Patrick Meighan, The Albert N. Tipton Professor of Music at The Florida State University College of Music, was appointed the university's first artist-teacher of saxophone in 1974. He has concertized extensively as a soloist and ensemble recitalist, having appeared in music festivals and on radio and television in Australia, Albania, Colombia, Croatia, Germany, Japan, Kosovo, Peru, Puerto Rico, and Switzerland. Described in Musical America as “…most exceptional, with an otherworldly tone and fluid technique…", his engagements have taken him throughout the continental United States (including Lincoln Center), Canada, China, Europe, and South America.

Professor Meighan has served as principal saxophonist with The Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, The Jacksonville Symphony (FL), The Florida West Coast Symphony, The Naples Philharmonic (FL), and Keith Brion and His New Sousa Band. As a jazz/pop/rock instrumentalist, he has appeared with Sammy Davis Jr., Vic Damone, Larry Elgart, Joe Lovano, Steve Lawrence and Edie Gormé, Three Mo’ Tenors, Johnny Mathis, Bernadette Peters, The Four Tops, The Jackson Five, and The Temptations…he was also invited to join The Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1973.

Professor Meighan holds degrees from Baldwin-Wallace College and The University of Michigan; his principal teachers have been Galan Kral, Larry Teal, and pioneering classical saxophonist Sigurd Raschèr. Among his credits are a 1988 Partners of the Americas Recital Grant to Colombia, a 1992 Fulbright Grant to Australia, a bronze medal at the 1993 International Chamber Music Competition and Festa in Osaka, Japan, and three university awards for excellence in teaching. In addition, he has been referenced in three editions of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers. His students have won national and international solo and chamber music competitions and hold positions on university faculties in the United States and abroad. Three former students are currently members of the internationally renowned Raschèr Saxophone Quartet.