Anna Patton

clarinetist, composer, teacher

Anna Patton

Clarinetist, Composer, Teacher

Anna’s current projects include playing with and writing arrangements for Zara Bode’s Little Big Band, playing dance music with bands such as Elixir, Anna and the Alphabet, The Figments, Daybreak Trio, and various collaborations with pianist Karen Axelrod, and directing the Soubrette Choir.  Her solo album, Isadore’s Breakfast – featuring her work on clarinet and vocals along with many of Vermont’s finest musicians – is a mix of French-influenced swing and fiddle tunes.

Contact Anna


802-275-2142

Isadore's Breakfast

Isadore’s Breakfast, a lively, creative mix of Swing and fiddle tunes for clarinet and string band, features Franco-flavored American music including crooked Quebecois tunes, musettes, close swing harmony vocals from Housetop, and a Ben Patton original.

Anna plays clarinet and sings with these fabulous guests:

  • The Figments: Ethan Hazzard-Watkins (fiddle) and Owen Morrison, (guitar/feet)
  • Housetop: Erica Morse (bass/vocals), Naomi Morse (fiddle/vocals), Peter Siegel (guitar/vocals)
  • Will Patton (bass/mandolin/octave mandolin), Dono Schabner (guitar), Mary Lea (fiddle), Jeremiah McLane (accordion), Ben Patton (guitar/vocals), and Demse Zullo (percussion)

Buy a Copy

Isadore’s Breakfast is available at Anna’s performances for $15. You can also purchase the CD online or by mail for $18 per copy (includes shipping).

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Or send a check (with your mailing address) to:

Anna Patton
21 West St.
Brattleboro, VT 05301

Listen to Selections

The Blue Egg Waltz

An Anna Patton original, played with Dono, Will and Jeremiah

Let Yourself Go

Housetop sings this classic Irving Berlin number from “Follow the Fleet”

Reel du Love Shack

The Figments play a set of French Canadian reels

Anna's Gig Calendar

Wed Mar 9th, 20117:30 record saaf the people's bldng 12:00 pm
Fri Mar 18th, 2011Glen Echo ContraGlen Echo Park, MD 8:00 pm
Sun Mar 20th, 2011Waltz Time DancesGlen Echo Park, MD 3:30 pm waltz lesson 2:45-3:30
Sun Mar 20th, 2011Glen Echo ContraGlen Echo Park, MD 7:30 pm
Fri Mar 25th, 2011 to Sun Mar 27th, 2011Down East Country Dance FestivalTopsham ME
Fri Mar 25th, 2011420 mi rita 12:00 pm
Thu Mar 31st, 2011rendesvous 9:00 pm
Fri Apr 1st, 2011 to Sun Apr 3rd, 2011housetop tour
Mon Apr 4th, 2011ame joyce susan c 8:00 pm
Fri Apr 8th, 2011 to Sun Apr 10th, 2011Chesapeake Dance WeekendCamp Letts, Edgewater, MD
Sun Apr 10th, 2011Glen Echo ContraGlen Echo Park, MD 7:30 pm
Fri Apr 15th, 2011hamilton dance 12:00 pm
Sat Apr 16th, 2011Fiddlehead FrolicIthaca, NY
Sun Apr 17th, 2011Bound for GloryAnabel Taylor Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 8:00 pm
Fri Apr 22nd, 2011 to Sun Apr 24th, 2011spring dance romance figments
Thu Apr 28th, 2011vjc perform 12:00 pm
Fri Apr 29th, 2011Minstrel Concert SeriesMorristown, NJ 8:00 pm
Sat Apr 30th, 2011Swingin Tern Contra DanceEast Hanover, NJ 8:00 pm
Fri May 6th, 2011 to Sun May 8th, 2011Will and Neil's wedding
Thu May 12th, 2011vjc perform evening 12:00 pm
Sat May 14th, 2011hartford ball, karen 11:00 pm
Fri May 20th, 2011figments brown 11:00 pm
Sat May 21st, 2011figments greenfield 7:00 pm
Sun May 22nd, 2011figments brattleboro 7:00 pm
Mon May 23rd, 2011ame mary ken 10:00 pm
Thu May 26th, 2011concord figments 2:00 pm
Fri May 27th, 2011 to Sat May 28th, 2011fig burlington
Sun May 29th, 2011dawn dance english 2:00 pm
Mon May 30th, 2011ame karen ethan 8:00 pm
Fri Jun 3rd, 2011 to Sun Jun 5th, 2011irv's weekend
Thu Jun 16th, 2011As Yet with Raya Brass Band 5:00 pm
Fri Jun 17th, 2011 to Sun Jun 19th, 2011Housetop in northern vt
Mon Jun 20th, 2011AME, adina, ken, ethan 4:00 pm
Fri Jun 24th, 2011 to Sun Jun 26th, 2011June Moon Dance WeekendMorgantown, WV 8:00 pm
Thu Jun 30th, 2011 to Sun Jul 3rd, 20114 th of july pinewoods
Sun Jul 10th, 2011brat english 2:00 pm
Sat Jul 16th, 2011Greenfield Contra DanceGuiding Star Grange, 401 Chapman St, Greenfield, MA 8:00 pm
Mon Jul 18th, 2011Concord Contra DanceConcord Scout House, 74 Walden St, Concord, MA 7:30 pm
Wed Jul 20th, 2011Amherst Contra DanceMasonic Lodge, 99 Main St, Amherst, MA 7:30 pm
Sun Jul 24th, 2011 to Fri Jul 29th, 2011ashokan...
Sun Aug 7th, 2011 to Sat Aug 13th, 2011augusta dance week
Fri Aug 19th, 2011 to Sat Aug 20th, 2011Summerfolk FestivalOwen Sound, ON
Fri Aug 19th, 2011$323.80 flight 12:00 pm
Fri Aug 26th, 2011housetop brat 10:00 pm
Mon Aug 29th, 2011English Whately pat doug 4:00 pm
Fri Sep 2nd, 2011 to Sun Sep 4th, 2011Labor Day Dance AwayJulian, CA
Mon Sep 12th, 2011amherst english, peter b, joyce 3:00 pm
Sun Sep 18th, 2011wedding ipswitch owen m 4:00 pm
Fri Sep 23rd, 2011 to Sat Sep 24th, 2011Feet RetreatDanbury, NC
Mon Sep 26th, 2011Asheville Contra DanceGrey Eagle Tavern, 185 Clingman Ave, Asheville, NC 8:00 pm