About Nate
Nate Paul was born and raised in Strawberry Plains, Tennessee. His voice has been described as “show-stopping and nothing less than thrilling” and as having “the presence of a stage-struck powerhouse.” (Broadway World: Nashville). He is a three-time national Orpheus Voice Competition semi-finalist, a Georgina Joshi Fellowship finalist, and a national semi-finalist in the NATS National Student Auditions. His recent performances include singing in the North Dakota/Manitoba District of the Met Laffont Competition, singing the roles of Prologue/Peter Quint in The Turn of the Screw, Dr. Blind in Die Fledermaus, Njegus in The Merry Widow, and Beadle Bamford and Adolfo Pirelli in Sweeney Todd. He is a frequent concert soloist as well, having sung as the tenor soloist in Beethoven’s Mass in C Major, Telemann’s Die Donner-Ode, and Handel’s Messiah. In upcoming performances, he will sing as Le Petit Vieillard and La Rainette in L'Enfant et les Sortilèges with Indiana University Opera Theatre. He will also be presenting multiple voice recitals in styles ranging from opera and art song to gospel and spirituals to both golden age and contemporary musical theater. Works performed will be by composers such as Rossini, Donizetti, Ravel, Quilter, Louis Beydts, Cedric Dent of Take 6, Adam Guettel, Hebert Howells, Sarah Rodgers, Sigmund Romberg, Damien Sneed, and Robert Wright. Paul is also an award-winning music director and conductor, with some past works including La Cage aux Folles, Les Misérables, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Wiz, Newsies, The Addams Family, Heathers, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Nate earned his Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance at Middle Tennessee State University before completing a Master of Music degree as well as a Graduate Certificate in Vocology at The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He is currently a third-year doctoral student at I.U. where he received a full-tuition performance fellowship in voice performance. He has since been promoted to the position of Associate Instructor at I.U. where he teaches voice pedagogy and assists renowned vocologist and teacher, Dr. Brian Gill, with the Vocology Certificate program he was once a pupil of. Paul has co-authored and presented research at The Voice Foundation with Gill, Filipa Lã, and pioneer voice researcher, Dr. Johan Sundberg. He currently is on faculty as an assistant professor of voice and voice pedagogy at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.
