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15th Orpheus Award 2024 Nominations - Italy
2024 Workshop Course Weekend - Netherlands
Akkordeonale 2024 International Accordion Festival – Germany
What Are You Doing For May 6th World Accordion Day? - International
World Accordion Day (WAD) Event - USA
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Applications for 2024 Premio Andrea Parodi World Music Contest Close in May – Italy
Video: Good Habits: Space Buns / Hiccups
Future events |
C.J. Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band Colorado Concert - USA
3rd Annual Youth Concerto Festival 2024 – South Africa
Guardia Nueva Perform at Janakkala Music Days 2024 - Finland
Louise Jallu Jazz Concert in Paris - France
Canterbury Accordion Association Jam Session – New Zealand
Archie’s Box Academy Melodeon Workshops – England
John MacDonald Performs: 2024 Morning Melodies – Australia
Miran Vaupotić Accordion Workshop - Croatia
DHV Course "Prophylaxis and First Aid on Accordion" - Germany
Coba Duo Concert – Japan
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Updated Site: Charnwood Music Publishing Francis Wright Information and Music - UK
Special Price Complete Collection of Gary Dahl (1937 to 2017) eBooks (10 Books) - USA
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2024 Coupe Mondiale City/Dates Announced at CIA Winter Congress in Kungsbacka - Swedenby Jörgen Sundeqvist |
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CIA Executive attending the Winter Congress. Left to right: Kimmo Mattila, Mirco Patarini, Jörgen Sundeqvist, Li Cong, Zorica Karakutovska.
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Signing of Coupe Mondiale Hosting Contract by Mayor of Castelfidardo, Roberto Ascani and IAC Vice President Gianluca Bibiani.
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Federico Celesti, IAC President being approved as CIA Honorary Vice-President for 2024.
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Congress Delegates meeting, Danijela Gazdic-Kljajic addressing the meeting.
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 The Swedish Accordionists Association (SDR) hosted (for the first time) the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) Winter Congress in Kungsbacka, Sweden from February 23rd to 25th, 2024.Kungsbacka is located on the west coast in the southern part of Sweden, 20 kilometers south of Gothenburg. The 151th General Assembly took part at Hotel Halland. Thirty seven CIA officers and delegates from 17 countries were present to take part in a very hectic weekend with meetings, concerts and social gatherings. The Mayor of Castelfidardo, Roberto Ascani, was present in Kungsbacka to sign the contract which was also approved by the CIA Congress, for the hosting of the 77th Coupe Mondiale which will be held in Castelfidardo, Italy, from September 6th to 10th, 2024. For the 1st time in history, the CIA will have the Coupe Mondiale in the City of the accordion producers. The 79th Coupe Mondiale in Stockholm, Sweden, August 2026, was also approved by the Congress. Many other matters were discussed and one important subject was the review of the CIA Statutes to comply with recent EU requirements. On Friday evening, Karlssons Musik hosted an evening at their shop with dinner, social gathering and entertainment by Hanna Blomberg (violin) and Petter Ferneman (accordion). The Swedish Accordionists Association (SDR) hosted a concert at Kungsbacka Theatre on Saturday evening, with performances by several leading Swedish accordionists such as Minna Weurlander and Deseo String Quartet, Malmö Accordion Quartet, Leo Florin and the Lars Karlsson Band. Djordje Peric (Bosnia and Herzegovina) also appeared as a surprise guest artist. During the concert, Ingvar Karlsson, the founder of Karlssons Musik, was awarded the CIA "Honored Friend of the Accordion Award" for his outstanding contributions to the international accordion movement. Picture of presentation below. Dragspelsarkivet in Kramfors was also awarded the CIA "World Accordion Museum Alliance International Member". Next year, the CIA Winter Congress will be hosted in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, from February 28th to March 2nd, 2025. However, before that we are looking forward to the 77th Coupe Mondiale in Castelfidardo, Italy in September. Further pictures of the 2024 CIA Winter Congress at: https://www.accordions.com/cia/cia_winter_congress_2024.php |
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15th Orpheus Award 2024 Nominations - Italyby AWW |
