Paul Erhard, Associate Professor of Double Bass in the University of Colorado College of Music in Boulder since 1986, earned his BM from Eastman, and his Masters and Doctorate degrees from Juilliard, as a student of James VanDemark and Homer Mensch. He won the 1984 Juilliard Double Bass Concerto Competition and performed at Lincoln Center. Erhard performs as a soloist and teaches internationally. He has been a guest clinician at many double bass conferences in the USA and Europe as well as a judge for numerous competitions in the USA, Europe, and South America, including the “Johann-Matthias-Sperger” Solo Competition in Germany. Erhard is principal double bass of the Boulder Bach Festival, and was principal bass of the Soviet Emigré Orchestra, Albany Symphony in New York. An active jazz bassist, Paul’s current jazz collaboration is the John Gunther (sax) / Paul Erhard Duo. Paul’s pioneering efforts playing the music of India led him to form the double bass-flute-tabla trio Atmic Vision in 2004. Atmic Vision's inaugural 2005 USA tour culminated with the recording of their first CD, Expanding Horizons. The 2007 USA tour included 16 concerts and 30 Indian music workshops. The 2008 Tour of Colorado, Illinois, Wisconsin, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and in Paris included 16 concerts and 24 Indian music workshops. At CU, Paul teaches Improvisation for String Players, drawing upon his experiences with Indian music, and the Orchestral Audition Class designed to prepare CU string majors for professional symphony orchestra auditions. Erhard directs the Rocky Mountain Double Bass Festival.