Patrick Phillips

Patrick Phillips, 16, attends Brisbane State High School. He started learning the cello aged 5 and studies under Patrick Murphy. Patrick was awarded his AMusA in 2020, aged 12, and his LMusA with Distinction in 2022, aged 14. He has been a prize winner at a number of competitions, including the QSO Young Instrumentalist Prize, Australian Concerto and Vocal Competition open instrumental finals and the Australian Strings Association Concerto Competition. He has been invited to perform in a number of masterclasses, including with Prof Howard Penny, Australian National Academy of Music and Yeeun Heo of the Esmé Quartet. Patrick spent four years as a cellist with the Queensland Youth Symphony Orchestra and toured Singapore, Austria and Germany with them in 2023. He was also selected for the Australian Youth Orchestra’s National Music Camp 2024. He joined the UQ Chamber Music Academy in 2023 as a cellist with the Timli Trio and Take Six sextet. Both groups were national finalists in Strike A Chord 2024, with Take Six awarded the Paul Morawetz Second Prize and the Timli Trio awarded the Firebird Mentorship Prize.