title: Paula Matthusen
text: # Paula Matthusen
  
  Paula Matthusen (born 1978) is an American composer of acoustic and electro-acoustic music and educator. She is a recipient of the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Paula Matthusen was born in 1978 in Arizona. She attended University of Wisconsin–Madison; and has a M.A. degree and Ph.D. from New York University.
  
  Matthusen has taught music at Florida International University, Wesleyan University, and Columbia University. Her music has been performed by Bang-On-A-Can All Stars, International Contemporary Ensemble, Alarm Will Sound, Estonian National Ballet, Kathleen Supové, Todd Reynolds, and Kathryn Woodard.
  
  ## Discography
  
  * the old language is the old language... (percussion duo, 2017)
  * old fires catch old buildings (baritone, trumpet, bass clarinet, trombone, 2017)
  * corpo/cage (2009)
  * run-on sentence of the pavement (piano, ping-pong balls and electronics, 2003)
  