Patricia Duffy

Born and raised in suburban Toronto, Canada, Patricia found herself reluctantly

entertaining her parents’ friends and family on the piano whenever they’d stop by for

visits. But what she found sometimes tedious in childhood and walked away from when

high school beckoned (much to her parents’ dismay, having paid for six years of piano

lessons), she returned to as a teenager, when she discovered an Elton John music book

and began playing her favourite tunes, by both sight and ear. It is on the piano as an

adult that she has written over one hundred songs.

Patricia has been a fixture on the Toronto music scene since 1983, having played

the lounge, wedding, private, corporate and country club circuit for much of that time.

Among the countless venues in which she has appeared are The Rex, The Fairmont

Royal York Hotel, The Art Gallery of Ontario and the famed Tom Jones Steak House,

where she was the resident pianist for 18 months. A highlight of this period was

accompanying the wonderful R&B vocal group The Temptations on piano during an

impromptu hotel lounge jam session one evening in Basel, Switzerland during her 1993

gig there. In 1991, she joined Toronto’s Hurricanes Dance Band, where she currently

sings big band swing classics. In addition, she joins the Patricia Duffy Trio for more intimate engagements, covering the beautiful standards of the day.

She has been an actress as well, appearing in productions of “Oliver!”, “Fiddler on the Roof”, as Gwendolyn in “The Odd Couple”, Felicity in“The Real Inspector

Hound”, Lora in “Impromptu”, and others. In addition, she has credits as Musical Director on the shows “Nunsense” and “The Paisley Sisters Christmas Special”, for

which she also played the role of Lonnie Paisley. Other notable achievements include the role of Anne Shirley in the classic Canadian musical “Anne of Green Gables” and

the Outstanding Vocalist Award for three consecutive years at the Canadian Big Band Dance Festival in Ontario. She has also performed pop, as vocalist with rock

group The Third Degree Band, and as Frida in the ABBA tribute band “Thank You for the Music”, in addition to having been a session vocalist on the recordings of other

writers. She has just released her third CD of original material, entitled “Haunting Lily”. This recording follows her 2007 self-written jazz CD, on which she was

honoured to have legendary drummer Archie Alleyne and superbly gifted pianist Robi Botos join her in the studio. Songwriting and recording is a huge source of joy for

her, as is performing live. She welcomes the privilege to provide that special musical ambience for your next event.