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EVALUATION FOUNDERʼS SOLO JUNIOR & ADULT OPEN SOLO & ADULT Friday, 10:00 a.m. INTERMEDIATE ETHNIC SOLO Monique Bellemare Thursday, 12:30 p.m. Thursday, 9:30 a.m. Reine St-Louis Cody McSherry Sandy Zera Nathan Chapeton Monique Bellemare Julian Goldenberg Alexandra Reekie Yimeng Huang Liuba Pak Gracie Bernardi Tor Stumo OPEN DUET INTERMEDIATE & Felipe Gonzales Liam McCool SENIOR Darien Williams Thursday, 11:00 a.m. Randy Harris OPEN ETHNIC SOLO JUNIOR & Tor Stumo & Nathan Chapeton Fernando Costa INTERMEDIATE Julian Schwarz & Tom Hasler Gia Ciccone Thursday, 12:00 p.m. Nathan Chapeton Monique Bellemare & Reine St- EVALUATION Alexandra Reekie Louis Friday, 4:00 p.m. Cody McSherry Mike Bulboff & Cody McSherry Tor Stumo Nathan Chapeton Julian Schwarz STANDARD DUET ELEMENTARY Liuba Pak Thursday, 11:00 a.m. OPEN SOLO JUNIOR & INTER- Felipe Gonzales & Darien Williams MEDIATE OPEN POP SOLO JUNIORETTE Randy & Ruby Harris Thursday, 10:00 a.m. & INTERMEDIATE Alexandra Reekie Thursday, 12:00 p.m. OPEN SENIOR ENSEMBLE Nathan Chapeton Angela Falcetti Saturday, 10:00 a.m. Cody McSherry Crystal Ballroom Tor Stumo Liam McCool Alamo Angels Ensemble Tor Stumo STANDARD SOLO PREP, ELE- Philly Squeeze Liuba Pak MENTARY & INTERMEDIATE OPEN SENIOR BAND OPEN ORIGINAL SOLO Thursday, 10:30 p.m. Saturday, 10:30 a.m. JUNIOR & INTERMEDIATE Gia Ciccone Crystal Ballroom Thursday, 11:30 a.m. Nathan Chapeton Angela Falcetti Busso Senior Orchestra Cody McSherry Felipe Gonzales ENTERTAINMENT AAA Randy Harris Saturday, 11:00 a.m. Liuba Pak Grand Ballroom Alexandra Reekie STANDARD SOLO INTERMEDI- Tor Stumo ATE Alamo Angels Thursday, 10:30 p.m. Busso Festival Orchestra Gracie Bernardi Darien Williams
ALL SOLO AND DUET CATEGORIES WILL BE HELD IN THE HERALD SQUARE SUITE The Exhibits Sutton Place Suite New Yorker Hotel Wednesday • Thursday • Friday • Saturday
ACCORDION GALLERY LIBERTY BELLOWS Gunaidyi Lazarov, Landing, NJ Michael Bulboff, Philadelphia, PA Siwa & Figli models Super Quattro Artist, Hohner • Borsini • Scandalli • Victoria • Roland Super Quinta, and Super Cobra. Ottavianelli • Brandoni • Saltarelle • Castagnari Weltmeister and more. BUSY FINGERS Annette & Tommy Doyle, Indialantic, FL MUSIC MAGIC ACCORDIONS USA Dino Baffetti, Zero Sette from Bugari Armando, Alex and Lillianna Chudolij, Clifton, NJ The Music Maker 50 from MusichTech and a new ACCORDIONS: Roland • Ottavianelli • Brandoni model from Victoria. Pietro • Alessandrini • Scandalli • Giulietti • Paolo Soprani • Bugari • Tula • G.Verdi plus ª EMILIOʼS ACCORDIONS Ketron • Orla Emilio Magnotta, Stamford, CT Master and Totter MIDI • Roland Dino Baffetti • Bugari • Music Tech Reedless Alto Professional and SR Technologies AMPLIFIERS. ERNEST DEFFNER AFFILIATES Frank Busso, Jr., Alexandria, VA SQUEEZINART Titano Accordion Company • PANcordion, Inc. Dan and Joan Grauman, Frederick, MD Pigini Accordion Company • Roland V-Accor- Gift items including jewelry, clothing, cigarette dions • Ernest Deffner Publications lighters, ashtrays, Christmas ornaments and ceramics. GIOIA PRODUCTIONS Most of SqueezinArt’s items feature the artwork Mario Tacca and Mary Mancini, of co-owner/founder, Joan Geller Grauman. Cortland Manor, NY Recording, Performance Productions, Publishing AAA ARCHIVES sheet music and music books for Accordion, and 75 Years of Accordion History CD Production. CDs and music including "Jazzin' Joan Grauman, AAA Archivist the Accordion,” a collaboration