Joanna Paterson
Member of the Viola section; the Cleveland Orchestra
Joanna Patterson has the honor of being the youngest member of a world-class symphony orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, who joined the orchestra in 2006. But the moment Patterson begins relating her life story or, better yet, playing Bach, the reasons to listen to her attentively come clearly into focus.
For me, she a person who demonstrates clearly two things:
- Love for Music! Love for Bach!
Just listen to the young person, as she talks about herself, as interspersed with playing the music she loves: