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Editors
Note
Thank you to our readers who have been
sending in ideas for the "Technology and the Accordion"
poll. Due to the variety of ideas received, the poll is being changed
to a survey and the results will be published. Please keep your ideas
coming. Your input is always appreciated.
Harley
Jones
Acccordions Worldwide Director
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The
" Ars Harmonica Trio"
Performs in Czestochowa - Poland
 A
concert for young people from secondary school was held at the
Youth Home of Culture on the 4th of March. The concert featured
the accordion trio "Ars
Harmonica" and Beata Mlynarczyk. During a concert that
evening, the trio introduced their new CD "Ars
Harmonica Live" released by OSLO. "Ars Harmonica"
trio members are Piotr Chololowicz, Piotr Biazik and Jakub Mietla.
On
5th March, the session Official Opening was held at the Youth
Home of Culture featuring lectures by: Prof. Joachim Pichura (Music
Academy in Katowice and Pedagogical Academy in Czestochowa - Poland),
Prof. Bogdan Dowlasz (Music Academy in Lodz - Poland), Prof. Tibor
Racz (Music Academy in Bratislava - Slovakia), Prof. Eduardas
Gabnis (Music Academy in Vilnius - Lithuania), Vladimir Ushakov
(Baltic Quintet - Russia), Zbigniew Luc (Music Academy in Wroclaw
- Poland), and Dr Miroslaw Dymon (Rzeszow University - Poland).
The
evening concert was held at the Centre of Culture Promotion "Gaude
Mater", featured the "Baltic
Quintet" a prize winner of international accordion competitions.
The group members are Svietlana Stavickaja (Latvia), Vladimir
Ushakov (Russia). Siergiej Lichaciov (Russia), Eduardas Gabnis
(Lithuania), Genadij Savkov (Lithuania); and words by Malgorzata
Nowak.
Both
concerts were organized by: The Accordion's Minister of Music
Academy named after K. Szymanowsky in Katowice, Department of
Culture and Art in Czestochowa, Music Institute of Pedagogical
Academy in Czestochowa, Centre of Culture Promotion "Gaude
Mater", Youth Home of Culture in Czestochowa, and Music Society
in Czestochowa.
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Toowoomba
Accordion Festival - Australia
The Toowoomba Accordion Festival will be held on the 1st and 2nd May
at Martin Luther Primary Schoool Hall, Hume St, Queensland. It will
be a weekend of fun, entertainment, concerts and workshops featuring
guest accordionist Bernadette
Conlon from Melbourne. She will be launching 2 CDs of Frosini
compositions/arrangements during the Festival.
In June, Bernadette Conlon
will be travelling to the USA and performing concerts and workshops
at the Las Vegas International Accordion Convention. Bernadette will
also perform concerts in Leavenworth, Texas and at Victoria and Salt
Springs in Canada.
For further details email: lynbern@bigpond.com
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"Riders
In The Sky" on Tour- USA
 "Riders
in the Sky" featuring Joey Miskulin - "The CowPolka King!"
- is no stranger to any medium or genre. Accordion in hand, he's garnished
audio and video recordings, movie tracks and live performances for
rock 'n roll artists and polka bands alike.
Riders in the Sky proclaimed him "Joey The Cowpolka King"
after he appeared on their recordings and their radio show, Riders
Radio Theater.
They will be performing in two concerts in March:
- 14 March, at the Paramount Center for the Arts, Bristol, Tennessee.
- 27 March, at Nashville North USA, Inc, Taylorville, Illinois.
For further details email: joey@musicwagon.com
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Stas
Vengelvski on tour in Austria
Contributed by: Dr
Herbert Scheibenreif, Manager of Friedrich
Lips Production.
During his tour in Austria from February 26th to March 3rd, Stas
Venglevski appeared in St. Lorenzen, Neunkirchen, Lavamünd,
Hochegg and Vienna. His artistry, dazzling technical command, and
sensitivity have brought "Stas" Venglevski, a native of
the Republic of Moldova, part of the former Soviet Union, increasing
acclaim as a virtuoso.
A two-time first prize winner of bayan competition in the Republic
of Moldova, Stas is
a graduate of the Russian Academy of Music in Moscow where he received
his Masters Degree in Music under the tutelage of the famed Prof Friedrich
Lips. In 1992 he immigrated to the United States.
Stas' repertoire includes his original compositions, a broad range
of classical, contemporary and ethnic music. Stas also performs as
a member of the A Sta_Sera Duo where he combines talents with accordionist,
John Simkus, known primarily for his smooth jazz renditions. Their
musical partnership has resulted in a unique repertoire and as a duo
they have toured the United States and Europe extensively and collaborated
on a CD of original compositions titled Seasonings.
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Bakersfield
Accordion Festival II - USA
 The
Kern County Basque Club in cooperation with PierreFX designs will
be hosting the First "Consecutive" Bakersfield Accordion
Festival II, to coincide with the Nabo 2004 Convention. This event
will be held on Friday, May 28, in Bakersfield, California at the
KCBC Clubhouse.
This is open to everyone who loves to play or listen to the accordion.
Whether you're an amateur or an accomplished virtuoso - they want
you! You play the trikitixa or concertina? - well they'd love to hear
you play!!
If you attended the last accordion festival at the Basque Cultural
Center in South San Francisco, then you'll love this event. It's been
over 10 years but like wine the accordion players keep getting better.
