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Grants
 

John Paulson Big Band 
Minnesota State Arts Board Grant 2023**
Record & Produce "The Refuge Project"-

CD #3 of original big band Jazz 
plus a support concert & talk with
the big band at Mayo High School 
Rochester, MN**

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John Paulson Big Band artist residency
October 14-15, 2022 
Concert Oct. 15 7 pm w/ the JP Big Band +

Caledonia High School Jazz Band directed by
Dustin Moburg

Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council 
Artist's Residency grant*

 

Minnesota State Arts Board 2021
Creative Support for Individuals grant**

Collaborative CD Project during the pandemic
"So Far CD" released in 2022 plus a  lecture/ demonstration on "What is Jazz?"**  

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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*

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John Paulson Jazz Sextet Residency-

clinic & concert January 2013
Century High School Rochester, MN 
Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council

Artist's Residency grant*

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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

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Arts Grant Panel Member: Minnesota State Arts Board 1982-1983; Blandin Foundation 1991

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Masterclass Articles w/CD's

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"John Paulson eGroup" Masterclass article & play-along CD w/ Way Out, Saxophone Journal Vol. 31 Number 2 Nov/Dec 2006

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"Bepop Basics" Masterclass article & CD Saxophone Journal Nov/Dec 2002 

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"Sax Solos w/ Midi Accomp." 
Saxophone Journal Masterclass CD/article July/Aug 2000

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" 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 

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Additional Publications

SEAMUS Conference 2008 Salt Lake City, Utah
"Interview Highlights w/ Vladimir Ussachevsky"

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The Instrumentalist June 1987, "Electronic Pioneers: Update On the Composers at The Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center"

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Five research papers on jazz published by the International Association of Jazz Educators