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  The 15th Orpheus Award 2024 Critics' Award - Italian Accordion Productions of 2023 nominations have been announced. The event is organised by the Associazione Promozione Arte: Gerlando Gatto (art director), Renzo Ruggieri (APA president), Giuseppe Di Falco (secretary) and Andrea Di Giacomo (secretary). Guy Klucevsek (USA - picture right) will receive the Italian 15th Orpheus Lifetime Achievement Award 2024 on March 5, 2024 at 7:PM. This award is an international recognition of his major contribution to the accordion and his accordion compositions during his long career. Italian Nominations are: Classic Nomination: C. Chiacchiaretta - F. Arlia – OFC Piazzolla: Aconcagua, Oblivion, Adios Nonino, Tangazo Andrea Di Giacomo - Classical Lines Claudio Jacomucci - Le Città Invisibili (microtonal accordion) Jazz Nomination: V. Abbracciante - A. Sabatino Melodico Antonino De Luca - Respiri Renzo Ruggieri - Leaves World Nomination (and other music): D. Di Bonaventura - I. Pilar Patassini Italia Folksongs Danilo Di Paolonicola - No Gender 2 Riccardo Tesi - La Giusta Distanza The event results will take place on March 5th, 2024 at 7pm and can be viewed on social media platforms. |
2024 Workshop Course Weekend - Netherlandsby Christine Johnstone |
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| The 2024 Workshop Course Weekend will be held in St-Michielsgestel, Netherlands from April 12th to 13th, 2024. The event, which will include 11 different workshops during the day, as well as evening ball folk, concerts & jam sessions, is organised by Stichting Draailier en Doedelzak. Riccardo Tesi (Italy) will hold a diatonic accordion workshop for G-C instruments. The workshop will cover the learning of pieces from the Italian tradition and original compositions, problems both of a technical nature (use of the bellows, linear and cross technique, fingering, coordination, etc.) and of an interpretative nature (ornamentation, expression, staccato and legato, etc.). Guus Herremans (Belgium) will hold an All instruments - Ensemble playing workshop intended for advanced players. In addition to ensemble playing Guus will cover harmony and individual development in which fun is paramount. |
Akkordeonale 2024 International Accordion Festival – Germanyby Joan Emmett Brown |
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| The Akkordeonale 2024 International Accordion Festival will be held at a variety of venues in Germany during April 2024, organised by Servais Haanen. The event will feature “musicians from a wide variety of countries to create a surprising ensemble mix across all styles.” The international accordion festival starts on April 3rd and over the next 34 days, 33 concerts will be presented. Performers include Irene Tillung (Norway), Djordje Davidovic (Serbia), Marcello Squillante (Italy), Paul Schuberth (Austria) and Servais Haanen (Germany/Netherlands). Download performance dates here: 2024Akkordeonale.pdf |
What Are You Doing For May 6th World Accordion Day? - Internationalby Harley Jones |
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 What are you doing for World Accordion Day (WAD) to promote the accordion in your country? World Accordion Day (WAD) is on May 6th, which is the day the accordion was patented in 1829.WAD was started in 2009 by the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) and has been very successful, generating a lot of positive publicity for the accordion. A key part of this event is the WAD website. Every association, group, orchestra, performer and teacher, is asked to actively support WAD by encouraging national and local accordion activities to happen in their country on this day or the weekend either side of WAD if that should be more convenient. Everyone can register their WAD activity on the WAD website and send a report of their event after, for that website. No event is too big or too small. ALL accordion events celebrating WAD are welcome. This is a CIA promotion for the accordion in which every accordion enthusiast can participate and help bring our accordion world together as well as strongly promote the accordion. |
World Accordion Day (WAD) Event - USAby Christine Johnstone |
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 Last year, the Accordionists & Teachers Guild, International (ATG) began work on creating a professional documentary featuring A World of Accordions Museum and the museum curator since inception Dr. Helmi Harrington. The documentary has been filmed and is in the final stages of production. It is directed by one of their own members, Nikola Stojkovic, a film producer and writer, and was filmed by Mobula Productions. The documentary tells the history of the work of Helmi Harrington over many decades and tells the history of the accordion through the historical collection of instruments at the museum. ATG is proud to make this significant contribution to the accordion world at large and pleased to offer this gift to the Museum. Watch for the release around World Accordion Day (WAD)! See World Accordion Day reports at: 2024WADreport |
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Accordion Orchestras Perform at 2024 Accordion Music Award - Germanyby Christine Johnstone |
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| Photo credit: Manfred Kappler The National Senior Accordion Orchestra Baden-Württemberg (led by Sabine Kölz) will perform at the Accordion Music Award 2024 on May 11th, 2024 in the Schlossgartenhalle in Ettlingen, Germany. The Akkordeon-Landesjugendorchester BW will also perform at this event. The event is a successful co-operation of the Deutscher Harmonika-Verband e.V. (DHV) State Association Baden-Württemberg. |
Applications for 2024 Premio Andrea Parodi World Music Contest Close in May – Italyby AWW |
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| Applications for the 17th Premio Andrea Parodi World Music Contest for artists from all over the world are now open and will close on May 9th, 2024. The competition finals will be held in Cagliari, Sardinia in Autumn, 2024. The event was created in honour of the distinguished Sardinian artist Andrea Parodi, who passed away in 2006, and is organized by the homonymous Foundation Artistic Director, Elena Ledda. Ten finalists will perform in Cagliari at the "Premio Andrea Parodi" Festival 2024, in front of a Jury composed of authoritative industry professionals (singers, musicians, writers and songwriters, poets, managers, producers, press offices, journalists), from international countries. The prize for the winner includes promotional concerts and performances in some of the partner music festivals in their 2025 editions, such as European Jazz Expo (Sardinia), Folkest (Friuli), and the Premio Andrea Parodi 2025. Some finalists will also be invited to other Partner Festivals, such as Mare e Miniere, Premio Bianca d’Aponte, Mo'l'estate Spirit Festival and Festival del Torto. Registration is free. For further details email: fondazione.andreaparodi@gmail.com |
Video: Good Habits: Space Buns / Hiccupsby Christine Johnstone |
 Video: Good Habits performing Space Buns / Hiccups from their new album "Quarter-Life", featuring Alex Garden on fiddle, guitar and co-production. This new album will be released on April 26th, 2024.Produced - Benjamin Marrington-Reeve & Alex Garden Mastered - Katie Tahini Composed - Pete Shaw (Space Buns) and Shimna Higgins (Hiccups) Good Habits are currently touring New Zealand and Australia promoting the new album "Quarter-Life". |
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Scythian 2024 St Patrick’s Day Tour – USAby Christine Johnstone |
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| Scythian (accordionist is Dan Fedoryka) will begin their 2024 St Patrick’s Day Tour on March 1st, 2024 with a concert in Elkin, North Carolina, USA. The tour will finish with a St Patrick’s Day performance in Annapolis, Maryland on March 17th, 2024. See poster for details. |
C.J. Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band Colorado Concert - USAby Christine Johnstone |
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| C.J. Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band will perform at the Lone Tree Arts Centre in Lone Tree, Colorado, USA on March 2nd, 2024. The group features zydeco and Blues accordionist C.J. Chenier. For details email: Zydecoadv@yahoo.com |
3rd Annual Youth Concerto Festival 2024 – South Africaby Christine Johnstone |
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 The 3rd annual Youth Concerto Festival 2024 will be held at the AfriForum Teater in Greenlyn Village-sentrum H.v., Menlo Park, Pretoria, South Africa on March 3rd, 2024.The event will feature a performance by the Pretoria Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jaco van Staden with accordion soloist Loren Ehlers. The previous day (March 2nd) Loren Ehlers will give a concert at the Pierneefteater Performing Arts Theatre in Pretoria at 7pm. His program at this event will include works by Scarlatti, Paganini, Scarabin, Bach, Diero, Tiersen and Olczak. See posters for details. |
Guardia Nueva Perform at Janakkala Music Days 2024 - Finlandby Christine Johnstone |
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| Guardia Nueva, conducted by Raimo Vertainen, will perform at the Janakkala Music Days 2024 with Jarkko Ahola (vocals) on March 8th, 2024 at 7pm. The event will be held at the Janakkalan Liikuntahalli (Janakkalan Sports Hall) in Turenki, Finland. “Guardia Nueva is a large entertainment and tango orchestra full of roaring power and immense sensitivity. The musical backbone of the orchestra has been emotional tango and entertainment music.” |
