Seth Paris is a Media Preservation Specialist performing hands-on work and researching  funding sources for preservation projects. Seth’s experience as an accomplished musician and dedication to the preservation of recorded music led him to Accra, Ghana with the support from a 2007-2008 Fulbright Grant, the NYU Office of Global Education, and the Africana Studies Program, where he worked with the music archive of Kofi Ghanaba (“The Divine Drummer”). Seth is a graduate of the NYU Steinhardt School of Education with a degree in Jazz Performance and is an experienced woodwind instrumentalist, music educator and audio engineer. Aside from his various duties at AVPS, Seth performs regularly in New York City with Roosevelt Dime and the Silver Dollar Horns, the Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble,and leads his own 16 piece brass band called Don’t Give Small Money Chance Brass Band.