Canadian flutist Patricia Dydnansky currently holds the position of Second Flute & Piccolo with the Niagara Symphony and teaches at Brock University and Ridley College. She is also an active freelance musician, often playing flute and piccolo in the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, Stratford Festival Orchestra, Hamilton Philharmonic, Windsor Symphony, Orchestra London, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and various smaller ensembles in the Greater Toronto Area. Patricia has a Bachelor of Music (Music History & Theory) from McMaster University, a Master of Music (Performance) from the University of Western Ontario and a Postgraduate Diploma (Performance) from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England. She has participated in the Professional Residency Program at the Banff Centre for the Arts and her teachers include Peter Lloyd, Patricia Morris, Paula Elliott, Camille Churchfield, and Wissam Boustany.

Patricia has been a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada and the National Academy Orchestra of the Boris Brott Music Festival. Recent summer activities include teaching woodwinds at the Niagara Symphony Summer Camp and being an active participant in the Scottish International Flute Summer School, held in St. Andrew's, Scotland.