BIO

Patrick Bain has been active as a Percussion Studio Graduate Assistant at the University
of Maryland since August 2023. He is currently working towards his Master’s in Music degree in
Percussion Performance at the University of Maryland studying with Scott Christian and he
received Bachelor’s degrees in Music and Mechanical Engineering as well as a Performer’s
Certificate for percussion from the University of Florida where he studied percussion with Dr.
Kenneth Broadway and drum set with Clyde Connor.

During his education at the University of Florida, Patrick received numerous
opportunities to perform throughout Florida as well as internationally, including the World
Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles Conference with the American Chamber
Winds, ClarinetFest with the Professors Clarinet Choir, and the Festival des Anches d’Azur with
the University of Florida Wind Symphony. He also served as a member and section leader for
the Florida Drum Line in the Gator Marching Band. Patrick was awarded the Francis Millikan
Reitz Scholarship Award at the University of Florida in 2016, given for being “the most
outstanding undergraduate music student demonstrating excellence in performance, musical
service, service to the University and community, and promise for future development.”

Patrick has taught students aged elementary through undergraduate as a private lesson
instructor, group lesson instructor, and performance technician for drum lines and front
ensembles. During his time living in Gainesville, FL Patrick served as a percussion instructor in
the Ocala Symphony Community Music Conservatory and Hoggtowne Music as well as front
ensemble instructor/tenor drum technician for Unity Percussion. Before beginning graduate
school in Maryland, Patrick also worked as a supplier quality engineer in the medical device
industry in Florida, ensuring compliance to FDA and American Association of Tissue Banks
(AATB) requirements as well as earning the designation Certified Tissue Bank Specialist
(CTBS).