

The pandemic has been challenging for French. He soon will have more time for those solitary moments while he explores new musical opportunities and continues his work with Rep Singers.

That said, the audiences who have enjoyed the choral music brought to them the past 32 years by Paul French would be inclined not to begrudge the man his quiet time.įrench, music director of Southern Oregon Repertory Singers, will retire in June from his three-decade career as professor of music at Southern Oregon University. You might be surprised to learn that a man whose life has played out in front of audiences would admit to being quite shy and one who tends cower in a corner at parties.
