I'm Paul Rudy, a composer, artist, teacher, and dreamer with over 20 years of experience shaping music composition and related subjects at the University of Missouri–Kansas City Conservatory. I blend sonic invention with visual imagination, performing, teaching, and curating projects that explore how sound, space, and energy interact to create meaningful experience. I engage across electroacoustic music, installation, and collaborative work with museums, film, dance, architecture, and public art.

Paul Rudy

I'm Paul Rudy, a composer, artist, teacher, and dreamer with over 20 years of experience shaping music composition and related subjects at the University of Missouri–Kansas City Conservatory. I blend sonic invention with visual imagination, performing, teaching, and curating projects that explore how sound, space, and energy interact to create meaningful experience. I engage across electroacoustic music, installation, and collaborative work with museums, film, dance, architecture, and public art.

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I’m Paul Rudy, a composer, artist, teacher, and dreamer with over 20 years of experience shaping music composition and related subjects at the University of Missouri–Kansas City Conservatory. I blend sonic invention with visual imagination, performing, teaching, and curating projects that explore how sound, space, and energy interact to create meaningful experience. I engage across electroacoustic music, installation, and collaborative work with museums, film, dance, architecture, and public art.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Curators’ Distinguished Professor at University of Missouri–Kansas City Conservatory
January 1, 1999 - Present
Freshman through doctoral level instruction of composition-related subjects including thesis and dissertation supervision. Program coordinator of a nationally ranked composition program; Director of the electronic music studios; Chair of the Barr Institute for American Composition studies; International lecturer; Research specialties include electroacoustic aesthetics and analysis, careers in composition, The Artist in Society, Film Sound, and electroacoustic composition.
Composer - Artist at Twisted Trail Music
January 1, 1989 - Present
Creative projects across multiple media with international performances, residencies, guest composer/artist engagements, collaborations with museums, video art, film, dance/choreography, public art, architecture, devised theater; work includes stone sculpture, land art, fine art photography, and installations.
Sound Healing Practitioner at N8xt Level
January 1, 2012 - Present
Sound healing practice with individual and group clients, workshops and instruction; collaborative practice with Dr. Timir Bhakta; ongoing practice since 2012.
Curators’ Distinguished Professor at University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory
January 1, 1999 - Present
Freshman through doctoral level instruction of composition related subjects including thesis and dissertation supervision. Program coordinator of nationally ranked composition program; Director of the electronic music studios; Chair: Barr Institute for American Composition studies; International Lecturer; Research specialties: Surgilb (UMKC Medical School, OR Safety), Aesthetics and Analysis of Electroacoustic Music, Careers in Composition, The Artist in Society (General Education), Film Sound, Electroacoustic Composition.

Education

MA in Music Composition at University of Texas at Austin
January 1, 1994 - January 1, 1997
MM in Music Composition at University of Colorado Boulder
January 1, 1989 - January 1, 1992
MA in Music Composition at University of Texas
January 1, 1994 - January 1, 1997
MM in Music Composition at University of Colorado
January 1, 1989 - January 1, 1992

Qualifications

Fulbright Fellowship
January 1, 1997 - December 3, 2025
Guggenheim Fellowship
January 1, 2008 - December 3, 2025
Elliott Carter Rome Prize Fellowship
January 1, 2010 - December 3, 2025
2 Global Music Awards
January 1, 2012 - December 3, 2025
Kauffman Awards for Artistry
January 1, 2008 - December 3, 2025
Kauffman Awards for Service
January 1, 2019 - December 3, 2025
Fulbright Fellowship
January 1, 1997 - December 3, 2025
Guggenheim Fellowship
January 1, 2008 - December 3, 2025
Elliott Carter Rome Prize Fellowship
January 1, 2010 - December 3, 2025
UMKC Conservatory Kauffman Awards for Artistry
January 1, 2008 - December 3, 2025
EMS Prize (Stockholm, Sweden)
January 1, 2002 - December 3, 2025
Bourges International Competition of Electroacoustic Music
January 1, 2000 - December 3, 2025
Bourges International Competition of Electroacoustic Music
January 1, 2005 - December 3, 2025
Bourges International Competition of Electroacoustic Music
January 1, 2007 - December 3, 2025

Industry Experience

Education, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Other