Services
Patti is available as a recording artist, consultant, studio teacher, and clinician, and would love to be involved with your projects and programs! See below for her experience and rates and feel free to reach out to inquire further, or if you have any questions.
Studio Teaching
Patti is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Music at California State University, Los Angeles, and has also held faculty positions teaching violin at Western Connecticut State University, and New York University, and Hunter College. She enjoys teaching students of a variety of ages and levels of musical experience.
Patti maintains a private studio in the Los Angeles area through her business Arts District Music Studio, and also maintains a violin studio for music majors at Cal State LA, where she is the Strings Area Coordinator.
RecordinG
Patti is an active recording artist, with extensive experience recording violin and viola for genres all over the map, including contemporary classical music, pop music, jazz, and music for film and television. She maintains a home studio and can also travel to studios in the Los Angeles area, and also enjoys making arrangements, adapting parts, and contracting other instrumentalists to serve your project’s needs.
She can be heard on over a dozen studio albums dating back to 2011, including Björk’s Vulnicura Live, the Original Motion Picture Score to Cam, and Yoko Ono’s Warzone, as well as the soundtrack to the first season of Lovecraft Country, Menudo: Forever Young, and Paul T. Goldman. Contact her to inquire further or for a quote on your project.
Workshops and Masterclasses
Patti gives in-person and online workshops to student ensembles. In addition to giving traditional masterclasses and ensemble clinics, she also gives workshops on improvisation and can create a personalized creative activity based around your group’s level and repertoire.
Past clients include Renaissance Arts Academy (Los Angeles, CA), Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts (Los Angeles, CA), California School of the Arts - San Gabriel Valley (Los Angeles, CA), Gunn High School (Palo Alto, CA) and Kodiak High School (Kodiak, AK).
Patti appreciates the wide variety in program budgets. Contact her to inquire about rates and the type of services you are interested in, and we can work out activities and a budget that fit your program.
Consultations
Patti can also help you or your students with the following topics.
String Pedagogy: Violin and Viola, String Methods Classes, Eclectic Styles, and Pedagogical Applications of Music Technology
Violin and Viola Performance Practice: Contemporary Classical Music, Extended Techniques, Violin and Viola Part Workshopping, Violin and Viola Part Proofreading
Electric Strings Performance Practice: Ableton Live, Live Processing, Amplification
Music School: Admissions, Choosing a Degree Program, What Music School is Like