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NORAH SANDE AWARD 2008
A piano competition for Young Adult Pianists of Kent, Sussex, Surrey and London postal districts
David Patrick
FTCL ARCO ARCM LRAM LTCL FRSA
Adjudicator
David Patrick was a pupil of and Assistant to Dr. Harold Darke at St. Michael’s, Cornhill, London from 1959 to 1966 during which time he gave many recitals and was awarded a Fellowship of Trinity College of Music, London. Since then he has firmly established himself as an organist, accompanist (organ, harpsichord and piano) and conductor in both the United Kingdom and abroad. He has performed on many occasions in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, France, Holland, Luxembourg, Austria, Italy and Switzerland (including the International Festivals at Lahti and Sorø).
His performances in the United Kingdom have included those at London’s major Concert Halls, many Cathedrals and Leeds Town Hall. He has also broadcast and appeared on television and has made discs of organ music on important Swedish organs for the Swedish Company Opus 3. In the United Kingdom he has recorded for the Priory label. In 2000 he made organ concert tours of Germany and Italy and in 2001 and 2002 played in Sweden, Holland and the Czech Republic. Future plans include a concert tour of Italy in 2006.
He studied the piano in London with Lina Collins who was a pupil of Paderewski.
He is an examiner and moderator for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, and has had many carols, organ editions and arrangements, song collections and recorder pieces published in recent years.
In 1998 he founded his own publishing company, Fitzjohn Music Publications, which specialises in the publication of the more unusual music for piano solo, piano duet, piano trio(6hands), piano quartet (8 hands on 2 pianos), organ solo, vocal solo and sacred choral music.
David Patrick has become known as a successful choral conductor having conducted small and massed choirs in many places including the Royal Albert Hall in London. In 1973 he conducted the world premiere of John Joubert’s opera “The Prisoner” and has directed Courses and Summer Schools for church musicians in England, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
He is in constant demand as an adjudicator, having judged at numerous Festival Competitions throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland, and in Hong Kong (1986 and 1999). He is an adjudicator for the British and International Federation of Festivals. |
