Paul Basler is Professor of Music at the University of Florida, where he has taught since 1993. Before joining the UF faculty, he served as the Fulbright Senior Lecturer in Music at Kenyatta University (Kenya), taught at Western Carolina University, and was the North Carolina Visiting Artist in Residence at Caldwell Community College. A frequent guest performer, lecturer, and composer at national and international festivals, horn society workshops, and universities, he also serves on the faculty of the prestigious Cormont Horn Camp (previously known as Kendall Betts Horn Camp). Basler has performed with the Brevard, Charleston, Valdosta, Greenville, and Asheville Symphonies and maintains an active performing schedule throughout the United States and abroad. He has been awarded American Cultural Affairs Specialist Grants from the U.S. Department of State and spent ten years as Visiting Artist with the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Culture and National Conservatory of Music.

Basler’s compositions are performed worldwide, with notable appearances at Carnegie Hall, Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, the Sydney Opera House, the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, and the Festival Internacional de Música de Cantonigròs, as well as by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. His music is published by Carl Fischer, Colla Voce Music, jamesnaigus.com, Walton Music, Hinshaw Music, Canorous Music Publishing, WaveFront Music, ALRY Publications, Veritas Musica Publications, and the International Horn Society Press.

He earned his B.M. degree from Florida State University and M.M., M.A., and D.M.A. degrees from Stony Brook University. His teaching has been recognized with awards from the University of Florida, Western Carolina University, the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Culture, and the Kenyan Office of the President’s Permanent Music Commission. His principal horn teachers were William Purvis, William Capps, Barry Benjamin, and Wayne Fraederich, and his composition teachers included John Boda, John Downey, Bülent Arel, John Lessard, and Billy Jim Layton.