About the composer:

Shaun Paul Diaz, is a well established cellist, performer, and composer of contemporary music and music for film. He has studied extensively in composition, cello performance, improvisation and orchestral performance and holds a BM in cello performance from the University of Colorado . Shaun Paul began his own record label, Shaun Paul Productions, in 2004 with the release of his first nationally and internationally distributed album , “A Path to Somewhere .”

His compositions span a wide range of styles and emotions and is eclectic and powerfully visual and emotional. His imaginative melodies feature the cello and are accompanied by a wide range of instruments, very often the entire symphony orchestra. He currently studies composition under two time Emmy award winning composer Hummie Mann at the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program.

A few of his varied experiences have included attending the Aspen Music Festival and School, and the Henry Mancini Institute at UCLA. He has performed with the University of Colorado Symphony, the Aspen Music Festival Symphonia, the Henri Mancini Institute jazz orchestra, at the Hollywood Bowl with Diana Crawl, and at the Icicle Creek Chamber Music Institute in Leavenworth, Washington. Shaun is well versed in both classical and popular music genres and is currently composing music for film. He is a member of ASCAP and the Seattle Composers Alliance.