from Mario Tacca Visit Joan’s workshop in the Exhibit Room on & Vince Corozine. Thursday, August 15 “Carnegie Hall and the Ac- cordion” and Friday, August 16 at 8:30 a.m. “The JANPRESS Women Who Made a Difference” Joseph Natoli, Wooster, Ohio Original accordion music, arrangements, & NEW ENGLAND ACCORDION MUSEUM transcriptions, CDs and books by Joe Natoli Paul Ramunni, Director of the (Adult Accordion Method) and Ralph Stricker New England Accordion (Jazz Theory & Improvisation Studies for Museum, showcases photographs of famous ac- accordion). cordion players and a unique collection of an- Local and remote instruction (via Skype) tique accordions “that tell a story.” Visit Paul’s workshop in the Exhibit Room on Saturday, August 17 at 8:00 a.m. AAA 2013 Festival - August 14-18 - New York, NY Schedule of Events
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2013 3:00 pm Registration Opens...... 3rd Floor Conference Center Foyer 5:00 pm Exhibits Open (until 9:00 pm)...... Sutton Place Suite Junior Festival Orchestra Rehearsal ...... Crystal Ballroom 7:00 pm Press & Squeeze...... 3rd Floor Conference Center (throughout) 8:00 pm Welcome Reception* ...... Kip’s Bay 8:30 pm Jam Session ...... 3rd Floor Conference Center (throughout)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2013 8:30 am Registration Desk Opens (until 1:00)...... 3rd Floor Conference Center Foyer Workshop - AAA Archives - Carnegie Hall and the Accordion...... Sutton Place Presenter: Joan Grauman 9:00 am Exhibits Open (until 1:30 reopen at 2:30) ...... Sutton Place Suite 9:00 am Workshop: Finale: The Music Writing Program Part 1...... Gramercy Park Presenter: Don Gerundo Junior Festival Orchestra Rehearsal ...... Crystal Ballroom 9:30 am Competition – Adult Open & Ethnic...... Herald Square 9:45 am Workshop: Finale Part 2 (Advanced) ...... Gramercy Park Presenter: Don Gerundo 10:00 am Competition – Open Solos...... Herald Square 10:45 am Workshop: AAA Founder - Joe Biviano...... Gramercy Park Presenter: Joe Cerrito and Elliot Seif 11:00 am Competition – Duets...... Herald Square 11:30 am Workshop: “The Magnificent Magnante”...... Gramercy Park Presenter: Ray Oreggia Competition – Open Original Solo ...... Herald Square 12:00 noon Competition – Open Ethnic & Pop Solo...... Herald Square 12:15 pm Workshop: Scandinavian Old Fashioned Dance Music Presenters: The Old Aker Band – Tore, Tone, Roar and Toril 12:30 pm Competition – Founder’s Solo...... Herald Square 1:15 PM Registration outside Crystal Ballroom for ticket sales...... Crystal Ballroom (foyer) 1:30 pm INTERNATIONAL CONCERT* ...... Crystal Ballroom 3:30 pm Festival Orchestra Rehearsal...... Grand Ballroom 4:00 pm First bus departs for Bryant Park...... Front Entrance 5:45 pm Second bus departs for Bryant Park...... Front Entrance 7:00 pm Massed Band Performance - New York, New York ...... Fountain at Bryant Park 7:30 pm First bus departs for Hotel...... Fountain Entrance 9:00 pm Second bus departs for Hotel
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 8:00 am Workshop: “Effective Orchestration Techniques for Digital Instruments” ...... Gramercy Park Presenter: Joe Natoli 8:30 am Workshop: AAA Archives – “The Women Who Made a Difference”...... Sutton Place Presenter: Joan Grauman
continued *Indicates separate charge if not purchased with event package Rooms are subject to change. Any change will be posted at the Registration Desk located on the 3rd Floor – Conference Center Foyer.
