A native of Chicago, Illinois received her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Following graduation, she spent four years as the clarinet soloist with the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command Band. Upon separation from the USAF she moved to Houston to attend graduate school at Rice University where she received her Master of Musical Arts Degree in clarinet performance. Past positions include; Assistant Director of Bands, Texas Southern University, Instructor of Clarinet, Prairie View A&M University Applied Clarinet and Chamber Music Instructor at Lone Star College Cy-Fair and Music Teacher, Houston I.S.D. Ms. Patterson enjoys performing with the Energy Corridor of Houston Orchestra (ECHO), the Sugar Land Winds and the Cypress Winds Clarinet Quartet.

A native Texan, received her Bachelor of Music Performance degree from the University of Houston where she studied under David Peck, principal clarinetist of the Houston Symphony.  While in school, Mae served as principal clarinetist with the Houston Youth Symphony, played Bb and Eb Clarinet in the University of Houston Wind Ensemble and performed in several local area musicals.  Currently, she performs with the Cypress Symphonic Band, and the Cypress Winds Clarinet Quartet.

Performs on clarinet with the Houston Concert Band and the Cypress Winds Quartet. She has played with the Houston Symphonic Band, and Clarinet Ensemble, Houston Sinfonietta and Houston Civic Symphony. Originally from Michigan, Mrs. McStravick played in the Heidelberg Symphonic Band while earning her B.A. in German.  She performed in the University of Heidelberg’s Orchestra during her junior year abroad. She has an M.A. in German literature from Rice University and has taught languages in college and middle school.

Principal chair in the Houston Symphonic Band, Second/Bass Clarinet in the Baytown Symphony and Bass Clarinet for the Cypress Winds Quartet. She holds a B.M. in Education from Indiana U/U of Houston and Master of Music in Clarinet and Sax Performance from University of Houston. She has performed in 3 tours of China and 7 in Europe. In 2012 she toured Texas Universities in Richard Nunemaker’s Houston Clarinet Ensemble. Mrs. Angerstein has performed in the Galveston Symphony, Houston Pops, Symphony North, Houston Civic Symphony, and freelances on Clarinet, Bass Clarinet and Saxophone.