Welcome to Paul W. Thompson Music!
I teach musical theater voice, popular vocal styles, music improv, traditional and contemporary piano, and the situations in which these arts overlap. At Paul W. Thompson Music, the study of music (whether for theatrical purposes or not) is student-focused. In this way, students can achieve the goals they set up for themselves when they begin instruction. Learn more.
“As a lifelong musician, I approach music in a broad, multi-disciplinary way. One style is a valid as another, and they all can be done well. Which one are we doing today? And as an experienced theater practitioner, I realize that music is one of the tools at the storyteller’s disposal. How does character-based music help tell this story? And how do music and theater inform and enhance one another?”
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Current and Recent Professional Work at:
Interlochen Center for the Arts
The Second City
Chicago Symphony Chorus
BroadwayWorld Chicago
St. James Cathedral
National Association of Teachers of Singing
Actors’ Equity Association
American Guild of Musical Artists
Transgressive Theatre-Opera
Improvised Sondheim Project
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Des Plaines School of Music
Paul W. Thompson Music Studio