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World Accordion and Tango Festival, Trophée Mondial, Victoria, BC - CanadaReport: Octoberfest Las Vegas International Accordion Festival - USAXXXIV International Accordion Festival 2018, St Petersburg - RussiaKsenija Sidorova On Tour with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Final Concert at Carnegie Hall - USA
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Gnesin RAM Faculty of Folk Instruments 70 Years Celebration - RussiaAccordion Technique Course with Frédéric Deschamps, Edinburgh – UKVideo: Wang Yiping, Accordion Teacher Performing with Wenjun - ChinaVideo: Laure-Lyne Richard, Performs Bach’s Prelude BWV 893 - France
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"Duo Arcord" Concert Tour - Austria‘Accordion Day’ @ Acme Accordion School, New Jersey – USADonal Ring in Variety Show, Cork – Irish RepublicVictor Prieto Quartet Concert, Massachusetts – USAJean Dauvin plays for dancing, Normandy - FranceIDEAS Symposium, Ohio – USAMarko Kassl Diary Dates – Netherlands, Spain, GermanyKen and Mary ‘Turbo Accordions Express` Concerts, Tennessee – USAStudents and Friends Recital, Wisconsin – USAPetar Maric Concert, Victoria, BC - Canada
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American Accordionists' Association (AAA) Store - Now open for business!Updated Site of Mike Middleton, Texas - USALilliput I, II and III eBooks Released by Ivano Battiston - Italy
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Now in German and English, Book Review: The Art of Arranging Classical Music for Accordion by Friedrich LipsHelp Desk, Information needed, Readers CommentsSubmit Your Question, CommentSUBMIT NOW |
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by Rita Davidson Barnea
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 In 2017, after running for 11 years the Victoria International Accordion Festival, the festival was expanded by changing dates, concept and name to become the World Accordion and Tango Festival. This year’s festival will be held from November 10 to 18, 2018.As part of the 2018 Festival, Victoria and Oak Bay will be hosting the 68th Trophée Mondial international accordion competition. This event is held in a different country each year and this will be the first time in Canada. The BC Accordion and Tango Society was successful with the bid to host the Trophée Mondial in Victoria, largely due to the very successful 2013 Coupe Mondiale which was hosted in Victoria five years ago. From November 10 to 15, 2018 some of the world's finest young accordion soloists and ensembles will demonstrate their talents and compete for prestigious prizes. The evening concerts will showcase superb musicians and much of the event will be available online. The Gala Opening Concert on Nov 11, 2018 at the Dave Dunnet Theatre will feature acclaimed international accordion performers and previous winners of the Trophée Mondial, Jelena Milojevic (Canada), Tian Jianan (China) and Grayson Masefield (New Zealand) collaborating with the Civic Orchestra of Victoria. During the World Accordion Conference, major international accordion manufacturers and vendors and industry professionals will exhibit their instruments, present numerous workshops and explore opportunities for expanding their businesses in British Columbia. During the second Festival weekend (Nov. 16-18), the program will shift to tango music for another three days of world-class performances by international tango musicians and dance couples who will present their skills in workshops, dance lessons and famous milongas. For further information: donmaconi@gmail.com |
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by Heather Masefield
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 The Octoberfest 19th Las Vegas International Accordion Festival ran from 15th to 18th October at the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas directed by Event Organiser Paul Pasquali (picture right). The lineup started with Cory Pesaturo and bookends with a grand finale starring Grayson Masefield and the International Accordion Orchestra under the direction of the legendary Prof. Joan Sommers. A full report including pictures and video of the many activities and concert by all the well known performers listed below is online at: 2018LasVegas |
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by Vitaly Pugachev
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 The XXXIV International Accordion Festival venue is White Hall of the Polytechnic University, St-Petersburg, Russia. Art Director of the festival since it began is Honored Artist of Russia, Prof. Alexander Dmitriev.November 3, 2018, beginning at 15:00 Radu Ratoi (accordion), Moldova In the program: classical and variety compositions; Henn Rebane (accordion), Estonia In the program: compositions by Raymond Valgre, popular music; November 4, 2018, beginning at 15:00, "Renzo Ruggieri and students" Virtuosity Duo (Valerio Russo and Andrea Di Giacomo), Italy. In the program: variety compositions, variety music; Renzo Ruggieri (accordion), Italy In the program: own arrangements and compositions, tango music; November 5, 2018 (Gala concert), beginning at 14:00 Participants of the festival, as well as laureates of the International Competitions in 2018 |
