MOST PEOPLE CALL ME:

Paddy

CITY/COUNTRY OF BIRTH:

Born in Geelong, Australia- grew up in Echuca, Australia

CURRENT CITY/COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:

Geelong, Australia and Melbourne, Australia (University)

BIRTHDAY AND MONTH

5 November 1991

FIRST LANGUAGE:

English

OTHER LANGUAGE AND LEVELS: 

Advanced Italian

EMPLOYMENT (Job):

Music School Tutor/Student

INSTRUMENTS THAT I PLAY:

Piano, trombone

FAVORITE FOODS:

Chocolate, pizza, pasta, curry, coffee (bit of a food-a-holic really)

LEAST FAVORITE FOOD:

I’ll try anything…except maybe offal.

PET (ANIMAL) ALLERGIES:

None

VOICE PART:

Tenor/Baritone

HOBBIES:

Music, reading, movies, public speaking and debating, travelling, football (Australian Rules) and cricket, cooking, long lunches and dinners with family and friends

FAMILY:

Parents, three younger brothers, younger sister, heaps of aunts/uncles/cousins

RELIGION:

Catholic

COUNTRIES TRAVELED TO:

Thailand, Italy

EDUCATION BACKGROUND:
Finished high school in 2009, currently at university studying music, Italian and politics/sociology.

MUSIC BACKGROUND:

12 years of singing experience, 10 years piano, 4 years trombone. I started in music theatre, and have been involved in 13 shows in 10 years. I’ve sung in choirs for 10 years with schools, in the community and in state/national based choirs. I have been lucky enough to be a part of ‘stadium’ performances for World Youth Day and Bushfire relief as both a soloist and in choirs. I featured with my choir, VoxSynergy, on Australian television in the reality program “Battle of the Choirs”. I have been a part of performances with famous Australian jazz musicians as a singer and trombone player with Echuca jazz ensemble “The Little Big Band”. I have performed and studied with some of Australia’s most acclaimed opera singers and directors.

INTERESTING FACT:

I have a close connection with the USA. I lived with my aunt, uncle and five of my cousins (my second family) during my last two years of school, and they lived in Nashville, TN for many years. There were often American visitors in the house, and so I have great stories of the USA and its people.

EMAIL ADDRESS:

patrick.mcdonald@live.com

SKYPE NAME:

p-mac91