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Joseph Patrych is a recording producer and the owner of Patrych Sound Studios in New York, well known for its recordings of classical piano and chamber music. Mr. Patrych has worked as a free lance producer for many prominent record companies including Bis, BMG, Bridge, Centaur, Music & Arts, Nonesuch and New York Philharmonic Special Editions. He has had 2 CD’s nominated for Grammy Awards: Alkan Concerto with Marc-Andre Hamelin, pianist on Music & Arts Records in 1994 & Glazunov Piano Music, Vol. 1 with Duane Hulbert, pianist on Bridge Records in 2002.

Mr. Patrych was educated at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College in New York City where he studied music theory, history, analysis and performance. He has performed as a pianist, conductor and choral singer, and has adjudicated several music competitions, most recently the Degrado Memorial Competition for the past 3 years. From 1980 to 1993 Mr. Patrych was Classical Music Director at WFUV-FM, the public radio station located at Fordham University. While working for WFUV he taught courses in Broadcast Engineering to Fordham students and was the co-producer and co-host of Concert Grande, a radio program devoted to the piano and piano music that aired for 17 years.

In addition to his New York-based studio work, Mr. Patrych regularly takes part in recording and engineering workshops and recording sessions throughout the United States. He has designed and built recording and archival studios for Harvard University, The University of Missouri at Kansas City, The Edison National Historical Site, and The International Piano Archives at Maryland, as well as many private studios. He is a member of The Association of Recorded Sound Collections, where he is on the Technical Committee.