Patrick Meighan, saxophonist

Florida State University

PATRICK MEIGHAN, Professor of Saxophone, was appointed the school's first artist-teacher of saxophone in 1974. He has concertized extensively as a soloist and ensemble recitalist, having appeared in music festivals and on radio and television in Australia, Albania, Colombia, Croatia, Germany, Japan, Kosovo, Peru, and Switzerland. Described in Musical America as "most exceptional, with an otherworldly tone and fluid technique..," his engagements have taken him throughout the continental United States (including Lincoln Center), Hawaii, Canada, South America, Europe, and Puerto Rico.

The European-based Rascher Saxophone Orchestra invited Mr. Meighan to join its ensemble in the summer of 2000. The orchestra's debut concert took place that fall season at the prestigious Ludwigsburg Music Festival in Germany; their first CD was released in fall 2002 and is distributed internationally by BIS Records AB. He has served as principal saxophonist with The Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, The Jacksonville Symphony, The Florida West Coast Symphony, The Naples Philharmonic, and Keith Brion and his New Sousa Band, and in summers is on the faculty of The University of Louisville Cardinal Saxophone Workshop.

As a jazz/pop/rock instrumentalist, he has appeared with Sammy Davis, Jr., Vic Damone, Joe Lovano, Steve Lawrence and Edie Gorme, Three Mo' Tenors, Johnny Mathis, The Four Tops, The Jackson Five, and The Temptations. Professor Meighan has studied with Galan Kral, Larry Teal, and renowned saxophonist Sigurd Rascher; he holds degrees from The Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music and The University of Michigan.