Education
Meighan has studied with Samuel Pattie, Galan Kral, Larry Teal, and pioneering classical saxophonist Sigurd Raschèr. He holds degrees from the Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music and the.
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Patrick Meighan
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Meighan has been described in Musical America as "..most exceptional, with an otherworldly tone and fluid technique…" Meighan has been Florida State University"s artist-professor of saxophone since 1974, the first individual to hold the position. Meighan"s students have included: John Moore John-Edward Kelly Daniel Schmidt Craig Sylvern Christine Rall Elliot Riley Kenneth Coon Jonathan Bergeron Wildy Zumwalt Chris Condon Michael Hernandez Dannel Espinoza Michael Mortarotti Eric Barreto Noah Bedrin Adam Muller Noah Getz Josh Meyers Allen Warren Michael Hackbarth Richard Scruggs Styliani Tartsinis Joshua Hollenbeck Meighan has also served on the teaching staff of the Saxophone Institute, held at the University of Louisville and later at Transylvania University, for many years. In addition to teaching at various universities and workshops, Patrick Meighan has worked closely with Boys Town North Florida since 2003.
In 2009, Meighan founded the “British Telecom Crew” (Boys Town Crew) to encourage a love for music in Boys Town youth.
The group is made up of singers and musicians, all Meighan and Boys Town youth and staff Each year, the “British Telecom Crew” works with Meighan for six weeks to choreograph a performance for Boys Town North Florida’s Spirit of Youth Gala.
Meighan has concertized as a soloist and ensemble recitalist throughout the continental United States, Australia, Canada, China, Europe, and South America, and has appeared in music festivals and on radio and television in Albania, Colombia, Croatia, Germany, Japan, Kosovo, Peru, Puerto Rico, and Switzerland. He has performed with the Saxophone Sinfonia, including concerts at the 1979 World Saxophone Congress and at Alice Tully Hall.
In the late 1990s he joined with John Moore and pianist Peggy DeArmond-Rogers to form the Trio Belorussian Canto.
Krista Wallace-Boaz joined the ensemble in 2003.
Achievements
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Students of Professor Meighan have won national and international solo and chamber music competitions - including first place in the 1999 and 2007 Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Chamber Music Competitions - and hold positions on music faculties in the United States and abroad. On April 25, 2009 the "Mana Quartet" from FSU became the first saxophone quartet to win the grand prize at the 63rd Annual Coleman International Chamber Ensemble Competition. 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.
Membership
Three former students are currently members of the internationally renowned Raschèr Saxophone Quartet. He also served as a staff member of the Cardinal Saxophone Workshop, held every July at the University of Louisville. In the 1990s he was a member of the saxophone ensemble THE TRIO, with tenor saxophonist John South. Moore and baritone saxophonist Lee Patrick.
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.