Louise Jallu Jazz Concert in Paris - Franceby Christine Johnstone |
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| Louise Jallu (bandoneon) will perform at Maison De La Radio et De La Musique - Studio 104 (picture below) in Paris, France on March 9th, 2024 from 7pm. Louise will play a new jazz repertoire of pieces from Ravel to Brassens with Mathias Lévy (violin), Karsten Hochapfel (guitar), Grégoire Letouvet (piano), Alexandre Perrot (double bass) and Ariel Tessier (drums). The concert will be broadcast live on France Musique, radio station. |
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Canterbury Accordion Association Jam Session – New Zealandby Jeanette Perry |
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| The Canterbury Accordion Association will hold their next “Jam Session” at the Methodist Centre in Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand on March 10th, 2024 at 3pm. Bring your accordion or other instrument and be prepared to have fun! See poster for details. |
Archie’s Box Academy Melodeon Workshops – Englandby Christine Johnstone |
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| Archie Churchill-Moss will hold melodeon workshops at the Halsway Manor National Centre for Folk Arts in Crowcombe, Somerset, England on March 25th, 2024. The first workshop entitled “Getting Started” will be held from 10.30am to 1pm. This workshop is for players of the DG melodeon, levels 0 and 1 and will cover learning new tunes and techniques, while also developing a working knowledge of music theory. Attendees will be given time for individual help to support less confident players. The second workshop entitled “Getting Better” will be held from 2pm to 4.30pm and is aimed at levels 2, 3 & 4. This workshop aims to support and develop the skills of Improver and Intermediate level melodeon players in enjoyable workshop sessions. Attendees will be learning new tunes and techniques. For details email: office@halswaymanor.org.uk |
John MacDonald Performs: 2024 Morning Melodies – Australiaby Christine Johnstone |
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| Australian accordionist John MacDonald will perform at the Richard Bonynge Concert Hall, Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre in Penrith, Sydney, Australia on March 27th, 2024. John MacDonald was New Zealand born and made a New Zealand Accordion Association (NZAA) Life Member in 1993, honouring his long career of music making mainly in Australia but also for decades on ships cruises. The concert entitled 2024 Morning Melodies “The Main Event” will include a variety of entertainers in addition to John, such as Grace Rizzo, Stephen Fisher-King and the Greg Hooper trio. |
Miran Vaupotić Accordion Workshop - Croatiaby AWW |
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| Miran Vaupotic will give an accordion workshop for soloists and chamber ensembles at the Elly Bašic Music School in Zagreb, Croatia on April 19th and 20th, 2024. “This is a unique opportunity to work with a conductor of international career who also graduated in accordion.” The workshop takes place through classes with participants, and is intended for accordion players of all ages with the participation of teachers and all interested parties. The exact schedule will be determined by April 15th according to the number of applicants and their repertoire. Applications are open until April 10th, 2024. Please email: javnisat@gmail.com with your name and surname, class & name of the school and program (composer and composition). Participation is free. |
DHV Course "Prophylaxis and First Aid on Accordion" - Germanyby Christine Johnstone |
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| The Deutscher Harmonika-Verband e.V. Rheinland-Palatinate will hold a course "Prophylaxis and First Aid on Accordion" at the Clubhouse of the Harmonika Spielring Frankenthal in Frankenthal, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany on April 21st, 2024. The tutor will be Ralf Bethke, who will cover the history and structure of the accordion, materials used; how it works mechanics; sound production; first aid on the accordion; tips for tools; correct handling; avoidance of repairs (prophylaxis) and cleaning. Registration deadline: April 1st, 2024. |
Coba Duo Concert – Japanby Christine Johnstone |
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| Popular accordionist Coba will perform in duo with guitarist Kinu Mutsuki on April 28th, 2024 from 7pm. The concert will take place at the well known live music venue Jirokichi in Koenji, Tokyo, Japan. For details phone: 03-3339-2727 |
