Patrick ‘PW’ Farrell is a musician & music educator based in Brisbane, Australia.

He studied at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and the Victorian College of the Arts and is currently completing a Doctorate of Musical Arts at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University - where he is also a faculty member.

As a sideman Patrick has performed country music in Switzerland (Jetty Road), Indian fusion music in Kolkata and just about everything in between.

Patrick has established himself as a forward thinking educator on the instrument, opening up its potential to novice and advanced students alike.

Patrick has toured internationally with artists such as Jetty Road (‘Golden Guitar’ winning Australian country music act), appeared on television with the likes of Jessica Mauboy (Australian Idol) and performed internationally at festivals such as the Indian International Guitar Festival and the Hennessy Artist Series (Malaysia). In 2011 he released his critically acclaimed debut album 'The Life Electric' (available on iTunes). 

In 2017 Patrick became the Bass Guitar Teacher in residence at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, one of the premier music schools for graduate and postgraduate music studies in Australia.

Unique to his teaching method is an emphasis on music as a language and the integration of online technologies to support student learning.

He is currently performing regularly as a session musician in Australia, teaching privately and at university and completing his studies.