Patrick Neher, double bass player and professor, is recognized as one of the world's leading virtuoso soloists and composers of music for double bass. He received his Master of Music Degree with Honors from the Juilliard School of Music in 1981, under the esteemed tutelage of the late David Walter. In 1996 he received the coveted Diplôme from François Rabbath and the International Rabbath Institute, Paris, France.

He has been with the faculty of the University of Arizona since1984. He founded the Arizona Double Bass Symposium in1988, and the Arizona Bass Players Festival in 2005. He is a former member of the San Diego Symphony, the New Mexico Symphony, the American Philharmonic, the New Orleans Symphony, the New 20th Century Players, and for ten years he was Principal Bassist with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. For almost two decades, Mr. Neher was Principal Bassist with the Santa Fe Orchestra and the Santa Fe Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra.

Prof. Neher's solo concert career has taken him to England, Scotland, Australia, France, Canada, East and West Germany, Italy, Mexico, Argentina, Peru, and throughout the USA. As an active chamber musician, he has performed with numerous festivals, including: the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the Sedona Chamber Music Festival, the Grand Canyon Chamber Music Festival, the Spoleto Festival, the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society, the Grand Teton Music Festival, the California New Music Festival, the CalArts Contemporary Music Festival, the Green Umbrella Series, the Santa Fe Opera, and the Houston, New Orleans, and Phoenix symphonies' summer festivals.

Mr Neher's multi-media ensemble, Crossing Barriers Group has performed spectacular events that utilize a multitude of media and personnel, including collaborations with U. of A. Music Faculty, avante garde dance ensemble, Double Vision and Chicago's Accessible Contemporary Music's performance ensemble.