Pat Posey has been a faculty member at the USC Thornton School of Music and a coach for the New World Symphony. They have given pre-concert lectures at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, presented masterclasses across the US and in Europe and Asia, taught students at the Juilliard School and New School in New York, worked as a teaching artist for the Youth Orchestras of Los Angeles (YOLA), and held faculty appointments at the University of Windsor and University of New Mexico.
Scholarly research includes ongoing projects examining the life and music of Ingolf Dahl and Edvard Moritz.
Posey’s primary teachers include Dale Underwood, former saxophone soloist of the US Navy Band, as well as Griffin Campbell at Louisiana State University (Bachelor of Music, 2000) and Donald Sinta at the University of Michigan (Master of Music, 2001). Further studies were with Joseph Lulloff at the Brevard Music Center and Jim Riggs at the University of North Texas.