Paul Murphy

Associate Principal Viola Paul Murphy has been with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra since 1986 and holds the Mary and Lawrence Gellerstedt Chair.

Mr. Murphy is an Artist Affiliate at Emory University and a Distinguished Artist at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. He can be heard in chamber-music performances on the Innova, GM, Arundax, and ACA labels, and is a featured performer on the short children's film, “The Orchestra Gets Dressed.” On a different note, he has recorded extensively with R.E.M. and Collective Soul, and has also worked with Stone Temple Pilots, Indigo Girls, Usher, and Outkast.

He has also held principal positions with The Minnesota Orchestra, Kansas City Philharmonic, Caracas (Venezuela) Philharmonic, and was a regular player with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed as Guest Principal for the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Mr. Murphy is a native of Pensacola, Florida, where he studied with the renowned Anna Tringas. He later graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music where his principal teachers were David Cerone and Robert Vernon. During college he also served as an assistant teacher at the prestigious Meadowmount School of Music.