Joey Miskulin to headline World Accordion Day at AWAM in Superior, WI - USA by Kevin Friedrich VP - A World of Accordions MuseumA in Superior, WI is excited to announce that renowned accordionist Joseph (Joey) M. Miskulin (picture right) from Nashville, TN, will headline the weekend's events for the annual Dr. Palmer Festival and hosted at A in Superior, WI on May 5 and 6, 2018.To acknowledge the importance of the weekend's events, Superior's Mayor Jim Paine is proclaiming May 5, as Dr. Palmer Day, and also proclaiming May 6, as.Joey is the first accordionist to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. His April 14, induction into the 'Nashville Cats” is the highest accolade given to a very select few recording session musicians. The award ceremony highlights the hundreds of albums he recorded with some of music's greatest names that to date result in over 100 million sold.Joey is extolled nationally as accordionist, arranger, spontaneous improviser, studio musician, pedagogue and unequalled entertainer.
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In a music career spanning more than four decades, Joey has collaborated with a range of artists including Paul McCartney, John Denver, Ricky Skaggs, Andy Williams, Ricky Van Shelton, Emmylou Harris, Frankie Yankovic, Garth Brooks and many others.Museum Curator, Ph. Recounts in a personal note 'I’ve known Joey for over 25 years and consider him one of the most accomplished and kindest gentlemen in the accordion world.' In addition to Joey, the Palmer and event will showcase the talents of and include the support of Carolyn Carver, Tracey Gibbens, Dr.
Michael Middleton, Willard A. Palmer III, John Scaffeo and.A Curator is offering complimentary e-Newsletter mailings to those who would like to be kept up to date on this and other events held at the Museum.
Send your e-mail to at:A will live stream select parts of their Festival on May 6, 2018 including the popular seminar on the History of the Accordion as narrated and presented by, Ph. You can access this coverage via the page.For all other information, please visit. Video: 2018 XX Kokkola Daily Reports byVideo: Concert opener Copacabana composed by Barry Manilow, Jack Feldman and Bruce Sussman.The Concert, Musical Director (picture right) had a large film crew present from the important Finland TV station ALFA who filmed the concert live for later broadcast.Some 5 large cameras and camera operators plus a full staff for lighting and sound equipment and directors recorded an excellent concert by Guardia Nueva.Other videos and photos of Guardia Nueva Concert can be viewed at: (17th February). Video: 2018 XX Kokkola Daily Reports byVideo: Johanna Juhola & Immaginary Friends. Johanna Juhola welcomes the audience to an experimental concert in which she played accordion together with fantasy friends who pop up here and there on the stage on the two large video screens around her.This video above shows the start of the concert/show with a video and then the entry of Johanna Juhola and her first performance of the concert.The video design and compilation took place over some 14 months and an enormous of hours to complete. The results are a unique concert experience featuring Johanna and her accordion music.Other videos and photos of the Johanna Juhola Concert can be viewed at: (16th February). Women in the AAA through the Decades - Beverly Roberts Curnow by Joan Grauman, AAA Historian, Editor USA News: This is the third article in the series by Historian Joan Grauman (picture right) in cooperation with the, to help promote the 80th Anniversary Celebration.
An article is planned each month containing a segment of the history of the, from its creation on March 9th, 1938 through to 2018. Thank you very much to Joan Grauman for these articles.February 2018 Article: 'Joseph Biviano and Charles Magnante – A Lifetime Commitment to the American Accordionists’ Association ' at:January 2018 Article 'What Events Led to the Formation of the American Accordionists' Association?' At:-March 2018 Article: Women in the through the Decades– Accordion Queen and World Accordion Champion still bringing joy with her beloved instrument!by Joan GraumanDuring the first few decades of the, it was still very much “a man’s world” in society. Yet, and very fortunately for the rise of the accordion in the USA, the welcomed several women no longer with us but never forgotten, who were respected leaders, teachers, composers, performers and music publishers.These women remained dedicated to the their entire lives: Greco, Addie Cere, Theresa Costello, Elsie Bennett. I will be featuring these extraordinary women as part of the archival exhibit at our 80th anniversary festival this coming July in Alexandria, Virginia. Hope to see all of you there!!Read the full article by Joan Grauman at:Future events. Hommage a Andre Verchuren Concert, Porcieu-Amblagnieu - France byOn Sunday March 4th, from 12noon until 8pm, a Grand Gala dedicated to the memory of the late, great Andre Verchuren takes place at the Salles les Mariniers, Porcieu-Amblagnieu (38), France.
