Hsiu-Ping (Patrick) Wu is a Taiwanese-Canadian composer/performer, currently double-majoring in Masters of Composition and Violin at Longy School of Music with Amy Beth Kirsten and Sean Wang. Patrick has a Bachelor of Music degree from Dalhousie University; previously studied with violinists Karen Langille, I-Ching Li, Philippe Djokic, Mark Lee, and Leonardo Perez. As well as performing on campus, Patrick has also participated in festivals such as New York International Music Festival, Evergreen Symphony Orchestra Camp, Scotia Festival of Music, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra Camp. In 2016, he served as concertmaster of the ESO under the baton of Wen-Chen Chuang in Taiwan. As well as Classical music, Patrick is very much influenced by the contemporary music around him; he began studying composition in 2015 with Jérôme Blais, Peter Togni, and Dinuk Wijeratne. Many of Patrick’s music were inspired by paintings, literature, and personal experiences. He especially enjoys composing with the styles of neo-romanticism and tone rows. Since 2015, Patrick’s pieces has been premiered in Nocturne: Art at Night Festival with his first film performed by Society of Dalhousie Music Students, Open Waters Festival in Canada, highSCORE Composition Festival in Italy, Zodiac Music Festival & Academy in France, Uzmah Upbeat Composition Program in Croatia, and most recently, Atlantic Music Festival in the United States.