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 Jun 1st, 2016massage lauren 4:30 pm
Fri Jun 3rd, 2016Glen Echo Contra DanceGlen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD 8:30 pm
Sat Jun 4th, 2016Private eventAnnapolis, MD 4:00 pm
Sun Jun 5th, 2016Glen Echo Contra DanceGlen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD 7:30 pm
Tue Jun 7th, 2016elijah 3:40 pm
Sat Jun 11th, 2016montpelier contra collin M
Tue Jun 14th, 2016Sandy 10:30 am
Tue Jun 14th, 2016elijah 3:40 pm
Thu Jun 16th, 2016grace potter
Fri Jun 17th, 2016fly
Sat Jun 18th, 2016spokane dance
Tue Jun 21st, 2016elijah 3:40 pm
Tue Jun 28th, 2016elijah 3:40 pm
Wed Jun 29th, 2016Amherst Contra Dance99 Main St
Amherst MA 01002
United States 7:30 pm
Thu Jun 30th, 2016Concord Contra Dance74 Walden St
Concord MA 01742
United States 7:30 pm
Fri Jul 1st, 2016Mostly Waltz Greenfield401 Chapman St
Greenfield, MA, United States 8:00 pm Waltz workshop at 7:00pm
Sat Jul 2nd, 2016Private EventMontague MA
Tue Jul 12th, 2016heather and noah
Thu Jul 14th, 2016annie
Thu Jul 14th, 20161 louise
Mon Jul 18th, 20161 louise
Tue Aug 2nd, 2016Lauren welsch 11:00 am
Wed Aug 3rd, 2016dr moore 9:30 am
Thu Aug 4th, 2016concord w bruce and sue?
Fri Aug 19th, 2016 to Sun Aug 21st, 2016visit bakersfield?
Mon Aug 22nd, 2016r schwartz 1037 western ave 11:30 am
Mon Aug 22nd, 2016evening emma 8:00 pm
Fri Aug 26th, 2016Greenfield Experienced Contra Dance401 Chapman St
Greenfield MA 01301 8:00 pm Nils Fredland, calling/trombone
with Brian Bender, sousaphone/melodica/trombone
Sat Aug 27th, 2016wedding RI
Sat Aug 27th, 2016Private EventBristol, RI
Sun Aug 28th, 2016waltz cambridge 8:00 am
Tue Aug 30th, 2016millstone event?
Fri Sep 9th, 2016concord experienced figments
Sat Sep 10th, 2016wedding in northern vt
Sat Sep 10th, 2016Private EventGreensboro Bend, VT
Sat Sep 10th, 2016New Event 9:00 am
Tue Sep 13th, 2016VJC vocal 5:45 5:45 pm
Tue Sep 20th, 20163:40 elijah 9:00 am
Tue Sep 20th, 2016VJC vocal 5:45 5:45 pm
Sat Sep 24th, 2016julian band glover
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