Patrick Buckley has performed professionally in opera, operetta and oratorio across the United States and Europe. He has been teaching voice privately for over ten years and performed with the chorus of The Lyric Opera of Kansas City since 1998.

     Patrick is President and Vocal Administrator of Kansas City Metro Opera, which will be presenting John Gay's The Beggar's Opera in October 2009 and Gilbert & Sullivan's Mikado in March 2010. 

     Recently, Patrick sang the role of the Father in Paul Mesner's Puppets production of Humperdink's Hansel and Gretel.   Previously he reprised his role as Koko in the re-mounted Paul Mesner's Puppets and Civic Opera Theatre of Kansas City's joint production of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado.  The production was originally produced in 2004 and at that time Patrick was acclaimed as being "dramatically and vocally ideal as the comic Ko-Ko" by Paul Horsley of the Kansas City Star.

     Patrick sings regularly at Congregation Kol Ami and is the Music Director for Kol Ami's Religious School and Chai Notes Junior Choir.  

     Patrick has conducted Selections from G.F. Handel's Messiah with Kansas City Metro Opera, Rogers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! with Leawood Stage Company and Johan Strauss' Die Fledermaus for Kansas City Metro Opera.

     Patrick has regularly been performing with Civic Opera Theatre of Kansas City's productions including the roles of Harry Easter in Kurt Weill's Street Scene; Belcore in Donizetti's L’Elisir d’Amore; the Old Man, the Husband, The Youth and an Angel in four different productions of Conrad Susa's The Wise Women; the 98 year old First Yeoman in Gilbert & Sullivan's The Yeomen of the Guard; and Camille de Rosillon in Franz Lehar's The Merry Widow.  He has also sung the roles of Figaro and Count Almaviva in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro with Kansas City Metro Opera Workshop.

     Patrick studied vocal performance at the University of Maine, Orono; the Universitaet Mozarteum Salzburg, Austria; the Universitaet Salzburg in Salzburg, Austria; and the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music.  He is currently a student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City finishing a Bachelor of Arts degree in German Language and Literature.

     Patrick is frequently an actor in national broadcast television advertising.