Pat is a long-time piano teacher pianist and composer living in Colorado. A native of Central Montana she has a BME and MM (in piano performance) from the U of Colorado in Boulder. While maintaining an active piano studio she has also written a lot of piano music (some in the jazz idiom as well as many ragtime piano pieces) choral music (some sacred and some secular) and instrumental music. The most recent was Water Suite for Glass Harp Piano and Orchestra - composed in 2010. Some of her flute ensemble compositions have been performed around the country.