Lee Patrick (born November 17, 1938, in Oneonta, New York) is an American classical saxophonist, saxophone teacher, scholar, arranger, and composer.
Patrick holds a bachelor's degree from Ithaca College and a Master of Music degree from Ball State University. He holds a D.M.A. degree from the University of Kentucky (1971).
Patrick serves as instructor of saxophone at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky.
He served as instructor of saxophone at the University of Louisville, in Louisville, Kentucky, from the 1970s through 1992.
He served as director of the Saxophone Institute, a study week for classical saxophonists, for more than 25 years. The institute was held at the University of Louisville in the 1970s through mid 1990s, and at Transylvania University through 2001.
In the 1980s and 1990s Patrick played in THE TRIO, an ensemble of alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones. Other members of THE TRIO over the years included John S. Moore, Patrick Meighan, Pete Hodson, and Rick Morgan.
He has performed with the Saxophone Sinfonia, including concerts at the 1979 World Saxophone Congress and at Alice Tully Hall in New York City.
Patrick is widely known as an arranger of classical music for saxophone ensemble. Several of his arrangements and compositions are published as "The Lee Patrick Saxophone Series" by Carl Fischer Music.
His original compositions include:
His arrangements include:
Several of Lee Patrick's other arrangements and transcriptions for various combinations of saxophones are published by Belwin, Bourne, Theodore Presser, and Ethos.
Patrick served as director of scholarly publications for the North American Saxophone Alliance for many years. He has published numerous articles about saxophone history, acoustics, and pedagogy. Many of these articles were printed in Saxophone Symposium and Saxophone Journal.