TEACHING
Patrick Behnke is an attentive and dedicated teacher active within many arts education institutions across the Los Angeles region, having taught students from first beginning an instrument to receiving the ABRSM Certificate with Distinction. Patrick holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Viola Performance from the University of Michigan, and a dual Master’s Degree in Music Performance and Composition from the California Institute of the Arts.
To inquire about rates for violin, viola, piano, group ensemble, or composition lessons, please contact pdbehnke@gmail.com . Patrick teaches group classes for Harmony Project Los Angeles, Harmony Project Long Beach, the Los Angeles Music and Art School (as an orchestra coach and occasional leader), and in private instruction. He has also coached and at times led high school string orchestras in many locations throughout Los Angeles County, such as for string orchestras at the Alhambra Public Schools and the El Monte Public Schools, as well as for the Santa Clarita Valley Youth Orchestra.
Composition, Production, Remote String Recording and Arranging
Patrick Behnke is equipped with a home studio, condenser mics, and appropriate DAWs for remote studio recording and string arranging. Patrick’s compositions have appeared in animations, as well as being performed by the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra and the Contemporary Choral Collective of Los Angeles. Patrick has done remote and in-person studio sessions for a variety of recording and film projects, such as for Pox Films Animation, Black Ram Records, and Preference Records. Patrick’s scored string arranging can be heard on upcoming releases from Preference Records.
Shining Water Emergence Archives
Shining Water Emergence Archives & Collective
Record Label, Production Community
Shining Water Emergence Archives:
Audio Releases
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Music Score Engraving, Copying, and Digital Archiving
Patrick’s engraving and archiving clients include I Cellisti Publications.
Patrick’s score engravings have been used by schools such as the Yonkers, New York Public School System, Columbia University Marching Bands, and the Birmingham, Michigan Public Schools.
Audio/Video Editing/ Mixing
Audio and video mixing done for Harmony Project Los Angeles, the Saturday Conservatory of Music, and others.