Patrick Flannery’s (they/them) music explores individual expression and spontaneity as core tenets of their work. As a composer, their patterned and inquisitive soundscapes are often created through improvisation, collaboration, and an embrace of the fragile and unexpected. Fascinated with unique modes of expression and storytelling, their music embraces community and continually expresses queerness through each written gesture.

Flannery, as a pianist, is an avid and vocal supporter of the performance of new music, and continually engages with audiences both familiar in the realms of contemporary composition and unfamiliar. They are often a performer of their own works, alongside being a close collaborator for many other composers and music makers.

Recent works from Flannery include we don’t get to decide how it ends for large orchestra, swallowing for chamber ensemble, and visibly queer for solo piano, all of which received premieres in 2025. Flannery's song cycle my body turns toward thee again was the recipient of the Emil and Ruth Beyer Composition Award, presented through the National Federation of Music Clubs. Flannery has written works for the Augustana Symphonic Band, Peabody Symphony Orchestra, and the Peabody Dance Studio, amongst others. New works include a development of pride, written for cellist Gabriel Cabezas, doubly sepulchral and hollow, written for airborne extended, and home video, a work for piano and video.

Things that inspire Flannery include SOPHIE, poetry from the 21st century, David Lynch (rest in peace), George Crumb, atmospheric black metal, Paul Thomas Anderson, bad horror movies, Unsuk Chin, solitaire, Jamie Stewart, large bodies of water, Porter Robinson, and the Muppets. Flannery holds a Bachelor's degree in music composition and piano performance from Augustana College, and is pursuing a Masters of Music in composition from the Peabody Institute. They have studied with composers Jacob Bancks and Felipe Lara.