
Patrick Brennan
Through the Association of NSW Regional Conservatoriums, Patrick has delivered incredible performance projects for regional students with some of the world’s greatest orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Staatskapelle Berlin and the Australian World Orchestra. Patrick has created and developed a number of cornerstone organisations including the Northern Sydney Schools Wind Orchestra, Central Coast Opera, Regional Youth Orchestra NSW and the NSSWE program that now offers weekly professional development for tertiary music students, focusing on best practice in pedagogy and conducting.
Patrick’s inspirational approach and passion for music education drives the Conservatorium to deliver excellence in comprehensive music education and performance to students and communities locally and statewide.
About Us

Term Dates
The Central Coast Conservatorium operates to NSW Department of Education School Gazetted Term dates
Term 1
Tuesday 28/1 to Thursday 9/4
(Saturday Strings concludes 4 April)
Term 2
Monday 27/4 to Saturday 4/7
(Saturday Strings concludes 27 June)
Term 3
Monday 20/7 to Saturday 26/9
(Saturday Strings concludes 19 September)
Term 4
Monday 12/10 to Saturday 19/12
(Saturday Strings concludes 12 December)
Mission Statement
We seek to inspire our Central Coast community to engage in and value music as an integral part of life through comprehensive music education and artistic endeavour.