About Me.

Hailing from his native Kingman, Kansas, Patrick Orr began his journey in music at age ten with Joan Robinson. By fifteen, he began studying with Dr. Julie Bees at Wichita State University. Presently, Patrick has found his artistic home in Dallas, Texas where he studied under the mentorship of Andrey Ponochevny and Sara Daneshpour at Southern Methodist University. In recent years, Patrick has won a series of accolades including gold medals at both the International Keyboard Odyssiad and Festival and the inaugural Festival Internacional de Piano y Orquesta de Guadalajara; second place in the Mu Phi Epsilon International Young Artist Competition; was named a finalist in the Wideman  International Piano Competition; and was a competitor in both the Dallas and Dublin International Piano Competitions.

Patrick has performed concertos with orchestras such as the Kansas City Symphony, the WSU Symphony, the Symphony of the Rockies, and most recently with the West Mexico Symphony Orchestra at Teatro Degollado. Beyond playing the piano, Patrick indulges in horror movies, bullet journaling, and DIY projects.

His favorite quote is by Leonard Bernstein –

“To achieve great things, two things are needed:

A plan and not quite enough time.”