Patrick Cornelius

164 92nd st, 2nd floor Brooklyn, NY 11209

347-526-0334;

patrick@patrickcornelius.com

Experience:

Music Faculty, United Nations International School September 2014 – Present

  • Assistant Director, High School (Tutorial House) Wind Ensemble, M1 (5th Grade) Beginning Woodwinds, M2 (6th Grade) Band

  • Teach private saxophone, clarinet, and flute lessons to Middle and High School band students

  • Assist Wind Ensemble Director in conducting rehearsals and sectionals, executing logistics, and grading assignments

  • Objectives include teaching basic instrumental skills, sight-reading, musical proficiency, and performance

  • skills, as well as producing and facilitating performance opportunities for students

  • Department Chair: Gary Capentandes; gcapetandes@unis.org

Visiting Adjunct Lecturer in Jazz Studies, Snow College; Ephraim, UT September 2013 – 2021

  • Taught private saxophone lessons and composition lessons to majors in the accredited Professional Music degree program, both in person and via Skype/Zoom.

  • Taught seminars and workshops in Jazz Composition, Theory, and Improvisation.

  • Taught saxophone students and coach ensembles during the Snow College Summer Jazz Workshop

  • Presented concerts with guest artists such as Carl Allen, Frank Kimbrough, Xavier Davis, Rodney Jones, Christie Dashiell, James Burton

  • Objectives included a mix of artistic goals and practical skills, including saxophone technique, jazz improvisation, critical listening skills, composition and arranging, jazz theory, sight-reading skills, ear training, repertoire development, classical saxophone repertoire, and critical listening / transcription skills.

  • Department Head: Dr. Vance Larsen, Dean of Fine Arts, Director of Horne School of Music; vance.larsen@snow.edu

Teaching Fellow, Musical Mentors Collaborative April 2020 – August 2021

  • Taught private saxophone and flute lessons to underserved, at-risk, and disabled young people during the height of COVID-19 lockdowns

  • Presented online music appreciation classes to groups of underserved children living in group facilities.

  • Prepared students for NYSSMA All-State examinations and auditions.

Adjunct Lecturer of Saxophone, CUNY Hunter College; New York, NY September 2014 - June 2016

  • Taught private saxophone lessons to music majors, minors, and elective students.

  • Objectives included improving basic instrumental skills, sight-reading, basic musical proficiency, and jazz improvisation, as well as coordinating curriculum objectives within the greater music department.

  • Department Head: Ryan Keberle, Director of Jazz Studies; rkeberle@hunter.cuny .edu

Guest Artist / Clinician 2006 - present

  • Presented numerous visiting guest artist workshops, clinics, lectures, and concerts in a wide range of settings, and on a large variety of musical topics

  • Some educational settings include Juilliard (2022), Berklee College of Music (2013), The University of North Carolina Greensboro (2012), New York Youth Symphony (2024), Royal Birmingham Conservatoire UK (2016, 2019, 2024), Trinity University in London (2013), St. Mary’s University in San Antonio (2007), The University of Wisconsin La Crosse (2014), Snow College in Utah (2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016), Texas State University (2008), The University of San Jose in Costa Rica (2010), Juilliard Jazz Summer Camp (2013, 2014), and The

  • Royal Academy in London (2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2024).

  • Topics of expertise include saxophone fundamentals, jazz improvisation basics, jazz harmony and theory, advanced improvisation techniques, jazz composition basics for “non-composers, ensemble coaching, and composition and arranging.

Group and Private Music Instructor, Poly Prep Day School; Brooklyn, NY April 2006 – September 2013

  • Taught group and private saxophone lessons to students at the prestigious Poly Prep private school in

  • Brooklyn. Ages ranged from 4th to 12th grade, grouped by instrumental proficiency.

  • Objectives included basic beginning saxophone instrumental skills, basics of reading music, counting, tuning, rhythm, and rudimentary ear training, and ranged to advanced concert repertoire and jazz improvisation.