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  Video: Clarinetist/Artistic Director Alan Kay talks about the upcoming concerts.Accordionist Ksenija Sidorova embarks on a US tour with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and long-time musical partner Avi Avital. They perform: - 03 November, Weis Centre for Performing Arts within Bucknell University in Lewisburg; - 06 November, at Mary Patricia Gannon Concerto Hall within DePaul University in Chicago; - 07 November, at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City; - 09 November, at the Staller Center within Stony Brook University; - 10 November, The tour ends on at the Stern Auditorium in Carnegie Hall in New York where Ksenija makes her debut. The tour is premiering two new concertos: the Double concerto “Monomachia” for Mandolin, Accordion and Chamber Orchestra by Golden Globe®, GRAMMY® and Emmy® nominated British composer Benjamin Wallfisch and J-S Bach’s Concerto for Accordion and Mandolin in C Minor, BWV 1060R arranged by Paul Chihara. |
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by Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions
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 In the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the faculty of folk instruments of the Russian Academy of Music (RAM) a celebration concert took place in the full concert hall of the Gnesin Academy after a conference being held on the "Role of the faculty in the musical culture of the country“. A significant event in the history of folk instrumental art was the creation of the first in the republic faculty and department of folk instruments at the Gnesin State Music and Pedagogical Institute in 1948. The head of the department (until 1963) was Alexander Ilyushin, a highly educated musician, performer, conductor, active propagandist and follower of the great musical and educational affairs of V. Andreev, Merited Artist of Russia. During first years together with him worked in the department and faculty: Yu.N. Shishakov, V.G. Gorokhov, G.F. Zimin, S.P. Velikov, P.I. Alekseev, P.A. Gvozdev, A. P. Ivanov-Radkevich, S.S. Sakharov, M.A. Osokin, S.G. Delitsiyev, I.D. Druzhinin, N.L. Reznikov, O.M. Agarkov, A.E. Onegin, N.Y. Chaikin, A.B. Pozdnyakov, V.L Degtyarenko and other famous musicians. The staff of the department had difficult creative tasks. The rapidly developing national instrumental performance and the ever-expanding system of primary, secondary and higher musical education needed hundreds of highly qualified teachers, performers, organizers and conductors of orchestras and ensembles, heads of departments and educational institutions. To the credit of the teachers of the department and its leader, the orientation was chosen to be correct: not a narrow instrumental specialization, but a wide, versatile profile of training future figures of folk instrumental art. Hence, the complex construction of the curriculum of the faculty, which, along with a wide range of special subjects, included music-theoretical and general educational disciplines, as well as conducting of a folk orchestra. In a relatively short time, teachers of the department developed programs for all special courses of the curriculum, which served as the basis for opening faculties of folk instruments in musical universities of many large cities of Russia and other Union republics in the 1950s and 1960s. It was precisely into music colleges and schools, philharmonic societies and concert organizations, into professional orchestral ensembles and ensembles that graduates of the first editions were distributed. Starting from the first issues, the department of folk instruments of the institute, as a rule, was replenished with the most talented, active and well-trained students of the faculty. In 1953, the first graduates of the faculty were S.M. Kolobkov, A.A. Surkov, M.F. Rozhkov, A.Ya. Alexandrov. The artistic biography of S.M. Kolobkov, who went from student to rector and deputy minister of culture of the Russian Federation: in all areas of his multifaceted activities - performer, conductor, teacher, scientist, public figure - SM Kolobkov achieved outstanding results. Working as an educator, he created a practical school of playing the accordion. Among his many students known in our country and abroad were performers - folk artists of Russia, professors: F.Lips, A.Sklyarov, Y.Dranga, merited artist of Russia, Y.Vostrelov. At different periods, the department of folk instruments was headed by: S.M. Kolobkov (1963-1966), Yu.N. Shishakov (1966-1974), Yu.T. Akimov (1974 - 1976), V.P. Kuzovlev (1976-1984), V.F. Belyakov (1984-1996). Since 1996, the Department of Folk Instruments has been headed by the People’s Artist of Russia, Professor F.R. Lips. Every year, teachers of the department participate in the work of