"I started using D'Addario products back in 2007. Not only was the quality, consistency, and flexibility what I needed as an artist, I found a company who would listen to my needs and the needs of my students. I can't imagine using another reed."
Ora Paul Haar
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Conn-Selmer
"I started using D'Addario products back in 2007. Not only was the quality, consistency, and flexibility what I needed as an artist, I found a company that would listen to my needs and the needs of my students. I can't imagine using another reed."
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ABOUT Ora Paul Haar
Acclaimed saxophonist Paul Haar has contributed his notable talent to numerous projects in both the jazz and classical genres. He is recognized as being one of the most versatile saxophonists today. As an active classical musician, he has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and South America, in such noted venues as Carnegie Hall, Spivey Hall, The Shanghai Conservatory, The Theatro da Paz (Brazil) and the Tanglewood Institute. As a soloist he has commissioned and performed featured works by Jack Cooper, Jessie Krebs, Leslie Hogan, and Ben Boone, among others. In addition to his solo performances, he has shared the stage with such ensembles as The Tanglewood Music Center Fellowship Orchestra, The Arapahoe Philharmonic, and the Omaha Symphony.
In the jazz idiom he has performed with such artists as Gary Foster, Dave Brubeck, James Moody, The Manhattan Transfer, and has backed such personalities as Lou Rawls, The Chiffons, Tony Bennett, Michael Buble, Glades Knight and the Temptations.
Actively involved as an educator, he has presented featured clinics and master classes The Shanghai Conservatory, The Carlos Gomes Music Conservatory (Brazil) at The 31st and 32nd Annual International Association for Jazz Education Conferences. He has contributed articles to such publications as the Tennessee Musician, The Instrumentalist, and the Saxophone Journal (where he was a featured columnist for nearly ten years).
A native of Fremont, Nebraska, Dr. Haar received the B.M. and M.M. from The University of Kansas and received a D.M.A. in Saxophone Performance with an Emphasis in Jazz Studies from the University of Texas at Austin.