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Patrick Posey

About this Artist

Hailed by the New York Times as ‘brilliantly stylish,’ Pat Posey (he/him) is a versatile saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. He performs with the San Francisco Symphony and Los Angeles Philharmonic, is a founding member of the Los Angeles Reed Quintet, and appeared at Carnegie Hall with composers John Adams, Thomas Adés, Peter Eötvos, and Michael Tilson Thomas conducting their own works. He collaborated with Iraqi oud virtuoso Rahim AlHaj, and in 2009 performed as ocarina soloist with the YouTube Symphony. Upcoming and recent highlights include saxophone concertos by John Adams and Jacques Ibert, recitals featuring lost music of the Austrian-American Jewish composer Edvard Moritz, and a debut with the National Symphony Orchestra. He can be heard as principal saxophonist on releases of the San Francisco Symphony (Ives Symphony 4), Lake Forest Symphony (Stephenson Symphony 3) and Michael Torke Orchestra (Time and Psalms and Canticles). More information can be found at www.patposey.com