Sylvia Marie Barber

Performs Tuesday Lunch Concert

• Intros & Endings, Adding a professional polish to your songs.
  • 11/3/11, 10:00-10:50 - Room D
• Chords 4 Dummies, Exploring how simple it is to form chords.
  • 11/3/11, 11:00-11:50 - Room D

Gina Brannelli

Performs Monday, Welcome Reception

• Technique with Gina I, Exploring technique and what you can do to become a better player!
  • 11/1/11, 10:00-10:50 – Room A
• Youth Master Class, with Joan Sommers & Mady Soave
  • 11/1/11, 2:00-2:50 - Room D
• Master Class with Gina
  • 11/1/11, 3:00-3:50 - Room B
• Technique with Gina II, Part 2 Exploring technique and what you can do to become a better player!
  • 11/2/11, 10:00-10:50 - Room A
• Stage Presence & Performance, Being a pro - from bookings to appearance.
  • 11/3/11, 10:00-10:50 - Room A

Gina Brannelli & Paul Pasquali

• Concerto Owner's Workshop, Workshop for Concerto owners
  • 11/1/11, 4:00-4:50 - Room A
  • 11/2/11:00-4:50 - Room A
  • 11/3/11, 4:00-4:50 - Room A

Angelo DiPippo & The Accordion Kings

Performs Wednesday Evening

• Manny Corallo - Arranging, Basics in arranging for accordion.
  • 11/1/11, 10:00-10:50 - D
• Angelo Di Pippo - My Life, Career highlights - and performing with the Accordion Kings!
  • 11/1/11, 11:00-11:50 – Room A
• Frank Toscano - Theory & Chord Structure, Scales and applications to forming chords.
  • 11/1/11, 2:00-2:50 - Room A
• Angelo Di Pippo - Basics on Recording, Best way to record the accordion.
  • 11/2/11, 11:00-11:50 – Room A
• Frank Toscano - Chord Substitution, How to reharmonize your music.
  • 11/3/11, 11:00-11:50 - Room B
• Angelo Di Pippo - Master Class, Improving Your Playing!
  • 11/3/11, 2:00-2:50 - Room B

Liz Finch

• Notation (Part 1), Why is it important and what do we need to know? - Notation tells you HOW it is supposed to sound!
  • 11/2/11, 2:00-2:50 - Room D
• Notation (Part 2), An introduction and survey of the use of music notation created electronically. - How to use current computer tools.
  • 11/3/11, 2:00-2:50 - Room D

Ian Blair Fries, M.D.

• The Anatomy of the Hand and the Accordionist
  • 11/1/11, 4:00-4:50 - B

Bruce Gassman

Performs Monday Evening

• Hey Mr. Bassman - Yes YOU with the Accordion! - Thinking out of the box with the left hand of the accordion.
  • 11/2/11, 2:00-2:50 - Room A
• How to Perform "The Music You Grew Up With"! Making music from the 50's & 60's FUN on the accordion.
  • 11/3/11, 2:00-2:50 - A

Gordon Kohl

Performs Wednesday Lunch

• Enjoying Viennese Music on Accordion, Looking at the original Strammel, Strauss, & Leher styles and how they are played.
  • 11/1/11, 9:00-9:50- Room A
• Digital Accordion Song Registers, Creating fantastic musical registrations for your repertoire.
  • 11/2/11, 9:00-9:50- Room A
• Original Song Composing, How to write beautiful songs with templates.
  • 11/3/11, 9:00-9:50- Room A

Shelia Lee

• Churn Out Your Chords, Fills and ad lib!
  • 11/2/11, 4:00-4:50 - Room B
• Chords on the Fly, Playing cool chords!
  • 11/3/11, 4:00-4:50 - Room B

Frank Marocco

Performs Tuesday Evening

• Making Arrangements from Simple Fake Book Lead Sheets, Shows different ways to develop interesting arrangements.
  • 11/2/11, 10:00-10:50 - Room B
• Master Class, Making you a better player!
  • 11/2/11, 2:00-2:50 - Room B

