PATRICK DAVIES
clarinet
Patrick is a clarinettist, woodwind doubler and music teacher based in London. Busy primarily in theatre pits, Patrick also works in orchestras as a clarinettist and in function bands as a saxophonist.
patrickdaviesclarinet@gmail.com
(+44) 07925168838
photograph by Tom Medwell
Theatre work (as chair holder)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - UK Tour 2024 - 2025.
Rebecca - Charing Cross Theatre 2023.
Theatre work (as deputy)
This Is My Family - Southwark Playhouse 2025.
Chicago - UK Tour 2025.
Sister Act - UK Tour 2023 - 2024.
The Wizard of Oz - London Palladium 2023.
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Shakespeare's Globe 2023.
Treason - Alexandra Palace 2023.
Hansel and Gretel - Shakespeare's Globe 2023.
Annie - UK Tour 2023.
Other recent experience
Multi-Story Orchestra - Southbank 2025.
Mahler Foundation Festival Orchestra - Beijing Music Festival 2023.
Brixton Chamber Orchestra - 2019 - present.
Urban Soul Orchestra 2023 - present.
Chamber music performances have taken Patrick to the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, LSO St Lukes, and the Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina in Warsaw. He has also performed for broadcasts on BBC Radio 2 and Radio 3.
Appearances as soloist have included Stanford's Clarinet Concerto with the Innovaris Orchestra, Giacinto Scelsi's Kya with the Guildhall School's Ubu Ensemble, Weber's Second Clarinet Concerto with the Bournemouth Youth Orchestra, and Mozart's Clarinet Concerto with the Leighton Buzzard Sinfonia.
An eclectic range of other recent performances includes house music with DJs, traditional Irish and English music, and gigs with a gypsy jazz quartet.
Patrick graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama's Masters programme, where he was awarded the prestigious Concert Recital Diploma for high distinction in a final recital, and was selected for performance opportunities with the London Symphony Orchestra and Shanghai Opera House.