Welcome to the Studio of Paul Rudy

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Despite being a Curators’ Distinguished Professor of Composition at UMKC where he has taught since 1998, Dr. Rudy is a self-claimed recovering academic. Life, to Paul, is more than thought, proof, and probabilities. His aural life has expanded from an early love of music when Paul got his first cornet, to composing and a sound healing practice where he feels and experiences sound physically, mentally and spiritually.  In 2012 he moved to his now 70 acres sanctuary in NE Kansas. "On this land of woods and prairie, I harmonize with everything physical and metaphysical. I honor the energies and ancestors as I nurture feminine energies to rebalance in harmony with the masculine. I play in mind, body, and spirit, and have built land art and a labyrinth where the laws of physics feel suspended at times," says Rudy.

Whether as composer, performer, sound healer, photographer, writer, speaker, art-maker, or teacher, Paul's work plays in the obvious and the hidden while honoring everything in between in the circle of life. He is often referred to as “the High Priest of Sound,” and his music described as “The Universe unfolding one sound at a time.” The music that comes through Dr. Rudy opens up a horizon that others may navigate on thier own terms. Dr. Rudy reminds us that "the journey is not so much of my design, but of your desire. It will help you come home to yourself." Like the ceremonial spaces on his land, every path is unique and no one else’s is like any other. He loves helping people to more deeply experience life around them, and themselves as part of it!

American Academy in Rome (2011), Guggenheim (2008) and Fulbright Fellow (1997)

Photo by Susan Wolfe and rattle by Something Sally Art