Paul Holmes Morton

LUTE

Paul Holmes Morton is native to the state of Pennsylvania, where he had his first music lessons on his father’s banjo. His studies with the virtuoso classical guitarist Ernesto Tamayo gifted him a technical tour through musical theories and history. Later Morton picked up the lute, and found it lying at the crossroads between the classics and the living folk traditions. His explorations of performance practice carry him to Handel operas, old time tunes, new compositions, and all there is between.

Perpetually inspired by music as a vehicle to transport oneself across time and culture, Paul Holmes can be found in a variety of venues from cathedrals and concert halls to smoky bars and country barns, anywhere that allows performance to lend harmony to the present noise.

As a lutenist, guitarist, banjo player, composer, and arranger Morton performs across North America and beyond with Ruckus, The Chivalrous Crickets, and the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado. An active recording artist, his musicianship can be found on albums by The Chivalrous Crickets, Makaris, Emi Ferguson, Tiny Glass Tavern, and Paul Simon.