scientific conferences, seminars, pedagogical readings at the city, regional, state and international levels, delivering reports, lectures, master classes, creative reports on a wide range of problems of musical pedagogy, theory, methodology and performance, provide practical methodological assistance to teams of musical educational institutions of the country - universities, colleges and music schools. In 2004, the department of folk instruments was divided into two independent departments: bayan and accordion - it was headed by Professor F.R. Lips and stringed folk instruments - headed by Professor A.A. Gorbachev. Over the past decade, the department of bayan and accordion has performed a huge teaching and educational, scientific, methodical, concert, and musical and educational work. Most of the members of the department for many years successfully combined teaching and scientific and methodological work with concert activities. Among the students of the Faculty of Specialization “Concert Performer” the following persons received honorary titles: People's Artists of the USSR - V.I. Fedoseyev, Yu.I. Kazakov, A.I. Poletaev; People's Artists of Russia - S.M. Kolobkov, A.N. Gus, V.F. Gridin, F.R. Lips, A.V. Sklyarov, V.N. Pomelnikov, V.A. Semyonov, V.G. Azov, A.V. Belyaev, Yu.P. Dranga, V.I. Ryabtsev, I.F. Oblikin, V.A. Korobko, L.K. Smirnov. More than 100 pupils were awarded honorary titles of honored artists, artists and cultural workers of Russia, 30 were awarded professorships, more than 60 students were awarded academic titles, over 300 musicians won titles of all-Union, all-Russian and international competitions. Over the years of its existence, teachers of the department have made a fundamental contribution to the history, theory and methodology of performing art, to the expansion of the concert and pedagogical repertoire for the bayan (accordion). Books and articles, methods, textbooks, repertory collections and anthologies, as well as the fundamental work - Anthology of literature for the bayan in 10 parts of A.Ye. Onegin, P.A. Gvozdev, A.A. Surkov, Yu.T. Akimov, V.P. Kuzovlev, B.M. Egorov, M.I. Imkhanitsky, F.R. Lips, V.A. Semyonov was in many ways innovative for his time and today is the basis of theoretical thought in practical pedagogical activity. Thanks to the increased performing level of musicians and creative contacts with Russia's largest composers, dozens of new highly artistic works for the bayan (accordion) were created by Vl. Solotaryov, A. Kusyakov, S. Gubaidulina, E. Denisov, A. Kholminov, R. Ledenyov, S. Berinsky, K. Volkov, E. Podgaits, M. Bronner, A. Zhurbin, T. Sergeyeva and others. For many years, students from many countries have come to the department to receive education at a prestigious university bayanist with renowned professors. Many dozens of graduates from the countries of the former Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Greece, France, Poland, Norway, Finland, Poland, China, North Korea, South Korea, etc. successfully work in secondary and higher educational institutions in their homeland. In turn, teachers of the department are often invited to conduct master classes in various countries. The fact that F.R. Lips is Professor Emeritus at the Royal Academy of London, visiting professor at the Tianjin Conservatory (China), and also visiting professor at the Conservatory of Groningen (Netherlands) and at the Pula Academy of Music (Croatia) for a number of years; V.A. Semyonov is a visiting professor at the Shanghai Conservatory (China) tells about the recognition of the high pedagogical level of professors of the department. Since 1989, the teachers of the department have been holding the annual international festival “Bayan and Bayanists”, whose initiator and artistic director is F.R. Lips. Over the past years, almost all outstanding musicians from different countries of Europe, the USA, Canada, Japan, and China have performed at the festival. Along with the masters, the festival actively provides the stage for young laureates of various competitions. Every 5 years within the framework of the festival, since 1990, the International Competition of Bayanists and Accordionists is held, the teachers of the department constantly work in the jury and the organizing committee. The past five international competitions have revealed a whole cohort of young and talented performers from Russia, Ukraine, Spain, France, Kazakhstan, China, Serbia and other countries. On the initiative of the department All-Russian Day of the bayan, accordion and harmonica has been held in the Concert Hall of the Russian Gnesin Academy of Music since 2010. The initiative of the department was picked up in many regions of Russia, and now every third Saturday of March is celebratory for all lovers of the art of playing the bayan, accordion and harmonica in our country. In recent years, young laureates of international competitions from among their graduates were invited to the department: M.S. Burlakov, A.V. Selivanov, A.A. Gataullin, S.V. Shmelkov, M.V. Vlasov, and also the candidate of art history V.V. Vasiliev, appointed to the post of dean of the faculty. Thus, at the department there is an optimal balance between the older, middle and young generations of teachers. The Department of Bayan and Accordion of the Russian Gnesin Academyof Music Gnesin confidently looks to the future and prepares new creative plans on the real embodiment of a wide range of theoretical, practical and educational directions in their activities. |
