Patricia Nordstrom
Viola da gamba
/ (940) 597-3964
Patricia Adams Nordstrom, an original member of the well-regarded “Musicians of Swanne Alley,” has performed in tours across Europe and North America and has appeared on American, Canadian, German, French, English and Danish radio and television. With Swanne Alley, she has recorded for Harmonia Mundi, Focus and Virgin Classics. Trained on historical bowed-string and wind instruments at Stanford University, Pat was on staff at Oakland University in Michigan for fifteen years until her move to Atlanta in 1992. In Atlanta, she performed regularly with a variety of groups, notably the Merry Band and Muses Gardin, taught at early music workshops, and was also instrumental in launching the Atlanta Early Music Alliance, having served Board chair and newsletter designer and editor. Over her career, Pat has combined her performance activities with providing promotional services for performers and working with individuals and groups on stage fright issues. She also has a long-standing interest in collecting texts and tunes in the English and American ballad tradition for use in performance. Since her move to Denton, Texas, she has performed with the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, the Dallas Bach Society, Fort Worth Early Music and the Denton Bach Society, and been an adjunct in viola da gamba at the University of North Texas College of Music. In 2008, she retired from her position as Senior Assistant to the Dean of the UNT College of Music.
