A native of Texas, Patrick Kennelly has been a hornist with the Mexico City Philharmonic, the Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria, the Symphony of the State of Mexico and the Mexico City Woodwind Quintet.  He has served on the faculty of the Ollin Yolizltzli School of Music, the Centro Nacional de las Artes, and Radford University.  In his spare time he builds houses and raises his seven children.