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Patrick Bolton
Bassoon
Orchestral Trials:
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Section Leader Bassoon, trial September 2024 – present
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sub-Principal 2nd bassoon, trial March 2024 - present
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Principal Bassoon No. 2, trial February 2024 - present
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sub-Principal Bassoon, trial July 2022 – June 2023
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Sub-Principal Bassoon, trial February 2020 – Aug 2021
Freelance Orchestral Work:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Principal bassoon, 2nd bassoon, 3rd bassoon,
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Principal bassoon, 2nd bassoon, 3rd bassoon, 4th bassoon
English National Opera
Principal bassoon, 2nd bassoon
Aurora Orchestra
Principal bassoon, 2nd bassoon, contrabassoon
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
Principal bassoon
Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
Principal bassoon
Royal Northern Sinfonia
2nd bassoon
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
2nd bassoon
Hallé Orchestra
2nd bassoon
BBC Concert Orchestra
2nd bassoon
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
2nd bassoon
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
2nd bassoon
London Chamber Orchestra
2nd bassoon
National Symphony Orchestra
Principal bassoon
Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra
Principal bassoon, 2nd bassoon
Fantasia Orchestra
Principal bassoon
Contemporary Work:
London Sinfonietta
Bassoon, contrabassoon
Ensemble Musikfabrik
Bassoon
Octandre Ensemble
Bassoon, contrabassoon
Knussen Sinfonia
Bassoon, contrabassoon
Sessions:
National Film and Television School
Orchestrate
Hilary Skewes Ltd.
London Philharmonic Orchestra
BBC Concert Orchestra
Orchestral Training:
Philharmonia MMSF Fellow 2022-23
London Sinfonietta Academy 2022
London Philharmonic Orchestra Foyle Future Firsts 2019-20
Aurora Symphony and Chamber Orchestra 2019, Stockholm, Principal bassoon, 2nd bassoon
Orchestra of the Royal Academy of Music and the Julliard School, BBC Proms 2019, Principal bassoon
Chamber Music/Solo:
Elgar Romance with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Winchester Cathedral, 2023
Ensemble Renard: Countess of Munster Trust Recital Scheme 2023-24; Aldeburgh Festival 2023; Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme 2022-23 & 2023-24; Tunnell Trust Award 2021; Nicholas Blake Woodwind Ensemble Prize 2019; Chamber Music Fellowship at Royal Academy of Music 2021-22
Brúndibar Arts Festival, Young Professional Artist 2022
Royal Overseas League Annual Music Competition, WBP Finalist 2022
The Arts Club – Sir Karl Jenkins Music Award 2020, runner-up
Learning and Participation:
RPO Resound; LPO Funharmonics; London Sinfonietta Composition Challenge; Spitalfields Music Trust (Ensemble
Renard); Music Around the Park Family Concert (Ensemble Renard)
Education:
2018-2020: Royal Academy of Music, MA in Performance (Bassoon), Distinction, DipRAM
2015-2018: Christ Church, University of Oxford, BA (Hons) in Music, First Class, recipient of Clifford Smith Prize for Music
Professors: Robin O’Neill, Jonathan Davies, Amy Harman, Simon Estell (contra)
Awards/Scholarships: Regency Award (RAM); Isabel May Walton Scholarship; Countess of Munster Trust; Help Musicians UK Postgraduate Award; Ensemble ISIS New Music Scholarship
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Instruments
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