John Patton, percussion

John Patton is a freelance percussionist living in the DC Metro area. In 2025, John joined the Roanoke Symphony as Assistant Principal Percussion. Prior to that he was Principal Percussionist of the Orlando Philharmonic from 2014 to 2023, and was a member of the Southwest Florida Symphony in Fort Myers, Florida. In that time, John performed as principal percussionist and timpanist for Opera in the Ozarks and The Charlottesville Opera. John has also been a mainstay at the Signature Theater in Shirlington, Virginia since 2017 where he has participated in over a dozen musical theatre performances on percussion and drum set. When not performing John enjoys watching movies and spending time with his wife, Salma, and dog, Oscar.