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 Nine young Scottish accordionists recently attended an ‘Accordion Technique Course’ in Edinburgh, Scotland, led by French virtuoso Frédéric Deschamps.The project, which was sponsored by the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society - Falkirk Branch, was held in Liberton Golf Club, from Monday October 15th - Friday 19th. The young musicians spent five days with Fred, who shared his innovative ideas and vast accordion knowledge with them. Subjects covered included posture, finger control, head position, arm position, bellows control, phrasing and facial expression. As well as developing their accordion technique the young players were also able to witness one of Fred’s students Maksym Hafych (Ukraine) practice (for six hours each day) and receive daily expert tuition from his tutor Fred. On the evening of Wednesday October 17th sixteen accordion Adult Learners attended an ‘Accordion Technique Masterclass’ hosted by Fred - a most enjoyable evening was had by all! The project culminated with the nine young musicians performing at an ‘Accordion Youth Showcase’ held in Falkirk Trinity Church on the evening of Friday October 19th. The event, sponsored by Manfrini Accordions, was well supported and in addition to the fine performances from the ‘Accordion Technique Course’ students this event featured some lively Traditional Scottish Music from Scottish musicians Adin Graham & Emma Dickson and an excellent recital from Fred’s student Maks who treated us to range of works from a Scarlatti Sonata to Solotariev’s ‘Rondo Capriccioso’. Thank You to Fred and Maks for a great week - Haste Ye Back! |
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| Video: Wang Yiping, accordion teacher in Dalian, China, performing with Wenjun, a graduate from the Italian national music college, master of clarinet. The piece titled "Horse March" is their first collaboration. |
by Nathalie Boucheix, Director CNIMA J.Mornet
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| CNIMA-Jacques Mornet, gateway to the highest music schools. See the background poster, a present from Prof. Li Yan Sheng to celebrate 10 years collaboration and friendship between his Beijing accordion school and CNIMA-Jacques Mornet. Laure-Lyne, a second year full time student of CNIMA, has just been admitted after audition and interview for the 2018-2019 studies year in the Music High School (HEMU) of Lausanne, Switzerland. Laure-Lyne wishes to obtain at HEMU, a Bachelor's degree (majoring acordion) then a Master's degree in the context of the European LMD program (Licence-Master-Doctorate). Laure-Lyne so maintains the rate of 100 % success of the CNIMA’s students having prepared for entrance examinations for European music schools, either at the end of a cycle of full-time studies (DEM), or by having joined specially in this purpose. Here is the list: - Dimitri Bouclier admitted in Lausanne’s Hemu in 2008 - Vincent LHermet admitted in Helsinky Sibelius Academy of Music in 2009 - Julie Schade (Denmark) admitted in Copenhaguen National Conservatorium in 2014 - Laurène Dif admitted in 2015 in Bordeaux CEFEDEM with aim of a National Degree, then having succeed, admitted in Instrument Master Degree in Lausanne - Zoë Schade, admitted in Strasbourg Pôle Supérieur in 2015 - Shuang MA (China) admitted in Lausanne’s Hemu Master degree after one year in CNIMA (2016) - Julia Sinoimeri (trainee) admitted in Paris CNSM in 2017 – Laure-Lyne Richard attending Lausanne, 2018. If you wish to attend a great musical educational establishment in Europe, CNIMA offers training to prepare your audition program. To learn more, visit www.cnima.com (use up left translator) or contact CNIMA in any language: cnima@wanadoo.fr |
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by Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions
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 Without changing a single tone of the original score, Ana Topalovic (cello) and Nikola Djoric (accordion) as "Duo Arcord" bring to the stage virtuoso and profoundly personal visions of well-known classical as well as contemporary pieces of music.The debut CD "Inspired by Songs and Dances", presented in 2016 at the Wiener Konzerthaus, impresses with artistic sophistication and playfulness. This is an intimate journey through the musical world of both artists. Together they were able to discover new sound dimensions in well-known pieces. The young duo has met with a great response to their art - meanwhile they have given guest performances in the Wiener Musikverein, as part of the Salzburg Festival, on Austrian radio and at various national and international festivals. Her debut album and her concerts have received numerous excellent reviews. The pieces of music, which span a curve from the Baroque to the contemporary music, are experiencing a sound renewal by Ana Topalovic and Nikola Djoric - refreshingly and confidently. Her current program includes works by among others J. Haydn, C. Debussy, D. Popper, M. Weinberg, D. Shostakovich and A. Sedlar. Concert dates: 16 November 7.30 p.m. Neunkirchen Sparkassensaal 17 November 4 p.m. St. Paul Rathaussaal 18 November 11a.m. Castle Albeck 18 November 7.30 p.m. Graz Harmonikazentrum |
