Grants & Publishing
Grants
Minnesota State Arts Board 2021
Creative Support for Individuals grant*
To produce an original jazz CD by collaborating
with other artists online and livestream a lecture demonstration on "What is Jazz?"
John Paulson Big Band artist residency
May 2019
Concert w/ the JP Big Band +
Mayo High School Jazz Ensemble
Rochester, MN
Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council
Artist's Residency grant
John Paulson Big Band artist residency
November 2018
Concert w/ the JP Big Band +
Rushford High School Jazz Ensemble
Rushford- Peterson High School
Rushford, MN
Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council
Artist's Residency grant
“Five Years On” JP Big Band CD recording & concert January 2018
Winona State University Winona, MN
Southeastern MN Arts Council/McKnight Foundation Individual Artist Grant
John Paulson Big Band
artist residency March 2016
Concert w/ the JP Big Band +
Red Wing MN High School Jazz Ensemble at The Sheldon Theatre Red Wing, MN
Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council
Artist's Residency grant
John Paulson Jazz Sextet Residency-
clinic & concert January 2013
Century High School Rochester, MN
Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council
Artist's Residency grant
“John Paulson Big Band Project” CD
recording & concert
Winona Art Center Southeastern MN Arts Council/McKnight Foundation
Individual Artist Grant June 2011
St. Mary's U. Grants from The S.E. MN Council
for the Arts, Bush Foundation
in support of Jazz Festivals & various guest artists 1980-2005
Arts Grant Panel Member: Minnesota State Arts Board 1982-1983; Blandin Foundation 1991
Masterclass Articles w/CD's
"John Paulson eGroup" Masterclass article & play-along CD w/ Way Out, Saxophone Journal Vol. 31 Number 2 Nov/Dec 2006
"Bepop Basics" Masterclass article & CD Saxophone Journal Nov/Dec 2002
"Sax Solos w/ Midi Accomp."
Saxophone Journal Masterclass CD/article July/Aug 2000
" John Paulson Group" article and Play-along CD with 10 original compositions Jazz Player Magazine Vol. 6 Number 1 Feb./March 1999
"Minor Blues Workout" Play-along CD and
The Saxophone Journal Vol. 22 Number 2 Sept./Oct. 1997
Additional Publications
SEAMUS Conference 2008 Salt Lake City, Utah
"Interview Highlights w/ Vladimir Ussachevsky"
The Instrumentalist June 1987, "Electronic Pioneers: Update On the Composers at The Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center"
Five research papers on jazz published by the International Association of Jazz Educators
*This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural
heritage fund.
