Paul Brantley is a six-time MacDowell Fellow with fellowships from Banff Centre and Anderson Center. Composition seminars at Yale, Hunter College, Gabriel Fauré Conservatoire, U. of Michigan, University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music. Recent performances of his music by Flux Quartet, soprano Ariadne Greif, Horszowski Trio, The Knights (at Tanglewood, BRIC, Dumbarton Oaks and Naumburg Concerts), classical guitarist Dan Lippel, Memphis Symphony, Minneapolis Guitar Quartet, New Esterházy Quartet, RiverArts Ensemble, and flutist Alice Teyssier.
His cello concertino, The Royal Revolver, was premiered in 2017 by Eric Jacobsen (The Knights) and the University of Michigan Symphony conducted by Kenneth Kiesler. Filles de l’Élysée was released on the 2022 Boyd Meets Girl CD (Sono Luminous/Naxos). His Aliénor Competition commission, Yeeremynd for solo harpsichord, was premiered by Steve Beck in June 2022 at HKANA. The Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra, with soprano Jennifer Zetlan, gave the 25th anniversary performance of his On the Pulse of Morning also in June 2022. 2023. Centennial Commission from The Curtis Institute of Music.