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Thursday, August 11, 2016

Morning Workshops

Room A

Room B

Room D

9:00 – 9:50

Gordon Kohl

Voicing – Acoustic and Electronic

A study of various sounds and voicing. How to select correct ranges and octaves so the reeds and the electronic voices complement each other as well as your musical passages.

Roberta Cantow

Accordions Rising

Come meet filmmaker Roberta Cantow and learn more about Accordions Rising.

Mike Zampiceni

Blues, Bebop, and Beyond

Learn some basics of improvisation, beginning with "blue notes," the foundation of jazz. Enhance your playing with simple techniques to embellish melodies and alternative harmonic progressions that can substitute for vanilla standard progressions.

10:00 – 10:50

Gina Brannelli

Prepare to Play in Public

Taking to the stage, (etiquette, repertoire, dress, presentation).

Mario Pedone

Learning Embellishments

Mario will show various types and ways you can embellish your music and how to sound like a pro!

Liz Finch

Music Notation I: A Review of Fundamentals of Music

A review of symbols, signs, foreign expressions, articulations – how they are notated correctly and how they are played.

11:00 – 11:50

Kim and Dan Christian

Duet Workshop

Lifetime duet partners Dan & Kim Christian will take you through all the techniques of playing together in harmony. All the combinations of style and versatility that can be played with two accordions!

Mary Tokarski

Musician . . . or Magician?

An interesting look into what we do as musicians, and how it turns experiences and events into magical times.

Liz Finch

Music Notation II: A look at the expansion of fundamental music notation into the 21st century

An examination of newer devices used with modern music – how they are notated and how they are played.

12:00 – Lunch

Beverages – Fresh Coffee, Ice Tea & Water
Breads – Bakery Fresh Dinner Rolls & Butter
Main Entrée - Chef's Salad with Mixed Greens and Deli Meats & Cheeses
Vegetarian Entrée – Chef’s Salad with no meats, extra cheese
Dessert – Red Velvet Cake

Today's Lunch concert features Gail Campanella and Pete Barbutti!

Afternoon Workshops

	Room A	Room B	Room D
2:00 – 2:50	Mike Zampiceni Master Class		Mary Tokarski Master Class
3:00 – 3:50		Joey Miskulin Master Class	Joan Sommers Accordion Orchestra Rehearsal Meet in Ballroom!
4:00 – 4:50			Joan Sommers Accordion Orchestra Rehearsal Meet in Ballroom!

Dinner

Beverages – Fresh Coffee, Ice Tea & Water
Breads – Bakery Fresh Dinner Rolls & Butter
Salad – Mixed Green Salad with assorted dressings
Main Entrée – Roast Prime Rib of Beef with au jus & horseradish cream sauce
Vegetarian Entrée – Vegetables Wellington
Potato – Baked Potato with sour cream & whipped butter
Vegetables – Green Beans Provencal
Dessert – White Chocolate Cheese Cake with Raspberry Sauce

Doors open at 6:30 PM

Dinner begins at 7:00 PM

Tonight's concert features Alex Sevastian, and the Las Vegas International Accordion Orchestra conducted by Joan Cochran Sommers, and will begin at approximately 8:00 PM.

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