Paul Quigley                                                                

Lecturer/Private Music Instructor         

Office: Zankel Music Center 006
Phone: (518) 580-5320 
Email:  paulquigley@skidmore.edu

 

Guitarist Paul Quigley has performed with the Glens Falls Symphony and as concerto soloist with The University Orchestra at SUNY Albany. Other solo and chamber music performances include Troy Music Hall, the Riverside Church Christ Chapel series, Hunter College, The Spanish Institute, and the Oberwald Concert Series in Basel, Switzerland. Additionally, Paul was a featured performer on the Queen Elizabeth II World Cruise and the Queen Mary II and Crystal Symphony ships. Paul is a member of the Finger Lakes Guitar Quartet which has performed at the Cleveland Guitar Society’s “Up and Coming Artists” series, Marietta College, Lake Luzerne Summer Music Festival, Zankel Music Center, Keuka College, and the Great Lakes Guitar Society. Recent performances include works written for the FLGQ including premieres of “Forever Wild”, by Evan Mack (written for the FLGQ and the Albany Symphony Orchestra), and “Sonata for Four Guitars” by Brett Wery. Additionally, Paul gave the local premiere of “A Concerto of Colours” for solo guitar and wind ensemble by Stephen Goss with the Capital Region Wind ensemble in March 2023. A versatile musician, Paul performs electric guitar in the Rock / Blues band “Nite Train with Thomasina Winslow” and is featured on the 2020 recording, “Cat on a Mission”. A graduate of SUNY Schenectady and the Manhattan School of Music, Paul earned the A.S., BM and MM degrees in guitar performance.  He is currently on faculty at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, SUNY Schenectady, and Skidmore College.