Patrick Meighan

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Patrick Meighan is an American saxophonist and educator. He specializes in European classical music, but also performs in jazz, rock, and pop styles.

1 Education
2 Teaching positions
3 Performing career
4 External links

[edit] Education

Meighan studied with [Samuel Pattie}, Galan Kral, Larry Teal, and Sigurd Raschèr, and holds degrees from the Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music and the University of Michigan.

[edit] Teaching positions

He became Florida State University's first artist-professor of saxophone in 1974, a position he continues to hold today. He has taught hundreds of students, many of whom have gone on to successful careers teaching and playing saxophone.

He served on the teaching staff of the Saxophone Institute, held at the University of Louisville and later at Transylvania University, for many years. He now serves as a staff member of the Cardinal Saxophone Workshop, held every July at the University of Louisville.

[edit] Performing career

Like most classical saxophonists, Meighan favors the alto saxophone as his primary instrument.

He has performed with the Saxophone Sinfonia, including concerts at the 1979 World Saxophone Congress and at Alice Tully Hall.

In the 1990s he was a member of the saxophone ensemble THE TRIO, with tenor saxophonist John S. Moore and baritone saxophonist Lee Patrick.

In the late 1990s he joined with John Moore and pianist Peggy DeArmond-Rogers to form the Trio Bel Canto. Guest pianist Katrina Ross was a member of the TBC when the group performed in Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, and Sidney during their 1992 Australian tour. With Norma Mastrogiacomo playing the piano, the group received a bronze medal at the First International Chamber Music Competition and Festa held April, 1993 in Osaka, Japan. Krista Wallace-Boaz joined the ensemble in 2003.