Nancy Paterson

Biography

Nancy Paterson is principal harpist of the Canton Symphony Orchestra with which she has also appeared as a soloist.  She has also appeared as a soloist or chamber musician in New York, Texas, and Michigan.  As an orchestral musician, she has played for the Cleveland Orchestra, Blossom Festival Orchestra, Akron Symphony, Pittsburgh Opera, and the Youngstown Symphony, as well as the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria.  Ms. Paterson received a Bachelor of Music Degree in harp performance from Kent State University and has studied with Alice Chalifoux at the Salzedo School in Camden, Maine.