Patrick Cassidy is an Irish orchestral, choral, and film score composer.
Cassidy was born in Claremorris, County Mayo, Ireland. He received a BSc in applied mathematics from the University of Limerick in 1985 and supported his early compositional activities with a day job as a statistician and technology analyst.
He is known for his narrative cantatas – works he has written for orchestra and choir based on Irish mythology – and for the aria ‘Vide Cor Meum’ originally composed for... meer