The mission of Patrick Mouthpieces is to provide trumpet players the tools necessary to perform on their instruments what they hear in their head, and to enable us all to switch between musical genres and not compromise sound or performance.

Symphony

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The Patrick Symphony Series line was developed in collaboration and with input from Members of the Nashville Symphony, New York city based symphony musicians, Robby Garrison, Steve Patrick, and several Nashville studio musicians.

This mouthpiece is unique in design to everything else in the Patrick Mouthpieces’ line. It was designed with modern symphonic demands in mind. If you are sitting in a professional, regional, community orchestra, college orchestra, preparing for the professional audition circuit, or looking to have the staple symphonic trumpet sound, this is the mouthpiece to have.

In the one piece version, it has a 25 drill with a modified 5B size cup. It’s very free blowing but balanced out by the Patrick Classical straight taper back-bore shape. This makes it free blowing in nature but still efficient and brilliant when needed. If you already play on a Patrick Classical Mouthpiece, this backbore shape is the same, while being much more open and free blowing.

The sound is rich and robust from the bottom of the range to the top. The sound color palette is easily bendable to fit the plethora of demands within symphony orchestra repertoire. Whether you are sitting 4th, 3rd, 2nd, or playing principal trumpet, we are confident this mouthpiece will aid in your music making from Beethoven to Stravinsky.

We are also offering this in a “top only” version with a 24 drill. We understand many symphony players have their own back-bores and would like to sustain that aspect in their set up. This top only version is for those players who prefer to use their own personal back-bore.

We would like to send a special thanks to Robby Garrison in his contributions towards the design of the Symphony Series as well as all those who play tested during the prototype stage of development.

Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, Robert Garrison is a versatile performer of classical, baroque, and jazz genres based in New York City. With a deep passion for music, Robert strives to inspire and educate young musicians through his playing and sound concept. His aim is to make music enjoyable for all audiences, regardless of tempo.

Robert served as Acting 2nd Trumpet with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and is currently an Extra Musician with the Metropolitan Opera. He has had the privilege of performing in two "Best Classical Music Performances" named concerts: one with the New York Philharmonic during their opening of the new David Geffen Hall in 2022, and another with MusicAeterna during their US Tour in 2019. Robert has also performed as guest principal trumpet with the New York City Ballet, Sarasota Orchestra, and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and has also performed with many professional orchestras including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, The Florida Orchestra, and many more. In September of 2022, he toured with the New York Philharmonic to Stillwater, Oklahoma, during their residency at Oklahoma State University.

Additionally, he has worked with up-and-coming composers, recording a sonata for trumpet and piano titled "Radiate" written by Katie Jenkins, which won first prize in the Women Composing for Trumpet competition in 2021. He also has commissioned Shelbie Rassler on her trumpet and piano piece "... and soon you will be on its shore...", which was premiered at Mississippi State University in 2024.

As a composer and arranger, Robert's view of bringing jazz concepts into the classical genre shows in some of his compositions. He has written for brass quintet, large brass ensemble, and trumpet ensemble. His arrangement of Kevin McKee's Vuelta del Fuego for 7 trumpets placed 3rd overall in the National Trumpet Competition in 2018.

Robert completed his B.M. in trumpet performance major at the University of North Texas in 2019 and later attended the Juilliard School for his M.M. He has studied under renowned teachers, including Christopher Martin, Raymond Mase, John Thiessen, Caleb Hudson, Ryan Anthony, Dr. Jason Bergman, Adam Gordon, Tanya Darby, and Dr. Leonard Candelaria. Robert has also attended various music festivals, including the Tanglewood Music Center, Spoleto Music Festival, National Orchestra Institute, Brevard Music Center, and the Aspen Music Festival and School.

Robert is a Yamaha Performing Artist and a Patrick Mouthpieces Performing Artist.

You can follow his Instagram account, where he posts short clips of his playing, @robertgarrisontrumpet, as well as his Facebook account: Robert Garrison. His musical Instagram account has been featured in the International Trumpet Guild in an article, where he is used as an example for how musicians are recommended to use their practice social media accounts

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