Background
World Premieres
Performance Highlights
Awards
Articles
Recordings
TV and Radio
Tours
Irish Festivals
Master Teacher
Organizations
Charitable Works
Websites

Background

  • Born and raised in upstate New York
  • Irish parents Joseph Michael Brady of Scariff, County Clare and Elizabeth D'Arcy Brady (a descendent of the statesman, Edmund Burke) of Kildare
  • Extraordinary musical gifts discovered early by her parents who said she could sing a complete melody by age two!
  • Masters Degree in Music, College of St. Rose, Albany, NY,
  • Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, College of St. Rose, Albany, NY, the first music graduate to be so honored.


World Premieres:

  • "Summer of 1915" by Samuel Barber, George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, Atheneum, Bucharest, Romania
  • "Summer of 1915" by Samuel Barber, Radio Orchestra, Mihail Jora Concert Hall, Bucharest, Romania
  • "Peonies at Dusk" by Ricky Ian Gordon, Birchwood Manor, Whippany, New Jersey, United States
  • "Selections" by Loretta Jankowski, Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, NY, United States
  • "A Birthday" by Martin Hennessy, Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, NY, United States
  • "Ojos Verdes Excerpts", Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, NY, United States
  • "A Woman's Life in Love", Craiova, Romania, 1997
  • "Songs on Verses of Carmen Silva", by George Enescu, Bucharest, Romania, 2002
  • "Ojos Verdes", 2004
  • "A Birthday", 2004
  • "L'Amoureux" - by Jean Chatillon, Canadian poet/composer, June 5, 2010 concert

Performance Highlights:

  • “Soloist, Seven Songs by Tiberiu Brediceanu”, Giurgiu, Romania
  • “Soloist, Camarata Helvetica”, Oberuzwil, Switzerland
  • “Vivaldi Festival, Soloist, Six Arias”, Hauptwil, Switzerland
  • "Full Recital", Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
  • "Opera Arias with George Enescu", Philharmonic Orchestra, Atheneum, Bucharest, Romania
  • "Patriotic Concert", Washington D.C., United States
  • "Laudate Dominum", W.A. Mozart, Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Assisi, Italy
  • "Ireland on Parade", National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
  • Mozart "Requiem" with Garden State Philharmonic Orchestra, Ocean County College, Toms River, New Jersey, United States
  • "Full Recital", Lincoln Center, Bruno Walter Theater, New York City, NY, Unites States
  • "Christmas Holiday Salute" with Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra, Memorial Audtorium, Wichita Falls, Texas, United States.
  • Rose of Tralee Festival, Various Locations, Tralee, Ireland
  • New York State Music Festival, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, NY, United States
  • "Irish Highlights" with Plainfield Symphony, Crescent Presbyterian Church, Plainfield, New Jersey, United States
  • Mozart "Requiem" with Craiova Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonic Hall, Craiova, Romania
  • International Irish Festival, Savannah, Georgia, United States
  • "Full Recital", Caja D'Avila, Avila, Spain
  • "Chamber Music Festival", Cathedral, Siracusa, Sicily
  • "FullRecital", Giardino Della Casino, Rome, Italy
  • "Chamber Music Vivaldi Festival", Sudstadt-Kirche, Vienna, Austria
  • George Enescu International Music Festivals in 2003 and 2005
  • Pre-Classic Music Orchestra Tour to Carei, Galati, Rimnica Valcea, all in Romania
  • Zenei Festival, Tapolca, Hungary
  • PBD and the Three Young Tenors at Carnegie Hall
  • Songs of the Season Holiday Concert with guest artists in Nutley, NJ
  • Patricia Brady-Danzig presents Chamber Music at Carnegie Hall, 2004

Awards:

  • Dubbed "The Irish Nightingale" by beloved fans in Ireland
  • Certificate of Distinction from Central College Pella, Iowa, 2003
  • Symbol Star of Romania, from President Ion Iliescu of Romania, 2002
  • Masters of Music; Honorary Doctorate from College of St. Rose, Albany, NY, 2001
  • Outstanding Woman of New Jersey from Star-Ledger Newark, NJ, 2000
  • Top 100 Irish Americans of 2000 from Irish America Magazine
  • Governor's Proclamation form the New Jersey Senate, 2003
  • Friend of the Arts, Assisi Festival, 2010

Articles:

  • Garden State Woman, "Music is My Life" by Judy Chapman, Editor, 1999
  • Wichita Falls, TX, "Soloist Patricia Brady-Danzig to Perform with Symphony" by Bridget Knight, Entertainment Editor, 2000
  • Bucharest, Romania, Dimineata newspaper (means Morning), "Retrospective Musicale", 1994
  • "A Song of Romania" by Kate Smith, 2001
  • The Secaucus Reporter, Secaucus, NJ, "Singing Ambassador", 1996
  • Miercuri, Symposium, Bucharest, Romania, "Patricia Brady-Danzig", 2004
  • Northside People, "Nightingale to Sing in Clondalkin", 2005
  • Essex Journal, NJ, "Patricia Brady-Danzig and the Three Young Tenors", 2006

Recordings:

  • "Sharing", 1999
  • "Irish Jubilee", 2000
  • "A Woman's Life in Love", 1999
  • "Christmas Magic", 2001
  • "From Romania With Love", 2001
  • "Ojos Verdes" (Green Eyes), 2004
  • "A Woman's Life in Love", to be re-released in 2007

Television and Radio:

  • The Adrian Flannelly Irish Radio Show, NY, NY
  • Anna Livia FM and TodayFM, Dublin, Ireland
  • Good Day New York, Fox TV
  • ABC Good Morning Iowa
  • KNIA, Pella, Iowa
  • WTBQ, Drop of the Irish, Florida, NY
  • The NBC Morning Show, Des Moines, Iowa
  • CBS-TV, WTOC-TV Morning Show, Savannah, Georgia
  • News Channel 12, New Jersey's Talking
  • Good Morning Show, Edison, NJ
  • Chicago
  • Channel 12, Bucharest, Romania
  • Europe:  Romania, Switzerland, Hungary

Tours:

  • USA, Canada, Italy, Spain, Sicily, Romania, Austria, Hungary, Germany, France, Switzerland, Mexico, and Ireland.

Irish Festivals:

  • Newport, Rhode Island; Savannah, Georgia; various New Jersey venues; Feile na Bealtaine, County Kerry, Rose of Tralee Festival, Tralee; Dingle, County Kerry; Beara, West Cork; and Dublin.  Upcoming in 2012:  South Carolina.

Master Teacher:

  • Florida International University, Miami, FL
  • Duke University, NC
  • Music Academy, Bucharest, Romania
  • Sinclair College, Dayton, OH
  • Columbia University, NY
  • University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico
  • Pompeii, Italy; Germany and Switzerland, among others.
  • Northland College, AZ
  • North Country College, Saranac Lake, NY, 2007
  • Florida Atlantic University
  • Assisi, Italy
  • Central College, Pella, Iowa
  • College of St. Rose, Albany, NY
  • University of Arts, Iasi, Romania
  • Drew University, Madison, NJ

Organizations:

  • American Guild of Musical Artists
  • American Guild of Organists:  Metro New Jersey and New York City chapters
  • Soroptomist International of New York City
  • NJAWBO
  • New Jersey Music Teachers Association
  • Toastmasters
  • Catholic Daughters of the Americas - Court Immaculate Queen of Peace, Court #1552


Charitable Works:

  • PBD Associates, Inc., Patricia Brady-Danzig's foundation dedicated to creating opportunities for young performers, such as scholarships, concerts, and foreign exchange programs

Websites: