About

Paul Zaborac is a versatile saxophonist known for his creativity as a performer, composer, and educator. Well versed in jazz, classical, and contemporary music, he seamlessly bridges musical boundaries. 

Paul has organized and managed performance tours and produced or co-produced several albums including Actualize, Paul Zaborac Quartet:Live, Long Way Out, and Russian Romantic Music for Saxophone, regularly featuring his original compositions and arrangements. As a co-founder and artistic director of the Scheherazade Music Festival he has premiered multiple new works by modern composers for innovative mixed chamber ensembles.   

Presenting concerts throughout the United States, he has been invited to perform at multiple universities and national conferences and has performed internationally in China, Hong Kong, Costa Rica, and Australia. He has appeared with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, the Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra, and the National Repertory Orchestra. Paul has also had the opportunity to share the stage with notable jazz musicians such as Rufus Reid, Tia Fuller, John Von Ohlen, Everett Greene, Greg Gisbert, Stan Sulzmann, Chad Eby, Stockton Helbing, Paul McKee, Ernie Watts, and Michael Dease, and tour internationally with the University of Colorado-Boulder Concert Jazz Ensemble.

Paul has been a visiting professor at the University of Denver Lamont School of Music and has taught saxophone and coached chamber music at the University of Colorado Boulder. He regularly presents guest clinics and masterclasses at universities and high schools. Paul holds degrees from Simpson College (BMus), The Sydney Conservatorium of Music in Australia (MM), and The University of Colorado Boulder (DMA). He is currently active as a teacher and performer in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.