Member Name:

Pat Graham

Year Joined Community Band:

1999

Spouse / Sig Other, Children:

Husband: David,  Daughter, Erin

Work / Profession (if retired, former):

Adjunct Chemistry Professor, Monroe Community College

Personal Pursuits:

(such as: sports/recreation, volunteer work, hobbies, crafts, family activities, special accomplishments)

I’m an EMT and I volunteer as a Medic with Pittsford Ambulance.  If there is ever any time left over from this, I enjoy cross country skiing and hiking in the Adirondacks.

Music Background:

(such as: your start, experience, education, mentor, inspiration, interesting or humorous personal story, accomplishments)

Not nearly as impressive a background as most everyone else in HFCCB – I played in my high school band, but gave it up in my junior year when my family moved to a town with no band.  Playing music was not a part of my life for many years.  My inspiration came from my clarinet playing daughter, Erin – throughout her high school years I had the privilege of attending the many wonderful all county and all state concerts that were the result of her hard work at solo festivals. Also, I was always most impressed by the performances of the HFL Wind Ensemble.  It made me realize how much I missed playing music and being part of a band.  I dug out the old horn and began playing around with it (after evicting a family of spiders and un-freezing all the valves & slides) and began to re-learn how to play.  

Other Bands Play(ed) With:

What you most enjoy, or find especially fulfilling, about being a part of Community Band:

1.)    I love seeing parents & children, siblings, husbands & wives - young, old, and in-between all enjoying and sharing a common interest.

2.)    We have a number of very gifted musicians in our ranks.  I love to listen to them play.

3.)    Especially fulfilling to me – playing the right notes at the right time. 

Of the music we play, is there a type or piece that is your favorite:

Particularly memorable was our performance of Inchon.  I also thought Russian Christmas Music was far more than a piece of music – it was an experience.   But nothing can quite compare to Mouthpiece Mania.