Paul Christensen

Class of 1962 | Paul Christensen is the Founder, President of Omega Productions, an award winning company specializing in live concert DVD and CD recording services as well as live entertainment and event management. During the company's 45 year history, Paul Christensen, his wife Donna and their staff have worked with over 300 of the best known personalities in the business: comedy stars such as Bob Hope, Steve Allen, Jack Lemmon and David Brenner, Broadway legends like Ben Vereen, Tommy Tune, Lena Horne and Chita Rivera, film artists Leslie Ann Warren, Mack Davis, Peter Coyote and Dennis Quaid, and music legends like Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash. Their work has crossed all lines of music... from the jazz of Ramsey Lewis, Dizzy Gillespie and Al Jarreau, the rock of U2, The Moody Blues and Neil Young, the country of Reba McEntire, Clint Black and Garth Brooks, the blues of B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Irma Thomas, the R&B and funk sounds of The Neville Brothers, The Commodores and Johnny Taylor, to the gospel sounds of Donny McClurkin, Fred Hammond, Dottie Peoples and the Mississippi Mass Choir. They have received two Emmy® Awards, two GRAMMY® Awards, 21 GRAMMY® Nominations, eight RIAA® Platinum Record Awards, 12 RIAA® Gold Record Awards, two RIAA® Platinum Video Awards, eight RIAA® Gold Video Awards, 14 Dove Awards, two Ampex Golden Reel Awards, five 3M Horizon Awards, three Telly Awards, two Soul Train Awards, one US Film Festival Award, numerous Stellar Awards and Nominations. Paul Christensen is a graduate of Peacock Military Academy and Southern Methodist University (SMU), where he met his wife, Donna. He is married to the love of his life, Donna Garrison, who co-produces all Omega events, as well as his life. The Christensens live on the Texas Gulf Coast in Palacios, TX. In 2010 they purchased a commercial building built in 1909, which they recently restored for their home and offices. The state of Texas recently designated the structure as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark (RTHL). They can see the water of Tres Palacios Bay (Matagorda Bay) from their windows. Their son Clay lives near Nashville, Tennessee with his wife, Kim, son Frank Nathan, daughter Cassandra Gail, son Adric Lewis, son Garrison Paul, son Hartley Clay and new daughter Mabel Ann (say that three times quickly!). Their daughter Faith lives in Neuburg, Mecklenburg-vorpommern, Germany, with her Husband Robert and daughter, Hope Vivian and newly born son, Credence Clay.