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ATG Presents: TeachTalk Online Lesson - USAby Mary Ann Covone, ATG President |
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| The Accordionists & Teachers Guild, International (ATG) will present TeachTalk "The Online Lesson: Burden or Blessing?" on March 17th, 2024. The aim of TeachTalk is to enrich our online accordion teaching skills by discussing with our accordion peers our successes and frustrations at teaching online accordion lessons. Potential discussion topics: Technology: Zoom-Skype-Facetime, audio problems, tech proficiency Materials: sheet music, video, audio, notes, sharing with your students Emotional: connecting energetically, understanding the student, teaching into the void Pedagogy: when students and teachers cannot play together, ensembles TeachTalk is an ATG-sponsored online community event designed to help accordion educators (and as a result their students) by fostering conversation and connection with other accordion educators. There is no fee for this program, but registrations are required. For details visit: ATG |
Updated Site: Charnwood Music Publishing Francis Wright Information and Music - UKby Harley Jones |
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 The Charnwood Publishing site has had the Francis Wright (1918 - 1997) information page and music lists updated.Francis Wright held a number of important positions, both national and international. - Chairman, Board of Administration of British College of Accordionists (BCA) 1969 - 1997 - Chairperson, National Accordion Organisation of the UK (NAO) 1966 - 1969 - Vice-President, Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) 1968 - 1970 In 1958 Francis Wright founded Charnwood Music and had over 104 arrangements and compositions published by Charnwood. The complete Charnwood catalog of his music (with music samples) is available at: Francis Wright |
Special Price Complete Collection of Gary Dahl (1937 to 2017) eBooks (10 Books) - USAby Leesa Dahl |
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 Special price for the complete Gary Dahl eBooks Collection of 10 eBook's (value US$335), for only US$200 or the € equivalent. This special price lasts for two weeks only until 8th March. Catalog: DH01-10eBThe home page of Gary Dahl (1937 to 2017) has been updated for the complete collection of Gary Dahl eBooks #1 to #10. The 10 eBooks worth USD $335 with 156 music titles of very popular arrangements by Gary Dahl is emailed to you. DH01-eB Latin Spectacular! US$35.50 DH02-eB Favorite French Standards US$35.50 DH03-eB The American Songbook US$35.50 DH04-eB Favorite Waltzes & Polkas US$46.50 DH05-eB Easy Listening Variety US$35.50 DH06-eB Easy Listening Variety US$57.50 DH07-eB Traditional Polish Carols US$16.50 DH08-eB Italian Collection US$35.50 DH09-eB Traditional Christmas Carols US$18.50 DH10-eB Polka! US$18.50 Total USD$355 For those only looking for one work, there are 215 excellent individual Gary Dahl arrangements of different grades available online that can be emailed to you. All-Dahl-€ or All-Dahl-US$ Click DH01-10eB to purchase the 10 Gary Dahl eBooks for only US$200 (ends 8th March). |
Updated Site: Add Your Photos to AAA Memory Articleby Harley Jones |
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Maddelena Belfiore had such an enormous Massed Band (1000 accordionists!) in Nashville, Tennessee that she was hoisted up in a cherry picker to conduct the “Tennessee Waltz”, 1980.
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Myron Floren conducted the Festival Orchestra in Philadelphia, 1996.
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Joan C. Sommers conducts the Massed Band in 1995, Houston, Texas.
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| Were you in any of these massed band photos? Do you have memories of American Accordionists' Association (AAA) events in photos that are special to you? I am creating an “ongoing” online article featuring photos from AAA events dating back to 1938. All events and all years are welcome! This article will be on the AAA website in the “Articles AAA History” section at https://www.ameraccord.com/articles.php It will be Article #43 and will hopefully grow regularly with all of your contributions! I have many boxes of photos and memorabilia from AAA achievements, events and competitions. It is important to me that this rich history of our now 86 year old organization will always be available to the public and accordion enthusiasts worldwide. Picture below: Washington, DC, 1997, Joan C. Sommers conducting Please send photos and descriptions to my email address: graumanjoan98r@gmail.com |
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