Paul LaFollette
Horn

Paul LaFollette, a native of Philadelphia, is the Acting Principal Horn with the Richmond Symphony. He also plays with the Astral Winds woodwind quintet and is a founding member of the Mico Nonet, an ambient chamber music ensemble with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, The Berlin Philharmonic, and the Baltimore Symphony. Mr. LaFollette also spent a season as Principal Horn of the Symphony Orchestra of the State of Mexico in Toluca, Mexico. Paul attended the UBS Verbier Festival, Marlboro Music Festival from 2002 through 2005, tours with “Musicians from Marlboro” and has been heard on radio on Saint Paul Sunday Morning, Performance Today and Echoes on NPR. Active also as a teacher, he is a member of the faculty at The University of Richmond and was horn instructor at The University of Pennsylvania, Moravian College and Lehigh University. Equally adept in various genres, Paul plays guitar with the pop/punk band, Cow Path 40. Mr. LaFollette received his B.A. in French Horn Performance from the Curtis Institute of Music, where he was a student of Myron Bloom, Mason Jones and Barry Tuckwell.