Paul Krueger

Paul Krueger is a trumpeter, composer, and arranger currently residing in Eugene, OR. He is a three-time ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award winner, and was the 2012 DownBeat Magazine award winner for Large Jazz Ensemble Arrangement. He was named the “Outstanding College Trumpeter” at the 2011 Reno Jazz Festival, and his 2011 debut album, The Wayward Traveler, features eight original compositions performed by his quartet.

In September 2013, Krueger was appointed as the new Director of Bands and Jazz Studies at Lane Community College in Eugene, OR, where he teaches Ear Training, Jazz Improvisation, and Jazz Combos in addition to directing the Lane Symphonic Band and the Lane Jazz Ensemble. In his first two years at Lane Community College, the Lane Jazz Ensemble has performed with Branford Marsalis, was selected to perform at the Oregon Music Educators Association Annual Conference, and was named the 2015 DownBeat Magazine award winner for best Community College Large Jazz Ensemble.

Previously, Krueger served as an Adjunct Instructor of Jazz Studies at the University of Oregon, where he was hired as a sabbatical replacement for Steve Owen. Krueger holds a Masters Degree in Jazz Studies from the University of Oregon, and a Bachelors Degree in Music Education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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