Mario Pedone

Performs Thursday Lunch

• Improve the Songs You Are Playing, Simple techniques you can use to improve your songs.
  • 11/1/11, 3:00-3:50 - Room A
• Get a Better Technique, How to improve your technique and sound.
  • 11/3/11, 3:00-3:50 - Room A

Alex Sevastian

Performs Thursday Evening

• Classical Accordion Music in Russia, Vladislav Zolotaryov and his role in accordion music
  • 11/1/11, 11:00-11:50 - Room B
• Accordion Technique - Challenges and Improvements, Includes a short biography of the founder of classical accordion music in Russia and an analysis of several of his most important works focusing on accordion repertoire development through his pieces.
  • 11/2/11, 11:00-11:50 - Room B

Peter & Mady Soave

Performs Monday Evening

• Playing Together I, Making it a happy marriage of two players!
  • 11/1/11, 9:00-9:50- Room B
• French Musette Style, Exploring the famous French style.
  • 11/1/11, 10:00-10:50 - Room B
• Youth Master Class, with Gina Brannelli & Joan Sommers
  • 11/1/11, 2:00-2:50 - Room D
• Playing Together II, Making it a happy marriage of two players continued!
  • 11/2/11, 9:00-9:50- Room B
• Master Class with Peter
  • 11/2/11, 3:00-3:50 - Room B
• Welcome to My World, What it's like to be a concert accordionist playing with symphony orchestras.
  • 11/3/11, 9:00-9:50- Room B
• Master Class with Mady
  • 11/3/11, 3:00-3:50 - Room B

Joan Sommers

Orchestra Performs Thursday Evening

• The Bellows of the Accordion and why they are so important to all accordionists. Some accordionists forget that bellows technique is one of the most important, if not the very most important, techniques to develop.
  • 11/1/11, 11:00-11:50 – Room D
• Youth Master Class, with Gina Brannelli & Mady Soave
  • 11/1/11, 2:00-2:50 - Room D
• Orchestra Rehearsal,
  • 11/1/11, 3:00-4:50 - Room D
  • 11/2/11, 3:00-4:50 - Room D
• Master Class for Soloists and/or Groups, There are so many “little” things that escape our attention when we do not work with a coach or a teacher regularly
  • 11/2/11, 11:00-11:50 – Room D
• Orchestra Dress Rehearsal,
  • 11/3/11, 3:00-4:50 – Ballroom

SoundScape Trio

Performs Tuesday Evening

• John Neu - Harmony & Color in Your Ensemble Performance, Maximizing your accordion's tonal potential.
  • 11/1/11, 9:00-9:50- Room D
• Larry Miller - Music notation for the Accordion, How to use Finale to create professional looking accordion music
  • 11/2/11, 9:00-9:50- Room D
• Madalyn Neu - Balance in Ensemble Relationship, What makes harmony happen behind the scenes.
  • 11/3/11, 9:00-9:50- Room D

Mario Tacca & Mary Mancini

Performs Monday Evening

• There's an Orchestra Inside My Accordion!, How to effectively implement digital orchestral voices in your MIDI instrument.
  • 11/2/11, 3:00-3:50 - Room A
• How Can I keep From Singing? How to build a wonderful musical program: Styles, Tempos, Keys, Mixing Musical Styles.
  • 11/3/11, 11:00-11:50 - Room A

Mary Tokarski

Performs Wednesday Evening

• Master Class; Let's Solve Your Problems!
  • 11/1/11, 2:00-2:50 - Room B
• Growing Up With The Accordion Greats, Memories of the names we all know and love from the Accordion's Heyday -- Magnante, Ettore Carrozza, GallaRini, Palmer/Hughes & more!
  • 11/2/11, 10:00-10:50 - Room D
• The Accordion Needs YOU! A look into how to use the children's book "An Accordion! What Is That?" as a tool to promote the accordion and acquire accordion students.
  • 11/3/11, 10:00-10:50 - Room B