  • Former Department Head: Nick Armstrong, Director of Fine Arts

Faculty, New York Jazz Symposium Summer Camp (formerly Juilliard Jazz Summer Camp) Summer, 2014

  • Co-led Saxophone Studio Classes and group lessons

  • Coached intermediate and beginner jazz combos

  • Taught advanced jazz theory and composition / arranging masterclasses

  • Performed with Carl Allen’s Octet

  • Director: Carl Allen; carl@carlallen.com

Faculty, Juilliard Jazz Summer Camp Summer, 2013

  • Co-led Saxophone Studio Classes and group lessons

  • Coached intermediate and beginner jazz combos

  • Taught advanced jazz theory classes with Juilliard professor Ron Blake

  • Performed with Juilliard Jazz Faculty Ensemble

  • Director: Carl Allen; carl@carlallen.com

Professional Saxophonist, Composer, Bandleader 2000 - Present

  • Released 10 albums as bandleader featuring original compositions and arrangements; Quintet (2001), Lucid Dream (2006), Traveling Song (2008), Fierce (2010), Maybe Steps (2011), Infinite Blue (2013), While We’re Still Young (2016), This Should be Fun (2019), Acadia: Way of the Cairns (2020), Book of Secrets (2023)

  • Maintained an active recording and performing career as a sideman. Featured on over 30 professionally released albums, including Dan Pugach’s 2025 Grammy-Winning “Bianca Reimagined.”

  • Maintained an active performing career as bandleader. Some notable performances as bandleader include venues such as The Blue Note (NY), The London Jazz Festival, Ronnie Scotts (London), Quortuba Jazz Festival (Cordoba, Spain), The Fiesta Jazz Festival (TX), The Jazz Gallery (NY), The Jazz Bar (Edinburgh), JouluJazz Festival (Tallinn, Estonia), Swanage Jazz Festival (UK) Jazz Rallye Festival (Luxembourg City), Wigan Jazz Festival (UK), Baiser Sale (Paris), The Pitt Inn (Tokyo), Bourbon Street (Sao Paulo), JazzClub Unterfahrt (DE), Jazz at Kitano (NY)

  • Received several honors and commissions for composition including the ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award (renamed “Herb Alpert Award”) in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008, and two “New Jazz Works” grants from Chamber Music America and the Doris Duke Foundation (2012 and 2023), is a current member of the International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers, and an alum of the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop. Commissioned to write large ensemble arrangements for the big bands across the US, Japan, and UK.

  • Featured as a bandleader, performer, and composer on nationally syndicated radio programs such as NPR’s “JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater” (January 2014), “The Checkout with Josh Jackson” (February 2011 and December 2013), France Musique’s “Jazz Trotter" and “Jazz Today with Soweto Kinch” on BBC Radio 3 (February 2016)

  • Received media attention (reviews, articles, interviews, listings) from international sources such as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, DownBeat, The Guardian, The Financial Times, Downbeat Magazine, BBC Music Magazine, JazzTimes, The Ottawa Citizen, The San Antonio Express-News, Saxophone Journal, France Musique, Jazz Journal UK, and JazzWise Magazine

Education

  • The Juilliard School 2009 - 2011

    Artist Diploma

  • Manhattan School of Music 2004 - 2006

Master of Music in Jazz Performance, Summa Cum Laude

  • Berklee College of Music 1997 - 2000

Bachelor of Music in Saxophone Performance, Magna Cum Laude;

Bilboard Endowed Scholarship 1999, Charlie Parker Scholarship Award 1998

Skills

Experienced in tutoring, teaching, and mentoring in the following topics: Saxophone fundamentals, Flute and Clarinet doubling skills, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Harmony and Theory, Jazz Composition and Arranging, History of Jazz Woodwind Styles, History of Jazz Composition and Arranging, Performance Ear Training, Executive Functioning for neurodiversity in the arts. Trained in classical piano for 14 years. Proficient with Mac, iOS, and Windows software including Sibelius, Finale, Logic Pro X, Audacity, Office, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, and Google Apps.

Professional References:

  • Darcy James Argue

Grammy-Nominated Composer and Bandleader; Professor of Jazz Composition and Arranging, Princeton University.

dargue@princeton.edu

646.239.1362

  • Ron Blake

Jazz Saxophonist, SNL Band Member; Professor of Saxophone, The Juilliard School.

ron@ronblakemusic.com

646.642.4928

  • Alan Ferber

Grammy-Nominated Composer and Trombonist; Professor of Jazz Composition and Arranging, New York University.

adf6@nyu.edu

917.548.3034