Christian Paarup is a professional orchestral trombonist, educator, and mental performance consultant based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He serves on the trombone faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Pre-College and Continuing Education divisions and at Fresno State University, and as Preparatory Brass Coach with the Peninsula Youth Orchestra. A former member of the Fort Worth Youth Orchestra, Christian understands firsthand the formative role youth orchestras can play in a young musician’s development. As a performer, he has appeared with the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera and Ballet orchestras, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra, Utah Symphony, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and numerous other orchestras throughout the United States and abroad.

Christian holds degrees in trombone performance from Baylor University and the Manhattan School of Music, as well as a master’s degree in Sport and Performance Psychology from the University of Western States. As an educator, he strives to foster a lifelong love of classical and instrumental music through the pursuit of excellence, thoughtful musicianship, and enjoyment of the craft.