About
Instrument: Viola
AYO: 2026
Pascal began playing the violin aged five with Suzuki teacher Toni Robson. During high school, he studied violin with Fintan Murphy and viola with Gabrielle Halloran at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School, graduating in 2024.
Pascal is currently studying at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with Roger Benedict, where he is the recipient of the Corinna D’Hage Mayer String Scholarship and the Kathleen and Allison Short Scholarship. He has also been awarded the St Andrew’s College Major Music Scholarship and the Rathbone Music Scholarship.
An avid orchestral performer, Pascal has been a member of the Australian Youth Orchestra since 2024 and has served as Principal Viola for Young Symphonists (2024) and National Music Camp (2026). In 2024, he toured internationally with the Melbourne String Ensemble, performing in cities across Germany and Czechia.
As a soloist and chamber musician, Pascal has been recognised with awards from Musica Viva’s “Strike A Chord”, the Music Society of Victoria, Sydney Eisteddfod, the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School, St Andrew’s College (USYD) and the University of Sydney’s Palladian Cup.