Josh Paulus: French Horn Player Turned Seattle Broker
Seattle based Josh Paulus, freelance French horn player and residential real estate broker, is our guest for this episode.
Josh grew up in Maryland and picked up the French horn in a school gym in fourth grade. He studied at the University of Dayton, earned his graduate degree at Northwestern, and played with the New Orleans orchestra for five or six years before moving to Washington in 2016. After that he freelanced up and down the West Coast, the kind of hired player Scott called a hornslinger. When the pandemic hit, he moved into residential real estate in Seattle.
The conversation covers how fill in orchestra work happens, including a Monday call from San Francisco to be there for a 10 AM rehearsal the next day. Josh talks about Strauss and Mahler, a custom horn built for him, and Benaroya Hall as his favorite West Coast stage. He also shares his Seattle coffee, sushi and Laotian lunch picks, Red Mountain wines, skiing and camping at Baker Lake, and his most memorable concert: playing with Metallica.
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Founder and editor of Explore Washington State, which he started on Anderson Island in 2010. A lifelong Washington resident who has lived in Tacoma, Ellensburg, Olympia and Seattle and now calls Wenatchee home, Scott curates every place we recommend and answers reader questions himself. He also hosts the Exploring Washington State podcast.