For further
details email: kcbasqueclub@kcbasqueclub.com
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Scandinavian
Squeeze-In - Sweden
 For
the fifth time, the Scandinavian Squeeze-In will be held in Torna
Hallestad in Southern Sweden from the 23rd to 25th of April. As before,
this will be a weekend of music sharing and fun. In it's informal
format, this concertina weekend becomes what we who are there make
of it. This has been a great success so far, and this year the chances
of another wonderful event are very good, since a secret guest of
honor will be attending. This promises an inspiring concertina experience!.
For further
details email: ssi@concertina.se
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Kal
in Concert - England
Kal, a Serbian music group will be performing at the Turner Sims
Concert Hall, Southampton on the 27th April. After two years of
stunning European festival audiences with their intense and colorful
performances, Kal visits Turner Sims as part of their debut tour
of the UK. The exciting music of this group of Gypsies from Northern
Serbia combines harmonic twists of Romanian folk music with typical
Northern Serbian rhythms, heavy, passionate and vibrant. With violins,
guitars, accordions, acoustic double bass and percussion, this is
an unmistakable chance to glimpse into two thousand years of musical
culture
The group includes: Davor Vasic (accordion, voice), Dragan Ristic
(guitar, voice,), Dusan Ristic (violin, voice), Dragolijub Vasic
(double bass), Vladan Vasic (guitar, voice), Dusan Jovanovic (percussion)
and Dejan Ristic (violin).
For further details email: turnsims@soton.ac.uk
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Cajun/Creole
Week - USA
 The
Cajun/Creole Week celebration will be held on the 11th to 16th July
at Augusta Heritage Center of Davis and Elkins College, West Virginia.
Laissez les bon temps rouler! Cajun/Creole Week celebrates the French
traditions of southwest Louisiana through music, dance, song, crafts,
folklore and food. The event features senior artists and young inheritors
of these traditions. Coordinator Lynne Terr has assembled a "who's
who" of Cajun culture including the Savoy family, three members
of the Miller family and Zydeco Force, a band with many ties to
the late Delton Broussard.
Again, the event offers several levels of fiddle and accordion,
including classes for complete beginners. Each day starts with a
choice of jam sessions or visits to the Cajun Resource room where
you can browse, visit with the "accordion doctor," and
enjoy many other activities.
For further details email: augusta@augustaheritage.com
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The
Fifth Vogler Spring Festival - Ireland
 Tim
Vogler of The Vogler Quartet announced details of the 2004 Vogler
Spring Festival which will once again take place at Sligo's historic
St. Columba's Church in Drumcliffe from April 30th to May 3rd. This
is the fifth Vogler Spring Festival and the end of an inspirational
five-year residency of the Vogler Quartet in Sligo. Although the festival
will continue beyond the timeframe of the residency, the 2004 program
is bigger and more ambitious than before, with a total of ten concerts
and more than twenty guest artists joining the Vogler Quartet for
this very special four-day event.
This year's event also celebrates their own indigenous folk tradition,
with the première performance of a specially commissioned work
by Seóirse Bodley, inspired by Irish traditional folk music.
For the first time, a traditional music concert will be staged within
the festival, featuring the music and musicians of Declan Payne (piano
accordion), Colm O'Donnell (flute, whistles and vocals) Teresa O'Grady
(banjo and mandolin), Shane McGowan (guitar), Siobhán O'Donnell
(voice and bódhrán), and Mary Lynn (piano and bouzouki).
For further
details email: kate@musicnetwork.ie
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Kulshan
Chorus Concerts - USA
Kulshan Chorus in the Land of Jazz Music of the 1920's and Beyond.
Traditional jazz (Dixieland) with the Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band of
Seattle. (concert title TBD) - a concert of "Musette" featuring
the Kulshan Chorus with Paul Elliott (violin), Laurie Andres (accordion),
and John Miller (guitar) will be held on 10 April at the Bellingham
High School Auditorium, Massachusetts.
"A hoot of a good time" is promised for all.
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9th
Australian Folk Music and Dance Gathering - Australia
  The
9th Australian Folk Music and Dance Gathering is on the 9th to 14th
June. The Festival will be primarily held at the Albion Park Centenary
Hall utilizing the main dance hall for major dances and dance workshops
and upstairs (The Loft) as a session and acoustic concert area. The
HAC Centre situated behind Centenary Hall will host concerts and the
Brumby's Tavern cabarets each evening.
There are a wide range of folk performers, from traditional dance
musicians, bush poets and bands to contemporary songwriters and performers.
The performers will feature in over 30 events, theme and historical
presentations, and traditional instrument workshops.
The event is organized by Wongawilli Colonial Dance Club Inc. with
major supports of Illawarra Folk Club Inc, Albion Park RSL Memorial
Club, Shellarbour Council and Coopers Brewery.
For further
details email: desanti@bigpond.com
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Victor
Prieto “The Power of the Accordion” will be performing
in some concerts in New York
Richard
Galliano performed a program of jazz at the Calderón Theater,
Valladolid on the 15th February. The title of the concert was "Piazzolla
for Ever". This great French accordionist was accompanied by
a quintet including piano. The septet performed some of the most
famous works of Piazolla like: Oblivión, Milonga of the Angel,
Michelangelo 70, I return to the South, etc. Also some Galliano
works like "Laura and Astor" were added.
Austrian
accordionist and bandoneon player Klaus Paier, a winner of the "Premio
Internazionale di Fisarmonica" started out to lead Tango Nuevo
into new directions. He can already look back on a successful career
in the world of classics and jazz.