Anne Marie Patterson

Anne Marie Patterson has been an active violinist, educator and clinician in the Washington, D.C. area for over twenty years. She is currently the Orchestra Director at Robert Frost Middle School in Fairfax, VA. Previously, she taught elementary, middle and high school orchestra in Charles County, MD, where she was awarded the 2018 Outstanding Music Teacher Award from the Maryland Music Educators Association. From 2012 to 2019, Anne Marie directed the Charles County Youth Orchestra and Encore Strings, where she doubled the size of the organization. Anne Marie holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance from Washington and Lee University, and Masters Degrees in Performance and Music Education from Florida State University. She has served as President of the MD/DC Chapter of the American String Teachers Association, and is a frequent presenter at the national ASTA conference. She is also a contributing author of “Rehearsing the Middle School Orchestra,” by Sandy Goldie.