Patrick Oliverio is principal tenor horn with the Fountain City Brass Band, Videographer and Photographer at the University of Missouri Kansas City, and is an active trumpet performer, clinician, and private lessons instructor in the Kansas City metro area.

He has had the pleasure of performing with ensembles such as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Brass Band of Battle Creek, the Kansas City Symphony, Kansas City Ballet, Kansas City Opera, and the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.

Patrick began his music education at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville which he attended for his undergraduate degree in trumpet performance. During his time in Fayetteville, Patrick had the pleasure of performing with The Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, Arkansas Philharmonic, and the Fulbright Brass Quintet. Some of his selected achievements include: winning 1st and 2nd place at the state and regional level of the MTNA Soloist competition and the International Trumpet Guild’s Scholarship Competition in 2011, 2012, and 2013.

In 2013, Patrick moved to Kansas City with his wife Jennifer Oliverio and joined the award-winning group the Fountain City Brass Band. Since becoming full-time members, the FCBB have won their 7th US Open Competition and 10th North American Brass Band Championship. He also had the opportunity to tour with Fountain City to Gateshead, England in 2017 when they placed 2nd in Brass in Concert and 3rd in the Scottish Open Championship.

In 2016, Patrick began his graduate studies at the University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance. During his master’s studies Patrick had the pleasure of playing in the Conservatory Symphony Orchestra and the Conservatory Wind Symphony under the direction of Professor Steven D. Davis. Patrick was a member and a soloist of the Wind Symphony during their featured performance at the 2017 CBDNA conference in Kansas City. That same year Patrick placed 1st in the Graduate Solo Division of the National Trumpet Competition in Denver, Colorado. Patrick also was awarded first place in the Susan Slaughter Trumpet Solo Competition at the 2019 International Women’s Brass Conference.

Patrick has studied with phenomenal teachers such as Frank Campos, Ed Carroll, Justin Emerich, Wiff Rudd, Tony Plog, Dr. Richard Rulli, and Dr. Keith Benjamin.

Patrick currently is on the Board of Directors for the National Trumpet Competition and is a Besson sponsored artist.