by Rob Howard
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| The Acme Accordion School presents an ‘Accordion Day’ on Sunday November 4th, from 10.30am to 3pm, at 322 Haddon Ave, Westmont (Haddon Township), New Jersey, NJ 08108. Admission is free. Events begin at 10am where accordionists may sign up to perform a solo or two until 11.30am. 11.45am to 12.30pm is set up for the Accordion Day photo. Bring your accordion if possible. Our goal is 150 accordion players or more. All ages invited. Enjoy meeting new friends, bring your family. The photo will be followed by a concert that will feature guest performer Dallas Vietty & Bryce Milano (accordion and mandolin). Also performing are Suzy Andrew, the Westmont Philharmonia Accordion Orchestra, Westmont Accordion Club, and the Adult Sophomore Ensemble. The organiser is Joanna Darrow. For further information email: brooklynaccordionclub@gmail.com |
by Rob Howard
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 The Donal Ring Ceili Band performs in The Cork Artistes Variety Show, alongside several other artistes, on Sunday November 4th, 7.30pm, at the Everyman, 15 Maccurtain St, Cork. Accordionist Donal Ring, from Cork, formed his ceili band in 1958. Having admired the music of Jimmy Shand and with the intention of developing his own individual playing style, in 1956 he purchased a Shand Morino 3-row button accordion. The present line up is very much a family affair that includes sons Dermot Ring – 5-row button accordion & vocals, Donal Ring junior – 5-row accordion, daughters Mary (Ring) Devereux – piano, Breda (Ring) Cashman – drums and vocals, and Pat Riordan – vocals. The Donal Ring Ceili Band has performed many times on radio and TV, made many albums, and performed overseas in Britain, Canada, and the Netherlands. For further information email: info@everymancork.com |
by Rob Howard
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 New York-based Spanish jazz accordionist Victor Prieto and his quartet - Chris Cheek – sax, Carlo De Rosa – bass, and Vince Cherito - drums - perform at Café 939, Berklee, College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, on Sunday November 4th, 8pm. Earlier, at 1pm, Victor leads a jazz workshop. Soon to be leased will be a DVD ‘Victor Prieto Quartet Live at Berklee College’. For further information email: victorprieto2001@yahoo.com |
by Rob Howard
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 On Monday afternoon November 5th, 2pm until 6.30pm, musette accordionist Jean Dauvin plays for dancing at the Salle de Danse, Le clos des mares, Brehal, Manche, Normandy, northern France. |
by Rob Howard
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 This year’s International Digital Electronic Accordion Society (IDEAS) annual Symposium takes place at the Avalon Inn & Resort, Warren, Ohio, from November 7th to 10th.The Symposium offers four days of workshops, group sessions, and concerts. The concert performers include digital accordionists Richard Noel, Cory Pesaturo, Joe Natoli, Michael Soloway, Lenny Feldman, Don Gerundo, Alex Chudolij, and vocalist Paula Pelafone. IDEAS is a completely inclusive society for professionals and amateurs alike, where everyone is welcome to share in the joy of owning and performing on digital accordions, no matter the manufacturer, make or model. IDEAS also encourages discussions on any peripherals related to the digital accordion (amps, recording equipment, music notation software, music display software and tablets, pedal boxes, Bluetooth devices, wireless devices, etc). For further information email: thegr8.ideas@gmail.com |
by Rob Howard
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| Austrian accordionist Marko Kassl has the following forthcoming dates in November. Three of these concerts are with the ensemble Black Pencil, performing premieres of ‘Totaliter Aliter’, written by the Dutch composer Peter Vigh. November 10th, 9pm – Black Pencil, November Music, Jheronimus Bosch Center, Jeroen Boschplein 2, NL-5211 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands November 17th, 10.30pm - Black Pencil, Av. de la Mare de Déu del Lledó 50, E-12004 Castellón de la Plana, Valencia, Spain November 22nd, 7pm - duo concert with recorder player Gudula Rosa, Dortmunder Kammermusikfestival, Heliandkirche, Westfalendamm 190, D-44141 Dortmund, Germany November 25th, 2pm – Black Pencil, Festival Mystieke Vrouwen, Nicolaikerk, Nicolaaskerkhof 8, NL-3512 XC Utrecht, Netherlands For further information email: info@marko-kassl.de |
by Rob Howard
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| The accordion duo Ken and Mary ‘Turbo Accordions Express` perform at `Bavarian Bierhaus`, 121 Opry Mills Drive, Nashville, Tennessee, on November 8th, 9th, and 10th, 6pm until 9pm each evening. Ken and Mary will be back at the `Bavarian Bierhaus` on December 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th, from 6pm to 9pm each evening. Ken Nicol plays a custom designed/built 5-row button accordion, tenor banjo and Italian mandola; Mary Drake plays a custom built piano accordion (also a vocalist). The band also includes a trumpet player (also a vocalist), and a clarinet/sax player. Their repertoire includes Big Band, Ragtime, Dixieland, Waltzes, Swing, Show Tunes, a variety of Ethnic Music, older Country Tunes, Gospel, old Standard Favorites, plus audience participation songs/dances. For further information email: kenandmarymusik@yahoo.com |
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| Students from the Accordion Concertina Music Studios based in Superior, WI, perform in concert on Sunday November 11th, 1pm, at the World of Accordions Museum, 1401 Belknap, Superior, WI. Free admission and refreshments are available. The performers include invited Paul Vargason, Carolyn Carver, Jim Doyle Wächter, Sally Blumenfeld, Kerry Vandusen, Royal Miller, Zane Bail, Renee Wermter, Linda Knudsen, Jeff Olson, Dale Ahlberg, Ron Askegaard, John Blumenfeld, Anna Cady, Mary Carlson, Sandra Caywood, Rob Dingmann, Robin Floyd, Nina Ford, Aiden Gort, Helmi Harrington, Gina, Lucille, and Henry Jennissen, Ruth Maciejeski, Steven Perunovich, Caryl Radatz, Roger and Cecilia Schmitz, Shelby Setnikar, Richard Skarie, Marian Syrjamaki-Kuchta, Anne Velasco, Zotiy Wallace, the ACM Button Diatonic Ensemble - Rob Dingmann, Caryl Radatz, Shelby Setnikar, Richard Skarie and Helmi Harrington, and an Accordion Concertina Band (MD/performer Tracey Gibbens). |
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| You don't have to wait for Black Friday, visit the AAA Store TODAY. You can become a member, pay your dues or support the youth programs by buying an 80th anniversary T-shirt. It's Easy!! Give it a try and let us know how we can improve! View at: AAA-Store AAA Membership fees can be paid through the new system and donations sent for specific AAA scholarship and educational projects as well as supporting the commissioning of new works. First items to be sold in the new AAA-Store are: 80th Anniversary t-Shirts TMD – 22 T-shirt, Medium TLG – 23 T-shirt, Large TXL – 24 T-shirt, Extra Large (XL) |
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 The Mike Middleton website has been updated. The site is promoting the CD albums, biography and musical activities of well known Texan Mike Middleton. |
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 In pdf format sent to you by email.The Lilliput series by Ivano Battiston is not an accordion method but a collection of small musical forms, divided into five volumes, inspired by the Mikrokosmos by Béla Bartók and composed with the following didactic intents: - offer musical material - to the accordionist with a single note instrument - from the very first lessons up to the thresholds of a medium level preparation (fifth year of study); - bring the scholar closer to most musical forms and to a heterogeneous sound world; - lead the young accordionist towards a gradual exploration of the instrument, through an active participation in the problems of musical interpretation; - increase instrumental skills through learning based on the increase in the number of sounds; - introduce the scholar to the orchestral dimension of the accordion, also creating compositions inspired by the characteristics of the other musical instruments. The pieces can be played with any type of instrument provided with single notes. Volumes II and III of Lilliput! are required for the accordion admission exam in Italian music high schools (Licei musicali). Catalog: battiston107 - Lilliput I Index of 27 titles: view sample music pages. Book of 41 pages. Catalog: battiston108 - Lilliput II Index of 23 titles: view sample music pages Book of 45 pages. Catalog: battiston109 - Lilliput III Index of 16 titles: view sample music pages Book of 37 pages. |
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 Now in German and English, CD Reviews Index for the review of the Book titled "The Art of Arranging Classical Music for Accordion" written by Friedrich Lips, reviewed by Prof. Joan Sommers in both English and German. Read the review at CD Reviews Index. Books available online by Friedrich Lips: Catalog: kslips00 The Art of Bayan Playing and Playing the Accordion Artistically Catalog: kslips01 Die Kunst des Bajanspiels, Methodik und Didaktik des künstlerischen Akkordeonspiels Catalog: kslips02 Die Kunst der Bearbeitung klassischer Musik für Akkordeon Catalog: kslips03 The Art of Arranging Classical Music for Accordion |
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