Paul Hughes BMus (Hons)
studied Composition with John Thomas and Arrangement and
Musical Direction with Paul Bartholomew at Trinity College
of Music in Greenwich. Developing an early interest in
music, Paul started having keyboard lessons at the age of 7
and he wrote his first composition three years later.
Throughout his teens Paul took a number of standard
qualifications in music earlier than usual, passing GCSE
music at the age of 12, AS level music at 14, and A level
music at 16.
Paul writes and arranges music in a variety of genres. He
wrote the 30 minute jazz piece "London Nightscape" in 2005
for 8 players plus tape, which received its first
performance at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich,
London. Stainer and Bell have published a number of his
compositions in publications including 'The Light Touch'
for trumpet (edited by Deborah Calland) and 'Eagles' Wings
and Lesser Things' (an anthology of works with texts by
Janet Wootton). A number of his works for brass and
woodwind are published by Warwick Music. He regularly
arranges music for Kingsway Music's 'kingswaysongs.com' and
DM Music's 'Worship-Downloads.com' (a resource for churches
with few or no musicians) as well as for function bands
such as 'Who's Got The Dog?'. He particularly enjoys
writing and arranging material for Big Band - an interest
which he developed as a result of working with Phil
Collins' Big Band in 1998 - and has completed several Big
Band commissions. He joined the Performing Rights Society
(PRS) in 2005.
Paul also directs various ensembles and plays piano and
keyboards at a variety of events engagements. In particular
he heads up the choir and band under the auspices of
Director of Music at St. Richard's Church in Hanworth,
where he has also co-ordinated and produced two community
project CD recordings and a number of successful musical
concerts and events including 'Harfest' and 'An evening
with Stuart Townend'.
He teaches piano, keyboard, organ, composition, music
technology and music theory, both privately and at a local
school.
