Paul Holmes Morton is native to the state of Pennsylvania, where he had his first music lessons on his father’s banjo and later the cello. After a youthful education of folk music, he went on to study classical guitar under the instruction of Ernesto Tamayo, Marc Teicholz, and Sergio Assad. While attending the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, he studied lute with Richard Savino and continuo with Corey Jamason. Perpetually inspired by music as a vehicle to transport oneself across time and culture, Paul Holmes can be found in a variety of venues from cathedrals and concert halls to smoky bars and country barns, anywhere that allows performance to lend harmony to the present noise. As a lutenist Morton performs across North America in the practice of a baroque continuo player, regularly performing with Ruckus, Acronym, The Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado, Spoleto Festival USA, and tours internationally with Beth Morrison Project’s production of the Pulitzer Prize winning “Angel’s Bone”, an opera by Du Yun. An active recording artist, his musicianship can be found on Oracle Hysterical’s “Passionate Pilgrim”, Emi Ferguson’s “Amour Cruel”, “Arcangelo’s Circle” by the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado, “Fly the Coup” by Emi Ferguson and Ruckus, and “Orphea” by Majel Connery. Recently released EP’s include “The Chivalrous Crickets” and “Flowers of the Rhododendron”, showcasing respectively Celtic/Americana traditionals and original compositions. Paul Holmes recently completed his studies in historical performance at The Juilliard School instructed by Daniel Swenberg and Charles Weaver, he is based in New York City.