Prior to joining the Nashville Symphony in 2013, Patrick attended the Eastman School of Music, and was an active freelancer in upstate New York. He performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic and Syracuse Symphony, and was also a member of the Rochester Philharmonic for three seasons. When not playing the horn, Patrick enjoys Elite Amateur competitive cycling throughout the Southeast, recently co-founding a cycling media and coaching business called EVOQ.
๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฃ?
I began playing in the 4th grade. My Mom played the double bass while I was young. We took a listening test and I was told I could pick any instrument. When I got home from school I asked her what her favorite brass instrument was, and she said that the horn has a โpretty tone,โ so I gave it a shot!
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐๐ง ๐๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฃ?
Strauss, hands down. Mahler and Brahms are tied for second.
๐๐๐๐ฉ'๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐ข๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช'๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐ค๐, ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ก ๐ค๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐จ๐?
Itโs hard to pick just one, but playing Straussโs โEine Alpensinfonieโ in 2014 was a work I had looked forward to playing ever since I first heard the piece in 2006. It was a transcendent experience.
๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ?
When I was a substitute member of the Buffalo Philharmonic one of the other horn players advised me to โmake sure I had a hobbyโ and didnโt completely define myself by playing the horn in an orchestra, my lifelong dream. That stuck with me and when I won my first position in the Rochester Philharmonic I got a bike to lose weight. I really enjoyed the process of training and learning about how to get โfaster,โ and I was hooked. I began racing 10 years ago and have traveled all across the country racing. I even had the opportunity to compete in the Tour of the Southland last year, a 550 mile 7 stage race across New Zealand!
๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ง?
In my mind, training on the bike and practicing have an incredible number of similarities. They both require a solid focus on technique and you can never work on your fundamentals enough! Training and practicing are very compatible with each other. Travel has often been complicated for the professional level racing events, but with a little bit of luck and good planning I have enjoyed many competitive seasons on the bike with 15-20 race days per year.
In 2019 I co-founded a cycling media and coaching business, EVOQ, and this year before COVID I started a cycling team as well! In 2021 the team will focus on mass start road events across the country and digital racing, also known as Eracing, on platforms like Zwift and RGT.
๐ฟ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ข๐ช๐๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐จ๐ค, ๐๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐๐จ?
After my son was born I became an avid baker! I am totally hooked on the craft of building an artisan loaf of bread these days. The process has been therapeutic during the pandemic and furlough we are enduring. My wife does most of the cooking because she is a wizard with flavor but I can make a pretty decent crumb!
๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฅ 3 ๐๐๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ก๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐จ?
Tailor
Bastion
Rolf and Daughters
๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ข๐๐จ๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฎ?
Performing the last few bars of any major symphonic work. The performance experience is always unique day to day, and I miss that spontaneity. I also really miss the collaboration of sitting amongst my colleagues. It was easy in the past to take that for granted and I look forward to these collective experiences again.
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