Patrick Parker is a musician from North Carolina who especially loves performing the organ works of J.S. Bach and, as pianist, songs of romantic France and Germany. In 2012, he begins the Doctor of Musical Arts in Organ at the University of Houston, as well as a position at St. Paul's United Methodist Church downtown. While in Houston, he will perform the complete organ works of Bach, Brahms, Duruflé, and Franck.
Patrick was formerly Organist at First Presbyterian Church in downtown Cleveland, Ohio; Director of Music and Organist at The Lutheran Church of the Covenant in Maple Heights, Ohio; and a Staff Accompanist at Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music in Berea, Ohio. Patrick was awarded a research assistantship on French composers “Les Six” and has also studied at Roosevelt Academy, Middelburg, the Netherlands. He participated in the Old West Organ Society in Boston, Massachusetts, and has performed recitals sponsored by the American Guild of Organists in several states. Throughout studies, he has performed in masterclasses for many elite international concert artists, including his mentor, Jon Gillock. He has performed in numerous projects featuring the works of J.S. Bach, including excerpts from all the masterworks, various chamber music performances, and the complete solo organ works currently in progress. He has been featured in several regional Bach festivals, as well as performing recitals solely focused on the composer's work.
As pianist, Patrick is active in many aspects of the vocal arts. He has coached scenes from operas such as Cosi fan Tutti, Don Giovanni, Don Pasquale, Gonoud's Faust, and Nozze di Figaro; has coached and performed excerpts from the majority of standard oratorio repertoire; and has been involved in music theatre productions of Bat Boy, High School Musical, Into the Woods, and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. In art song, he has performed major song cycles with young artists who have won regional competitions and are in apprentice programs, as well as voice faculty from Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory; most recent credits include Copland's Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson, Schubert's Winterreise, and Schumann's Dichterliebe and Liederkreis, op. 39. As a young tenor, he has trained with various voice teachers, sung in many choral settings, and has performed as soloist with Case Western Reserve University Chorale.
Patrick holds music degrees from Cleveland Institute of Music and University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Patrick was formerly Organist at First Presbyterian Church in downtown Cleveland, Ohio; Director of Music and Organist at The Lutheran Church of the Covenant in Maple Heights, Ohio; and a Staff Accompanist at Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music in Berea, Ohio. Patrick was awarded a research assistantship on French composers “Les Six” and has also studied at Roosevelt Academy, Middelburg, the Netherlands. He participated in the Old West Organ Society in Boston, Massachusetts, and has performed recitals sponsored by the American Guild of Organists in several states. Throughout studies, he has performed in masterclasses for many elite international concert artists, including his mentor, Jon Gillock. He has performed in numerous projects featuring the works of J.S. Bach, including excerpts from all the masterworks, various chamber music performances, and the complete solo organ works currently in progress. He has been featured in several regional Bach festivals, as well as performing recitals solely focused on the composer's work.
As pianist, Patrick is active in many aspects of the vocal arts. He has coached scenes from operas such as Cosi fan Tutti, Don Giovanni, Don Pasquale, Gonoud's Faust, and Nozze di Figaro; has coached and performed excerpts from the majority of standard oratorio repertoire; and has been involved in music theatre productions of Bat Boy, High School Musical, Into the Woods, and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. In art song, he has performed major song cycles with young artists who have won regional competitions and are in apprentice programs, as well as voice faculty from Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory; most recent credits include Copland's Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson, Schubert's Winterreise, and Schumann's Dichterliebe and Liederkreis, op. 39. As a young tenor, he has trained with various voice teachers, sung in many choral settings, and has performed as soloist with Case Western Reserve University Chorale.
Patrick holds music degrees from Cleveland Institute of Music and University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
