Patrick holds a BA in Music Performance from the CIT Cork School of Music. His versatility spans a range of genres, using both drum kit and percussion instrumentation. As an orchestral percussionist he has played with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestras, Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra and Cork Pops.

As a jazz musician, he has had the opportunity to play with many greats such as Scott Hamilton, Dick Oatts, Grace Kelly, Bruce Barth, Ryan Quigley and many more. He co-founded a new big band called the Cork City Jazz Orchestra and played with Harry Connolly and Friends over a few years, performing at Sildajazz in Norway, the Derry Jazz Festival and at the Cork Jazz Festival.

Other experience includes holding the drum chair on the Cork Opera House Pantomime since 2016, depping with the band 'Indigo' onboard the Royal Princess in the summer of 2019, various gigs with cover/wedding bands throughout Ireland, playing kit and percussion with the Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra, and performing as a member of the Bangers and Crash Percussion Group