Background
Cassidy was born in Claremorris, County Mayo, Ireland.
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Patrick Cassidy
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He received a Master"s Degree in Applied Mathematics from Limerick University, and supported his early compositional activities with a day job as a statistician. He is best known for his narrative cantatas – works he has written for orchestra and choir based on Irish mythology. The Children of Lir, released in September 1993, remained at number one in the Irish classical charts for a full year.
lieutenant was the first cantata ever written in the Irish language.
The British Broadcasting Corporation later produced an hour long documentary on the piece. Famine Remembrance, a commissioned piece to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Irish Famine, was premiered in New York"s Saint Patrick"s Cathedral in 1996.
In June 2007, the piece was performed at the opening of Toronto"s Ireland Park with the President of Ireland as special guest. In 2004, Immortal Memory was released.
A collaboration between Cassidy and Lisa Gerrard.
Cassidy now lives in Los Angeles with his family, where in addition to his concert work he has scored and collaborated on films and documentaries. Notable credits include
Hannibal (2001)
Veronica Guerin (2003)
Confessions of a Burning Manitoba (2003)
Salem"s Lot (2004)
King Arthur (2004)
Layer Cake
Che Guevara (2005)
Ashes and Snow (2005)
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
The Front Lincolnshire (2006)
Breaking the Ice (2007)
Edgar Allen Poe"s Ligeia (2008)
Kill the Irishman (2011)
In 2010, Cassidy"s Funeral March was used in the trailer for The Tree of Life. In 2011, he recorded a new setting of the Latin mass with the London Symphony Orchestra and London Voices.
