Patrick Vandiver

Overview
Patrick is an accomplished pianist, singer, and songwriter whose musical style spans a broad range of genres, including pop, jazz, rhythm and blues, country and gospel.  Whatever the song, Patrick always delivers an emotional, passionate performance with rich keyboard styling’s and a powerful, soulful voice much larger than himself.

The Beginning 

Patrick was born and raised in rural Georgia. Patrick grew up as the middle child of a dairy farmer and a kindergarten teacher, both of whom were musicians. Throughout Patrick's childhood, music was always a huge part of Patrick’s home life, and by the age of 5, he was already banging out melodies on the piano along with 8-track tapes playing on the stereo.  By the time he was seven, he was performing for audiences of several hundred.  He had an amazing ability to play back just about anything he heard, and soon began classical piano training.  By age 12, Patrick was writing and performing his own songs, singing and accompanying himself on the piano.

The Middle 

In his mid-teens, Patrick won numerous classical piano competitions all over the state of Georgia.  Even so, what he enjoyed most was playing and singing his own songs, as well as his own arrangements of the pop hits of the day.  His biggest influences at the time were Lionel Richie, Styx, Journey, and James Ingram.  

One summer night just before his sophomore year in high school, Patrick attended a worship service in a small church  near his home.  “No more than five minutes after the music started, something happened inside of me that goes beyond anything I can explain.  It was more than an emotional feeling, but something that cut right to the very heart of who I am.  I cried for hours that night -- it was a deep spiritual experience between God and me, and He used music to get to me.  And it worked.  I was honestly never the same after that.”  It was then and there that Patrick realized the power of music, and he wanted more than anything for his music to deeply move the listeners.

After graduating high school, Patrick attended  Southeastern College in Lakeland, Florida, for three semesters before deciding to pursue music full-time.  He joined the staff of Kenneth Hagin Ministries in Tulsa, Oklahoma where he traveled with the crusade team, serving as keyboardist/vocalist for over seven years.  He graduated from RHEMA in 1993.

Recently 

Patrick has been traveling all over the U.S., Canada and Europe, sharing a message of love, joy, and peace through his music, both inside and outside the church walls.  The scope of his work is broad, ranging from leading worship for various ministries to providing music for regional and national corporate events, charity events, and recording projects.  He has performed with various entertainers, including the Godfather of Soul, James Brown.  Patrick has 7 solo recording projects to his credit.  His piano CD, Beyond Words, is featured on the nationally-syndicated radio show, Delilah.

Patrick currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia.