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04-Jul-2014
Accordionists & Teachers Guild, International (ATG) Festival, San Francisco USAby Rob Howard |
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 The 74th annual Accordionists & Teachers Guild, International (ATG) Festival takes place at the Crowne Plaza International Airport Hotel, San Francisco, from July 23th to 26th. The guests this year include Stas Venglevski, the Frank Petrilli Quartet, Xia Gang (China), Antonio Spaccarotella (Italy), Gary Blair (UK), Jeff Lisenby, and the Peter Di Bono Trio. The ATG Festival Orchestra will be conducted by both Joan Sommers and Jeff Lisenby. Also appearing are Jana Maas, Steve Albini, Café Vienna Trio, Jamie Maschler, Michael Zampiceni, The Great Morgani, AbsolutAccord, and Reno Di Bono. The Friday evening concert on July 25th, featuring the UMKC Quartet (picture below), is being dedicated to the memory of the late Faithe Deffner, long serving ATG Executive Officer. The workshops will include: ‘Bass Workshop’ - Reno Di Bono, ‘Behind The Bellows’ - Steve Mobia, ‘The Improvising Accordionist’ – Jeff Lisenby, ‘Brazilian Music’ - Jamie Maschler, ‘Rhythms of Bulgarian Folk Music’ - Joan Grauman, ‘Modern Tango’ - Antonio Spaccarotella, ‘Orchestrating for Digital Accordion’ - Steve Albini, ‘Things I Learned At Camp!’ - Jana Maas, ‘Bellows Hiccups and Other Maladies’ - Michael Zampiceni, and ‘Tips and Tricks on playing Celtic Ceilidh Music’ - Gary Blair. The festival includes competitions for solo, duet and ensemble categories, with many offering cash prizes. There is also an original accordion composition concert on the Friday afternoon. For more information on guest artists, the festival schedule, workshop clinicians and registration information, please visit the Accordionists & Teachers Guild, International (ATG) website. Pictured below: Kevin Friedrich(standing left), Samantha Jarquio-Wagner(standing right), Betty Jo Simon(sitting left), Joan C. Sommers(sitting right) |
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