Accordionists performing include Jerome Richard, Isabelle Lepinay, Virginie & Cyril Danrey, Dimitri Saussard, and more. The event includes dinner.The event is dedicated to the memory of Andre Verchuren (1920-2013), one of France’s most popular and prolific accordionists, whose career began in the 1930s and continued throughout the rest of his life. Verchuren sold over 70 million albums, and has hugely admired in France and beyond. Sir Jimmy Shand Story, Belfast – UK byOn Wednesday March 7th, 7.30pm, the ‘Sir Story’ takes place at the Grand Opera House, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Narration of Sir Jimmy Shand’s life is by accordionist Ian Cruickshanks, and the music is played by Brandon McPhee and his band.The show is a celebration of the life and music of the late Sir (1908-2000), accordionist, band leader, prolific composer, and legend of Scottish Dance Music, whose tunes continue to feature in the repertoire of many Scottish and Irish accordionists and dance bands. His extraordinary recording career began in 1933 and continued into the mid-1990s.
Jimmy was born in Fife in 1908 before his family moved to Auchtermuchty, where a larger than life size statue of him stands. He was awarded an MBE in 1962 and became Sir in 1999.Brandon McPhee, from the north of Scotland, plays a Hohner Shand Morino button accordion – the instrument designed by and for in the 1930s – and is an All Scotland Champion and one of Scotland’s finest up-and-coming accordionists. Akkordeon grenzenlos Festival & 2nd International Open Accordion Contest - Germany byThe International Open Accordion Contest will take place from April 3rd to 7th at the Hohner Konservatorium in Trossingen. There are five sections, for solo and band entries, each section with several categories for different ages. There are cash prizes for the first three placed competitors in each section, and all participants will receive a certificate.Entries and all competition information at:The closing date for competition entries is: 1st March 2018.The Akkordeon grenzenlos Festival offers a wide range of concerts, workshops and forums. Full details at.
Seacroft Spring Accordion Festival 2018, Norfolk – UK byThe Seacroft Spring Accordion Festival 2018 is from Monday-Friday, April 23rd to 27th, at the newly refurbished Richardson’s Seacroft Holiday Village, Hemsby, Norfolk. The chief guests are (Norway) & Lars Karlsson (Sweden). Other guests include Jovan Rnjak, Amaryllis (Tracey Middleton & David Garwood), and Bert & Helen Santilly. The organizer is Heather Smith, and to book, call Sceptre Promotions on 93.For further information email:CD Reviews.
Book Review: The Art of Arranging Classical Music for Accordion by Friedrich Lips - Germany by Willoughby WalsheCurrently, music schools and conservatories do not teach how to structure, design or implement arrangements of original compositions for other instruments., bayan-accordion virtuoso and professor at the prominent Gnesin Russian Academy of Music in Moscow, fills that gap with what could be used as course material with his book The Art of Arranging Classical Music for Accordion. First published in Russian and then German, it is now available in an updated and expanded form in English.Although the book was written primarily with classical music in mind, the findings, declarations and descriptions are made by the author in generally understandable and simple words. Therefore, they apply or can be transferred to all areas of music, including virtuoso light music, folk music, traditional music, etc.Similarly, while explanations focus on the concert bayan-accordion with converter bass, they are equally applicable to related instruments such as the Bandoneon, Concertina, Diatonic Accordion, Melodeon Player, etc.This is an essential book for composers, professional players, musicologists and active amateurs who want to understand and create arrangements of music as well as interpret and perform them. They will find a discussion of the basic principles of creating arrangements.These are followed by countless tips and numerous examples in musical notations for using the characteristics of the selected instrument to the best advantage.
Descriptions include the accordion’s tonal range, use of registers to provide natural dynamics, bellows techniques explained in detail to enhance certain passages, types of articulation to be considered and methods of artistic presentation.One chapter is devoted to arranging organ music, which is written on three staffs (two for the keyboards and one for the foot pedal), where there are certain analogies between organ and accordion tone generation.