Paul Morin is an New York City based composer, pianist, artist and teacher.
As a composer Paul has worked on award winning feature films, documentaries, short films, and art videos. The films he has composed for have recently been seen in theaters and film festivals. Selected film festivals include: Queens International Film Festivals at the Museum of the Moving Image, Soho International Film Festival, Twin Cities Film Festival, Hamilton Film Festival, Kansas International Film Festival, Thin Line Film Festival, Palm Springs Film Festival, Palm Springs Film Festival, San Antonio International Film Festival, Oxford Film Festival and Northwest Fest. Paul has also worked on live radio shows including Ackerman and Associates meets Dracula and Dorothy.
He released his first record for solo piano in 2011, “Succession of Images” and in 2017 he released a chamber music EP, “Hope.”
As an artist Paul’s art works have been displayed in museums and galleries. During his solo show at Spectrum Gallery in New York City the NY Press wrote, “Paul Morin takes visitors on a trip though time with music and sound.” Other exhibitions in museums and gallery’s include The Elevator Museum, The Aviation Museum NJ, Ward- Nasse Gallery, The Gallery at Logos, Art Bar and Port Jeff Village Center.
As a pianist Paul has performed in concert halls in the United States and South America. Recent performances include Steinway Hall NYC, United Nations, Loewe Theater, Tenri Cultural Institute, and the Cultural House in Ecuador. He has been a prize winner in competitions and for two years in a row he was awarded the Suffolk piano teachers forum prize.
Being an avid educator, Paul implements master classes in New York and South America. He recently taught a master class at the Performing Arts Conservatory of New York and The Cultural House of Quevedo in Ecuador. He has also been an adjunct-instructor at New York University. He currently has a music studio teaching Piano and composition in New York City. Paul holds a Masters Degree in piano performance from New York University where he studied piano under Martin Canin and composition under Justin Dello Joio and a Bachelor Degree in Music from Stony Brook University studying piano under Christina Dahl.
“Paul Morin takes visitors on a trip through time with music and sound” New York Press (2014)
“Paul Morin’s art comprised of soft variegated strokes and streaks of vibrant color strike one as notes in a kind of visual music” Gallery and Studio Magazine (2011)
‘The mellifluent feel of Paul Morin’s music transposes beautifully to the
canvas medium. The flow of his colors is suggestive of a movement that could easily be described as harmony visualized” ArtBar (2013)
“Paul Morin is a fine pianist that performs with superb pianism and great sensitivity” XLNT Music (2011)