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20-Jun-2008
by Kevin Friedrich
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| The Accordionists and Teachers Guild, International (ATG) 68th Annual Festival was held in Nashville, TN and featured three days of concerts and workshops. International guest artist Alexander Shirunov, from Russia, received two standing ovations for his spectacular performance, and he also presented an informative workshop about his musical career and the various aspects of his musical education. Also appearing at the ATG festival were Nashville recording artiste and accordionist Jeff Lisenby, who performed with the NashVegas Jazz Players with vocalists Abby Burke and Jeff's daughter Jaclyn Brown (picture above). Betty Jo Simon who performed the entire Galla-Rini ‘Concerto No. 1 in G Minor’, by the late ATG President Emeritus Anthony Galla-Rini, Jazz musician Murl Allen Sanders from Seattle, Washington, Roland artiste Don McMahon and his wife Lesley, Alexandra, Amy Jo Sawyer, Christine Jarquio, Mary Tokarski, the ATG 2008 Festival Orchestra conducted by Joan Sommers, Donna Dee Ray and Joanna Arnold Darrow. ATG Historian Stanley Darrow received the ATG President's award for his many years of service to the ATG at the Gala Banquet. For a full review of the event, please visit the ATG website and view the daily coverage. |
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