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

Tue Sep 27th, 2016VJC vocal 5:45 5:45 pm
Fri Sep 30th, 2016Boulder Contra DanceAvalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 8:00 pm with Nils Fredland (calling, trombone)
Sat Oct 1st, 2016Fort Collins Contra DanceCity Park Center (Club Tico), 1599 City Park Dr, Fort Collins, CO 8:00 pm with Nils Fredland (calling, trombone)
Sun Oct 2nd, 2016Denver Contra DanceHighlands Masonic Center, 3550 Federal Blvd., Denver, CO 1:00 pm with Nils Fredland (calling, trombone)

Waltzes and couples dancing at 1 PM, contras from 2 to 5 PM!
Tue Oct 4th, 2016VJC vocal 5:45 5:45 pm
Wed Oct 5th, 201610 julian
Tue Oct 11th, 2016elijah 3:45 9:00 am
Tue Oct 11th, 2016VJC vocal 5:30 5:45 pm
Thu Oct 13th, 2016dr garvey 8:30 am
Thu Oct 13th, 20163 dr moore 9:00 am