about

Patrick McAvinue, originally from Hereford, Maryland, holds a Bachelor of Music in jazz performance from Towson University, where he studied with pianist Tim Murphy, trumpeter David Ballou, and violinist Jeffrey Howard. Prior to joining the United States Navy Band in Washington, D.C., he was a Nashville-based session and touring musician.

In addition to releasing his own music, he has performed with artists such as Dailey & Vincent, Trace Adkins, Alison Krauss, The Oak Ridge Boys, Lee Greenwood, Jimmy Fortune, Marty Stuart, Bela Fleck, Del McCoury, Michael Cleveland, Audie Blaylock, Melissa Aldana, Rodrigo Leao, and John McCutcheon, among others. Patrick's playing can be heard on numerous film and video game soundtracks, most recently on Sid Meier's Civilization VI.

His awards include the 2017 International Bluegrass Music Association's Fiddle Player of the Year, the 2015 IBMA Momentum Instrumentalist of the Year, and Towson University's 2018 Distinguished Young Alumni Award. In the United States, McAvinue has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Grand Ole Opry. Internationally, he has performed at the Country Gold Festival in Kumamoto, Japan; the Gstaad Festival in Gstaad, Switzerland; the Country Rendezvous Festival in Crappone, France; the U.S. Embassy in Quito, Ecuador; Die Dreikönigskirche in Dresden, Germany; Koppernik Theatre in Prague, the Czech Republic; and the Norsk Country Treff in Breim, Norway.

Patrick is a roller coaster of pure, uncut fiddle nirvana. - Country Music Pride
McAvinue is one of the most in-demand players on the local music scene—and beyond. He has performed all over the world...his talents are audibly virtuosic. - Baltimore Style Magazine
To me the most awesome thing about Patrick's playing is that he is not afraid of taking chances. Every time you hear him play he will play something different, but yet equally as exciting as the last. - Michael Cleveland
He absorbs from any genre, but even more important, he can figure out how a certain style can impact what he plays in a different context. - Fiddler Magazine