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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Tip: if you want multiple copies you can adjust the quantity in your cart when you get to PayPal.

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

Fri Oct 11th, 2013 to Sun Oct 13th, 2013Harvest MoonCarillo Ballroom, Santa Barbara, CAw/ Crowfoot and caller Mary Wesley!
Fri Oct 25th, 2013 to Sun Oct 27th, 2013Music City MasqueradeNashville, TN
Fri Nov 1st, 2013Hartwick College Contra DancePine Lake Campus, 1894 Charlotte Creek Rd, Oneonta, NY 8:00 pm
Sat Nov 2nd, 2013Cornell Square/Contra DanceMemorial Room, Willard Straight Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 4:00 pm Schedule:

4-6 pm - A mix of singing squares and traditional figures...accessible to ALL!
Come, and bring friends.

8-11 pm - Contra Dance

Parking can be challenging on campus. This link might help: ifd.cornell.edu/maps/WSH.html
Sun Nov 3rd, 2013Cornell ConcertAppel Commons 303, Cornell North Campus, Ithaca, NY 2:00 pm Sponsored by the Cornell Folk Song Society.
Sat Nov 9th, 2013as yet morning 9:00 am
Sun Nov 10th, 2013fall frolic
Sun Nov 10th, 2013amherst 1:30 pm
Fri Nov 15th, 2013greenfield figments
Thu Nov 21st, 2013send clarinet
Sat Nov 23rd, 2013as yet 3 - 5 9:00 am
Sat Nov 23rd, 2013brattleboro ball 1:00 pm
Sun Nov 24th, 2013waltz at the dance barn 1:00 pm
Tue Nov 26th, 2013early jazz 7:00 pm
Fri Nov 29th, 2013Glen Echo Contra DanceSpanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD 8:30 pm It's Black Friday! Come dance!
Sat Nov 30th, 2013DC Square DanceNorth Hall at Eastern Market, 225 7th St SE, Washington, DC 8:00 pm Details TBA…
Sun Dec 1st, 2013Glen Echo Waltz TimeSpanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD 3:30 pm
Sun Dec 1st, 2013Glen Echo Contra DanceSpanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD 7:30 pm
Fri Dec 6th, 2013 to Sun Dec 8th, 2013Winter WarmUpWorthington Community Center, 345 East Wilson Bridge Rd., Worthington, Ohiow/ Gallimaufry
Fri Dec 6th, 2013us air F9DHBS 11:30 am
Tue Dec 31st, 2013party
Fri Jan 3rd, 2014 to Sun Jan 5th, 2014wedding in CA
Fri Jan 10th, 2014 to Sat Jan 11th, 2014Phoenix Winter FrolicKenilworth School, 1210 N 5th St, Phoenix, AZ
Sat Jan 18th, 2014eve baker 11:15 am
Sun Jan 19th, 2014brunch party
Fri Jan 24th, 2014 to Sun Jan 26th, 2014Florida Snow Ball5500 Shore Blvd. South, Gulfport, FLw/ Great Bear Trio and caller George Marshall
Wed Jan 29th, 2014owen 2:30 pm
Fri Feb 7th, 2014waltz at greenfield grange
Sat Feb 8th, 2014putney vaudville
Mon Feb 24th, 20142-6 kirsten or after sb
Mon Feb 24th, 2014devil and the deep 3:00 pm
Sat Mar 1st, 2014kirsten 4-6?
Sun Mar 2nd, 2014AV set up 2:30 pm
Sun Mar 2nd, 2014recital 4:00 pm
Thu Mar 6th, 2014Concord Contra Dance74 Walden Rd, Concord, MA 7:30 pm
Fri Mar 7th, 2014Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music Concert SeriesNext Stage, 15 Kimball Hill, Putney, VT 7:30 pm w/ The Sweetback Sisters!

Tickets $16 in advance, $18 at the door. Information available by calling (802) 387-0102.
Sat Mar 8th, 2014Jamaica Plain Gender-free Contra DanceFirst Church, 6 Eliot St, Jamaica Plain, MA 7:30 pm
Sun Mar 9th, 2014Club Passim47 Palmer St, Cambridge, MA 4:30 pm Tickets $12
We'll be celebrating the release of Anybody's Guess with a show at Club Passim in Cambridge.
Thu Mar 13th, 2014 to Fri Mar 14th, 2014residency with todd?
Mon Mar 24th, 2014reconstruction due
Fri Mar 28th, 2014dc weekend
Sat Mar 29th, 2014dc weekend
Sun Mar 30th, 2014dc weekend
Sun Mar 30th, 2014Glen Echo Waltz TimeSpanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD 3:30 pm
Wed Apr 2nd, 2014rita to doug
Sat Apr 5th, 2014ny ball?
Sun Apr 6th, 2014mom and dad return
Mon Apr 7th, 2014early jazz in the mix 9:00 pm
Fri Apr 11th, 2014 to Sun Apr 13th, 2014Toronto Spring ThawSt. Barnabas Church, 175 Hampton Ave, Toronto, ON
Sun Apr 13th, 2014foot breakage