Patrick Flynn (composer)

Patrick Flynn (18 May 1936, Birmingham, England — 10 September 2008, Los Angeles, California) was a composer and conductor who was active in the United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.

Flynn conducted for many prominent orchestras and festivals worldwide, including the BBC, the Paris Opera, the Spoleto and Varna International Festivals, the Finnish National Opera, Holland Simfonia and the orchestras of New Zealand, Rio de Janeiro, Cologne, Louisville, and San Diego.

A pre-eminent conductor for the ballet, Patrick Flynn conducted for Rudolf Nureyev on Broadway and for the American Ballet Theatre, the Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and Netherlands Dance Theatre, among others.

Flynn was a staff conductor for the Australian Opera between 1970 and 1977. He won acclaim as musical director for Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, and later Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.

He composed scores for Australian films such as Caddie, Mad Dog Morgan and Sunday Too Far Away, and the rock operas Ned Kelly, about the Australian bushranger, and Lasseter.

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