Paul Chambers is a percussionist and educator from Kingston, New York. He holds a Master's degree in percussion performance and a Bachelor's degree in music education from the State University of New York at Fredonia, as well as an Associate’s degree in music from SUNY Ulster. He is an instructor of percussion, world music, and music theory at SUNY Ulster and SUNY New Paltz. He is also the front ensemble director of the New York State champion Arlington High School Marching Band and Winter Percussion Ensemble. He is in demand as a performer throughout the Hudson Valley in professional orchestras, musical theater organizations, and jazz ensembles, including principal positions with the Woodstock Symphony Orchestra and Woodstock Playhouse. Notable performance highlights include selection as a member of the International Marimba Orchestra for the 2021 Percussive Arts Society International Convention. He won a position in the inaugural World Percussion Group of 2016, an ensemble conceived to give exposure and experience to the most promising up-and-coming percussionists from around the world. He is an avid performer, researcher, and clinician of traditional African music. He studied in Ghana on three separate occasions and, in 2016, was awarded a Fulbright grant to document traditional music in South Africa. The resulting research is published in the academic journal African Music. In addition, he is certified in multiple fields of personal training and teaches fitness geared toward percussionists, including a clinic in corrective exercise at PASIC 2023.