Patrick Galvin is finishing his Performance Studies degree in solo violin at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He was a participant in the 2014 Rubin Institute for Music Criticism. Articles By This Author Review New Music Gathering A Huge Success at S.F. Conservatory Patrick Galvin - February 12, 2015 Last month, a spirit of innovation and inclusion reigned as practioners and devotees of contemporary music performed and traded ideas.