Paul Van Wormer Jr. is a 23 year old saxophonist who regularly performs in the Central Florida area for a range of different public and private events. Paul began his musical journey when he was 8 years old when he began taking piano lessons. In 6th grade, Paul began playing the saxophone as well. Throughout middle school and high school, Paul was apart of OCPS All-Country and FMEA All-State ensembles. Paul began studying Jazz Performance at the University of Central Florida in 2020 and completed his Bachelor of Music with an emphasis on Jazz Performance in 2024. During his time at UCF, he studied regularly with Yamaha Performing Artist, Jeff Rupert. Under the direction of Jeff Rupert, Paul performed in The Flying Horse Big Band all 4 years during his time in college. Paul also recorded three records with the Flying Horse Big Band, their latest release being “A Message from the Flying Horse Big Band” where he plays lead alto saxophone.
Shortly after graduated from UCF, Paul began touring with Joey Fatone (from *NSYNC) and AJ McLean (from Backstreet Boys) for their “A Legendary Night” tour. During this tour the ALN band played venues such as: The Ryman, The Salt Shed, The Capitol Theatre, The OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino, The Factory, The MGM Grand National Harbor, and many others. Paul began playing with Joey Fatone in 2021 when the musical director, Ken Gustafson, asked him to play saxophone with the Fatone’s band. Ken Gustafson also happens to be Paul’s first ever piano teacher, and is the person that got him interested in music when he was only 7 years old. Through working with Joey Fatone, Paul has shared the stage with other musical celebrities such as: Debbie Gibson, Lance Bass and Chris Kirkpatrick of *NSYNC, Montell Jordan (“This is how we do it”), Shawn Stockman and Wayna Morris of Boyz II Men, Jean Rodriguez (Luis Fonzi’s brother, bg Vox for Marc Anthony, etc), and Murr from “Impractical Jokers”.

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