Dr. Paul Stevenson is delighted to serve as an adjudicator at this year’s London Kiwanis Music Festival. A proud London native, Paul has a deep connection to the festival—first as a young trumpet competitor, later as a conductor leading numerous ensembles during his 30-year career as a music educator with the
Thames Valley District School Board.
Paul is known as a versatile and dynamic trumpet player. Whether dazzling audiences with a soaring jazz solo or moving them with the warmth of a flugelhorn ballad, he brings artistry, energy, and passion to every performance. Equally at home in classical, jazz, and commercial music, he has earned a reputation as a gifted trumpeter.
Throughout his career, Paul has shared the stage with some of the world’s most iconic artists, including Diana Krall, Aretha Franklin, Natalie Cole, Mary Wilson of The Supremes, The Temptations, Roger Hodgson of Supertramp, Holly Cole, and Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. He has also performed internationally with orchestras such as the Orlando Philharmonic, Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra, Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestra London. As principal trumpet of the Jeans ’n Classics Rock Symphony, Paul has thrilled audiences with genre-blending performances that fuse rock, pop, and symphonic power. His feature concerts—including Brassed Off, Blood, Sweat & Tears & Chicago, and Brassed Off 2—have been presented with orchestras across Canada and the United States. In addition,
he appears on more than 30 recordings, including six acclaimed albums with London’s own Brassroots, the brass and percussion ensemble he has been an integral part of for nearly four decades.
Paul’s artistry extends beyond the stage to the studio, where his playing has enhanced film and television scores, jingles, and broadcast productions. He recently completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Western University. His dissertation, Forging New Pathways: The Historical Development of Brassroots Influenced by the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and Its Impact on the Promotion and Evolution of Canadian Chamber Music, traces both the ensemble’s history and its role in creating original Canadian
repertoire for ten-piece brass ensemble.