Hello, my name is Erika Paul Carlson and welcome to my website Erika Paul Music.

You can explore drop menu pages found under each toolbar subject to see what I do and what's available through my highly respected, top quality live music and music instruction company, Jazz Q Music Education Services.

In general, you will find my Calendar page lists live concert and educational events, my CDs/Books page lists available recordings, my Bio page lists background information, experience & accomplishments, my available discography and my original song mp3s and sheet music are listed on my Recording Artist and Publishing Co. pages, my Snapshots page has lots of photos to enjoy and much more on my What's New page for the latest breaking news!

If you're a fan of iTunes, you can also find my cds and song tracks available through iTunes by visiting ERIKA'S ITUNES HOME PAGE

Or click on any of these cd titles: Christmas is A Time of Love , So What Is This Thing Called Jazz? , It's About Time , Jumpin' Jelly Beans , Wishing You A Swingin' Happy Holiday , Expressions of Love , Out In Front , Scat's My Bag children's jazz cd, El Granada Session, March Forth - The Grammar Song with Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty and River of Now.

For DIRECT internet purchase of two early to intermediate level solo jazz piano arrangements I was invited to write for Neil A. KJOS Music Co., "Clean Your Room (To The Trumpet Tune)" and "Clarinet Claire", go to Erika's KJOS Publishing Co. author's publications page and click on the song titles you want to order. It's THAT easy!

For those of you who are fans (like me!) of the Jamey Aebersold Jazzbooks.com website, (I met Jamey in 1982 while attending his jazz camp at San Jose State University on scholarship!) you can also buy my Scat's My Bag cd/books there by clicking on these links: Erika's Scat's My Bag CD , Erika's Scat's My Bag SongBook , Erika's Scat's My Bag coloring & drawing StoryBook and Erika's Scat's My Bag Jazz Pack-CD, SongBook & StoryBook.

If you're looking for live music for an event, if you're a classroom teacher interested in my Scat's My Bag award-winning children's interactive music learning products or in planning a school clinic, workshop or residency or a live jazz assembly , or if you're looking into music lessons as a potential student or as a dedicated, caring parent wanting to give a child the gift of music lessons , or if you're an artist looking for new material to record , contact me with any questions you may have.

For residency information, here is the Nevada Arts Council Artist Roster page and to book my interactive school assembly jazz concert, here is the Pioneer Youth Center Artist Roster page or the Pioneer Center Education and Outreach home page.

Let's book the right live music for your next special event or sign up for piano and/or or voice lessons now. Contact me today!

In the meantime, here's a recent YouTube Interview of Erika for you to enjoy, share and post good comments. And always remember, stay positive, be inspired by joy of live music and become an even better you from the positive results and benefits of effective music instruction!

If you happen to be french, you'll enjoy this wonderful article that talented France Today writer Anais Digonnet wrote about me for France-Amerique Magazine. Click here to read this France-Amerique article from November 2010.

Here's also a "must see" YouTube video documenting the recording studio date at Tanglewood Productions with producer/engineer Michael Eardley where music and grammar pals Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty and Jazz Lady Erika Paul Carlson collaborated together in writing and performing MARCH FORTH - THE GRAMMAR SONG for our country's annual NATIONAL GRAMMAR DAY MARCH 4TH. Enjoy, share and post your comments of SUPPORT for GOOD GRAMMAR!

Here's a nice article about my jazz trio at the Brewery Arts Center too. Click here

Here's a recent Wild River Grille TV ad that Erika was asked to be part of.

Here's the I AM THE ARTS PSA YOUTUBE that Erika was asked to be part of with many other dedicated artists to "Stand Up For The Arts". It's up to all of us to keep the arts alive. Thanks for continuing to do all you can to support the arts as a vibrant part of our culture.

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