Xavion Patterson, bassoon

Hometown: Smyrna, Tennessee

PC: Cameron Whitman

Meet Xavion

Xavion performed on Show 384 in Fairfax, Virginia on February 29, 2020.

Xavion Patterson (bassoon), 16, is a junior at Stewarts Creek High School in Smyrna, Tennessee and a recipient of From the Top’s Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award. He studies privately with Julia Harguindey, principal bassoonist of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO). Xavion is also a member of the NSO’s Accelerando Program for gifted young musicians and the Curb Youth Symphony of the Nashville Youth Orchestra Program. His recent musical highlights include attending the Boston University Tanglewood Institute in the summer of 2019, and placing second in the Texas Lyricism Competition for Oboe and Bassoon in May 2019. Xavion enjoys meditating and spending time with his friends.

Listen to Xavion

Show 384, Fairfax, VA
Sicilienne et Allegro Giocoso for bassoon and piano by Gabriel Grovlez

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