My performances integrate virtuosic playing with history and personal narrative. By approaching classical music through a fresh lens, I create spaces in which diverse audience members can relate to music on a more personal level.
I love performing music from baroque to contemporary and have commissioned several works from living composers. My recent duo program, Dear Camilla, explores loss and legacy and follows my relationship with my former teacher, Camilla Wicks, whose violin I now play. In my solo program, I play selections from my recent album Violin Alone and discuss the connections between the pieces, composers, and my own experiences learning the violin.
Patrick Galvin is a San Francisco-based violinist who performs regularly across the United States and abroad. His 2025 performances have included many performances of selections from his new duo album with pianist Jennifer Hou, Dear Camilla, as well as solo shows featuring music by Bach, Ysaÿe and Bacewicz. Other recent projects include performances with Benicia Chamber Players in their Fall '25 series of shows called Carrots and Counterpoint. Patrick also enjoys teaching, both at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the Coleman Violin Studio in Seattle, WA.
I primarily play a violin made by Arthur Edward Smith, built in Sydney, Australia, in 1959. Its previous owner was my former teacher, Camilla Wicks, who is pictured here, holding the instrument.
I also perform on a number of bows including one made my Mars Auguste Husson made in 1925 in Paris, and a 1903 W.E. Hill & Sons bow made in London.