Talia Paul

Born in the east village of Manhattan, raised in Rochester, New York and Aspen, Colorado, Talia incorporates a wide variety of influences into her work. Having had the good fortune to grow up in a musical household (her father is an opera singer, her mom a gospel pianist and teacher), Talia began writing songs and stories at an early age. Long summers in Aspen (before it became Beverly Hills) brought out her cowgirl ways, and put in her ear the sounds of old country - Hank Williams, George Jones, Loretta Lynn...combined with the classical and jazz of the Aspen Music Festival. Talia wrangled horses, guided rides up the Colorado Rockies, barrel raced in the local rodeos, and soaked up the all the sounds around her. Back in New York, Talia ditched her piano lessons and selected the Tuba at age nine. She played for over ten years and toured Europe as the tubist for the Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. Not a stranger to the stage, Talia made her theatrical debut at age five, in "L