Rylie Patching

Baroque bassoon

Rylie is 17 years old and a senior at Kamiak High School. Rylie started playing Baroque bassoon at 13 years old under the guidance of Dr. Anna Marsh. Rylie regularly plays historically informed Baroque-style music on both modern and Baroque bassoon. She has been a member of the Seattle Historical Arts for Kids - Early Music Youth Academy since 2022, and she is the recipient of Early Music America’s 2023 Workshop Scholarship. During the summer of 2023, Rylie performed at Oberlin’s Baroque Performance Institute and Amherst Early Music Festival Baroque Academy. Rylie often plays for St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle for their Sunday services, and she was hired in 2023 by Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Seattle to perform in their “Handel’s Messiah” concert on Baroque bassoon. In addition to performing, Rylie is learning harpsichord voicing, tuning, and repair from Henry Lebedinsky. Rylie is an advocate for early music/ historical performance education, and she has presented with Dr. Anna Marsh on Baroque style at the 2023 Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition and Bassoon Symposium. After presenting at Meg Quigley, Rylie saw the need for youth outreach and created “Y-415 Connection”, which is a youth-to-youth early music outreach platform on Instagram. Rylie is currently applying to several music conservatories in Europe that offer Bachelor programs in historical bassoon performance, and she hopes to start her studies fall of 2024.