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Please check back. This page will be updated throughout the month
of May, as additional pictures/names are submitted.
 Malta
Celebrates World Accordion Day |
The
Santa Maria Accordion Band from the Mediterranean
Island of Malta celebrated World Accordion Day
with a concert on 8 May, 2010. The concert was
held on Mother's Day for the residents of the
St. Catherine's Retirement Complex in the town
of Attard in Malta.
The Santa Maria Accordion Band, the only one of
it’s kind in Malta, was formed in 1992. A
unique ensemble, The Santa Maria Accordion Band
is led by one of the foremost accordion teachers
and band directors Marthese Busuttil Cassar, L.B.C.A.
Each of the seventeen band members play a variety
of acoustic songs from classical, tango, folk,
country, and popular music. Together as a Band,
they play at celebrations, community events, festivals,
church services, and national events.
The main goal of the orchestra is to share enjoyment
of all the players and audience, while promoting
this beautiful instrument, the accordion. Accordion
music is one of the most popular forms of live
music for events. An accordion band has a special
sound all unto it's own that creates a feeling
no other band can.
For
more information: www.myspace.com/santamariaaccordionband
Please
enjoy the pictures from the World Accordion
Day Concert held in Malta.
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The Santa Maria Accordion Band (Malta)
Conductor: Marthese Busuttil Cassar, L.B.C.A.
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Marthese
Busuttil Cassar (L.B.C.A.) - Conductor
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Noelia
Meri Spiteri (one of the youngest accordion
students in Malta!)
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Above
left: Luigi Sammut
Above right: Pamela
Zahra
all of these youngest accordion students in
Malta (Noelia, Luigi and Pamela)
played Solo with the Orchestra
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Above
left: Karen Vin Camilleri, Neal Camilleri
Above right: Ivana Grech, Martha Busuttil, Cleve
Zammit
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Above
left: Joseph P. Grima, Ivana Grech
Above right: Members
of the The Santa Maria Accordion Band (Malta)
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Above
and Below: The Santa Maria Accordion Band
(Malta)
Conductor: Marthese Busuttil Cassar, L.B.C.A.
Left to right front row: Neal
Camilleri - Accordion, Karen Vin Camilleri -
Accordion, Ivana Grech - Accordion, Martha Busuttil
- Accordion, Cleve Zammit - Accordion, Christabel
Zammit - Accordion, Maria Cefai - Accordion
Left to right second row: Lisa Marie Zammit
- Keyboard, Clayton Zammit - Violin, Joseph
Grima - Accordion, Dominic Micallef - Percussion,
Simone Scicluna - Accordion, Noel Camilleri
- Tambourine
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What:
World Accordion Day
When: 6th May
Why: a unified global effort to celebrate
and promote the Accordion
Where: World Wide!
Contact: Harley Jones - CIA Public Relations
Officer e-mail: harleyaccordion@yahoo.com |
