Paul Hale

Paul Hale, cellist, is a Bay Area native, and started orchestra playing in California Youth Symphony. He attended UC Berkeley studying mechanical engineering, and music performance and cello with Margaret Rowell. He played in many master classes at SF Conservatory of Music and Stanford, and he also studied at Tanglewood and Music Academy of the West. He taught cello at UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, and Castro Valley School of Music. He was a member of Oakland Symphony for 20 years and Philharmonia Baroque for 33 years before resigning to do more freelance work. He is currently a member of Opera San Jose, Livermore Opera, Jubilate Baroque Orchestra, and California Symphony (since 1986), and he plays frequently with many other Bay Area groups including Santa Rosa Symphony, Marin Symphony, Berkeley Symphony, San Jose Chamber Orchestra, Chora Nova, CA Bach Society, and SF Bach Choir.