Paul Kwo earned a BM Cum Laude in Piano Performance with double minors in Theatre and Musical Theatre from and his MM degree in composition at the University of Southern California.

As a composer, in 2005 Paul was placed among the top seven by New York Youth Symphony’s 2005 First Music competition, receiving a special recognition. He was also a finalist in the 2004 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers Awards. Furthermore, ERMMedia’s has awarded his “Ancient Sacrament for the Organic Machine” to be included in their “Masterworks of the New Era” Volume Ten, recorded with the Kiev Philharmonic to be released Spring of 2006. His work has been featured by USC’s Thornton Symphony as well as Rice University’s Syzygy Ensemble at the Society of Composer Inc. Region VI Conference.

He has been on TV shows such as Scrubs and Knight Rider and worked as a voice artists on movies such as The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

Paul also works as an actor and musician and resides in Los Angeles. He is a part of SAG, AFTRA and ASCAP.