Paul Rudy (1962) has composed for orchestra, chamber music, electroaoustic, site-specific sound installations and sonic journeying with sound spanning the globe. He is a Rome Prize (2010), Guggenheim (2008), Fulbright (1997) and Wurlitzer Foundation (2007 and 2009) Fellow. His music has won the Sounds Electric ’07 Competition (Dublin), EMS Prize (Sweden), Citta di Udine (Prize ex aequo, Italy), and has received recognition and commissions from IMEB, Bourges (2008 commission), SEAMUS, Meet the Composer, the American Composer’s Forum, SCI, National Music Teacher’s Association. He teaches at the University of Missouri at Kansas City Conservatory, where he received the 2008 Kauffman Award for Artistic Excellence. In 1994 he completed the Colorado Grand Slam after climbing all 54 of Colorado's 14,000 ft peaks. That goal completed, his current goal is to enjoy surfing the unknown and catch all the things he missed getting to all those summits. Recordings of his acclaimed 2012 Stories are available on iTunes and at www.aucourantrecords.com. Group and private performance meditations and journeys are also available upon request at Twistedtrail@sbcglobal.net. Please visit www.paulrudy.com for more information about my music and life.

Zuvuya ~ Circle of Life Paul Rudy Zuvuya, Mayan which literally means "circuit by which all things return to themselves," is the third CD in a series on spirituality and human transformation" called 2012 Stories. These tracks explore the connectedness of all things and the circular pattern around which life oscillates. The structure and expression here is inspired by my young yoga practice and the exploration of breath and energy internally and externally. Prana...a physical portal into...more

Kuxan Suum Paul Rudy Kuxan suum, Mayan for “Road to the sky,” is about healing and reconciliation, and follows In lake’ch as the second in a series of CDs focusing on spirituality and transformation. Each of the 11 movements has a different lens through which it looks at the healing imperative at a time and place where our thoughts, and their resulting actions, have brought us to the brink of our own extinction. And yet, there are hope...more

In lake'ch Paul Rudy In lake’ch (Mayan for “i am another yourself”) is a 13 movement work about the environment...it is about human evolution from a base existence of materialism toward a higher horizon of spiritualism nurtured by resonant light. It is about peace and optimism... It asks each of us to look inward...to evaluate our relationships with the earth...ourselves...each other...while gazing out to a far beyond...a creation story: not the one...more