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Alfred Nash Patterson was a teacher of choral conducting at Berkshire Music Center and Tanglewood, and a frequent member of the regional auditions committee for the Metropolitan Opera.

He organized Chorus Pro Musica in 1949 ( source: Boston Globe 1987 November 1 ). He ran that chorus until his death in 1979.

A brief history of Chorus Pro Musica is available online at http://www.choruspromusica.org/about_hist.shtml.

During his tenure they performed two significant premieres with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall.

In addition, "Bud" Patterson conducted the Brandeis University Chorus, Cape Code Chorale, the Worcester County Music Association, and the Worcestar Festival. He was organist and choir director at Christ Church, Cambridge, and in Boston at the Church of the Advent and Old South Church.

Originally formed in 1980, the Alfred Nash Patterson Foundation honors the memory Alfred Nash Patterson.

His wife Barbara S. Patterson sang as an alto in his chorus, and also pursued a career in film. She appeared in "The Witches of Eastwick." She passed away in 2006 ( source: Martha's Vineyard Times, December 7, 2006 ).