Patrick Bolton

Bassoon

Orchestral Trials:

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 Feb 2020 – Aug 2021

Freelance Orchestral Work:

English National Opera

Principal bassoon, 2nd bassoon

Philharmonia Orchestra

Principal bassoon, 2nd bassoon, 3rd bassoon

Aurora Orchestra

Principal bassoon, 2nd bassoon, contrabassoon

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

Principal bassoon

Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra

Principal bassoon

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

2nd bassoon

Hallé Orchestra

2nd bassoon

London Philharmonic Orchestra

2nd bassoon, 3rd bassoon, 4th 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

Arch Sinfonia

Principal bassoon

Dorset Opera Festival

Principal bassoon

SÓN Orchestra

Principal bassoon, 2nd bassoon

Orchestra for the Earth

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: 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
Bassoon