Paul Hansen has been a member of the Local 76 since 1979 as one of the top percussionists in Seattle’s music and theater circles, having performed and toured with many popular artist such as Johnny Mathis, Quincy Jones, and Michael Feinstein to name just a very few. As a concert musician he performs regularly with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, the Pacific Northwest Ballet and Auburn Symphony. In Musical Theater he has been a mainstay in Seattle’s top pit orchestras for the Paramount Theater, Fifth Avenue Theater, Seattle Rep, and Village Theater with over 200 musicals to his credit, and is a busy recording musician in jingles and film soundtracks. He has also composed film and stage scores for his wife, filmmaker and director Janice Findley.
Paul also serves as Managing Editor for sheetmusicnow.com, and is co-founder of the Pacific Rims Percussion Quartet.