Biography

Giving his Carnegie Hall debut at age 17, Patrick Kreeger has established himself as one of the leading musicians of his generation. Praised by The Philadelphia Inquirer for his “elegantly detailed phrasing,” as well as having “a lot to offer beyond the organ console,” Patrick maintains a versatile career as a pianist, organist, choral conductor, and educator. 

Kreeger has performed in many prestigious venues around the world, including Carnegie Hall (NY, NY), Jazz at Lincoln Center (NY, NY), Benaroya Hall (Seattle, WA), Meymandi Hall (Raleigh, NC), Marian Anderson Hall (Philadelphia, PA), Bulgaria Hall (Sofia, Bulgaria), St. Patrick’s Cathedral (NY, NY), Peterborough Cathedral (U.K.), Musée des Augustins (Toulouse, France), Kunsten Museum of Fine Art (Aalborg, Denmark), as well as numerous other venues in the U.S., U.K., France, Italy, Israel, Denmark, and Bulgaria.  He gave his symphonic debut performing Sergei Rachmaninoff’s first piano concerto under the baton of William Henry Curry and the North Carolina Symphony, and has made guest appearances with Colorado’s Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra, Symphonicity-Virginia Beach Symphony, Piffaro-The Renassance Band, The Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra, Barton College/Wilson Symphony Orchestra, SUNY-Purchase Conservatory Orchestra, and the New York City Chamber Orchestra.

A native of Jacksonville, Florida, Patrick began his piano studies with Barbara Broach and subsequently studied under Gerson Yessin and Henry Doskey. He began his organ studies with James Wood and pursued further training with Colin Andrews. Patrick holds degrees from The Curtis Institute of Music (B.Mus.), Yale University (M.M., Sacred Music Certificate), and The Juilliard School (D.M.A.), where his main teachers included Alan Morrison and Susan Starr, Martin Jean, and Paul Jacobs, respectively. At Yale, he was the recipient of the Robert Baker scholarship and was awarded the Margot Fassler Prize for excellence in sacred music performance. At Juilliard, Patrick was a C.V. Starr doctoral fellow, and was awarded the Richard F. French Doctoral Prize for outstanding research in his dissertation examining Johannes Brahms’s views on spirituality and mortality.

A devoted educator, Patrick was appointed to the faculty of The Juilliard School in 2019, where he teaches piano, chamber music, and music theory within the College and Extension Divisions and serves as the chair of the music theory department for Juilliard Extension. In 2015, he was appointed Associate Organist at New York City’s historic Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. He maintains an active private studio, and numerous students have earned top honors in a multitude of national and international competitions as well as have earned admittance into prestigious music programs in the U.S. and Europe.