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Paul Roberts was born in 1960 and, in his formative years; he studied the piano, classical organ and clarinet. Whilst reading Economic History at Liverpool University he successfully completed several music diplomas. 
His tutors have included Noel Rawsthorne (Cathedral and City Organist of Liverpool) and Arthur Hutchings (formerly Professor of Music at Durham University).

 

International Broadcasting Artiste

Performing has never been a full- time occupation for Paul and he combines a hectic concert schedule with owning and running his thriving West Country Entertainment's Agency, Wessex Entertainment. 

In 1994 he completed a decade as joint organist with Brian Sharp at Sandford Park in Dorset playing both pipe and electronic organs during their long summer seasons. 

For the past seventeen years Paul has been a consistently prominent name on the United Kingdom organ circuit, playing at virtually every organ society and pipe organ installation in this country. 

A regular broadcaster in this country and in other parts of the world, Paul has also appeared on T.V. in the United Kingdom and the United States of America and has been a prolific writer for music journals. In more recent years,

 


Paul Roberts with the largest Theatre Console in the World. It has six manuals and was formerly in the famous Chicago Stadium. The Organ Builders BARTON. 
The Barton organ is now housed in The MALOOF MUSIC STUDIO, Las Vegas  

 

 Paul’s concert tours have taken him abroad to various parts of Europe, and he has toured America and Canada ten times. In 1996 he completed a ‘World Tour’, which lasted three and a half months and involved concerts throughout Australia, the North and South islands of New Zealand, the USA (including Hawaii) and Canada. In addition, he took the opportunity to visit India, Thailand and Fiji. Paul is the first artiste on the concert circuit ever to play all these countries in one continuous tour. In 2000 Paul returned to the USA for his thirteenth tour, consisting of some thirty concerts, and will play in America on two tours in 2001. Paul returns to Australia and New Zealand in 2002. Paul Roberts has four LP records, seven cassettes, seven CDs and seven videos to his credit. His tuition videos continue to sell in their thousands through retail outlets in the U.K. Europe, USA and the Antipodes. Paul has held recording contracts with ‘Sounds Ultimate’, ‘Dance and Listen Records’ and, most recently, with ‘Telstar plc’ most recently he has released two CD/Cassette recordings for the ‘Castle Communications’ ensuring the continuation of large volumes of sales of his recordings in all major retail outlets. In the U.K. he has over one hundred concert dates arranged for organ societies and hopes to meet you at one of them.

Paul can be contacted at
Paul Roberts. PO Box 5, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 9YT.
Tel/Fax 01460-52109
E-mail: Wessex.Wessex@virgin.net