Competitions, Workshops and Exhibits are open to Registered Participants only! AAA 2013 Festival - August 14-18 - New York, NY Schedule of Events
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013, continued
9:00 am Exhibits Open until 11:30 am; Reopen at 1:00 pm until 5:00 pm...... Sutton Place Workshop: AAA Founders...... Gramercy Park Presenter: Dr. Robert Young McMahan presents the life and times of several AAA Founders: Sam Roland, Abe Goldman, Sid Dawson and Byron Streep as well as Gene von Hallberg and John Gart. Junior Festival Orchestra Rehearsal ...... Crystal Ballroom Registration Desk open until 11:30 am...... 3rd Floor Conference Center Foyer 9:45 am Workshop: AAA Founders “Remembering Anthony Galla-Rini” ...... Gramercy Park Presenter: Joan Sommers 10:00 am Evaluation A ...... Herald Square 10:30 Workshop: AAA Founder – Charles Nunzio “Patton and Rommel” ...... Gramercy Park Presenter: Eddie Monteiro 11:30 am CARMEN CARROZZA LUNCHEON AND CONCERT* ...... Grand Ballroom 1:00 pm Youth Involvement Program - Rehearsal...... Crystal Ballroom 1:15 pm Workshop: “Local Festivals, Competitions and Fun for All” ...... Gramercy Park Presenter: Mary Kathryn Archuleta 2:00 pm Workshop: “Accordions Around the World” ...... Gramercy Park Presenter: Marion Jacobson 3:00 pm Festival Orchestra Rehearsal...... Grand Ballroom 4:00 pm Evaluation B ...... Herald Square 6:30 pm Registration for ticket sales only...... Crystal Ballroom Foyer 7:00 pm 75th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT* ...... Crystal Ballroom 9:30 pm OPEN HOUSE – ARTIST RECEPTION* ...... tba
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013 8:00 am Workshop: “Boxes of Memories and Stories”...... Sutton Place Presenter: Paul Ramunni – New England Accordion Museum 9:00 am Exhibits Open 9-12; 1-5 pm ...... Sutton Place Registration Desk open until noon ...... 3rd Floor Conference Center Foyer 10:00 am Competition - Ensembles & Bands ...... Crystal Ballroom Workshop: AAA Founders – “The Two Pietros” - Deiro & Frosini ...... Gramercy Park Presenter: Dr. Robert Young McMahan 10:30 am Youth Involvement Program - Rehearsal ...... Herald Square 11:30 am Workshop: The Art of Gypsy Jazz...... Gramercy Park Presenter: Dallas Vietty (bring your accordion!) 1:00 pm AWARDS CONCERT ...... Crystal Ballroom Entertainment AAA...... Crystal Ballroom 3:00 pm Festival Orchestra Rehearsal ...... Grand Ballroom 6:00 pm Cocktail Hour (cash bar)...... Grand Ballroom Foyer 7:00 pm 75th Anniversary Banquet & Entertainment*...... Grand Ballroom
SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 9:00 am BREAKFAST AND FAREWELL*...... Grand Ballroom
*Indicates separate charge if not purchased with event package
Rooms are subject to change. Any change will be posted at the Registration Desk located on the 3rd Floor – Conference Center Foyer.
Competitions, Workshops and Exhibits are open to Registered Participants only! The Workshops Gramercy Park Suite and Sutton Place Suite New Yorker Hotel Thursday • Friday • Saturday
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 FRIDAY, AUGUST 16
8:30 am Sutton Place Suite 8:00 am Gramercy Park Workshop: AAA Archives Workshop: “Effective Orchestration “Carnegie Hall and the Techniques for Digital In- Accordion” struments” Presenter: Joan Grauman Presenter: Joe Natoli
9:00 am Gramercy Park 8:30 am Sutton Place Suite Workshop: Finale – the Music Writ- Workshop: AAA Archives – ing Program – Part 1 “The Women Who Made a Difference” (beginner) Presenter: Joan Grauman Presenter: Don Gerundo 9:00 am Gramercy Park 9:45 am Gramercy Park Workshop: AAA Founders – The life Workshop: Finale – the Music Writ- and times of several ing Program – Part 2 – AAA Founders including Intermediate/ Advanced Sam Roland, Abe Gold- Presenter: Don Gerundo man, Sid Dawson and Byron Streep as well as 10:45 am Gramercy Park Gene von Hallberg and Workshop: AAA Founder – Joe Bi- John Gart viano – Discussion and Presenter: Dr. Robert Young stories on the life of Joe McMahan Biviano by two former students 9:45 am Gramercy Park Presenters: Joe Cerrito and Elliot Workshop: AAA Founder – “Re- Seif membering Anthony Galla-Rini” 11:30 am Gramercy Park Presenter: Joan Sommers Workshop: AAA Founder – Charles Magnante – The accom- 10:30 am Gramercy Park plishments of the “Mag- Workshop AAA Founder – “Patton nificent Magnante” and Rommel” “Charles Presenter: Ray Oreggia Nunzio and My Mother” Presenter: Eddie Monteiro 12:15 pm Gramercy Park Workshop: Old Fashioned Scandinavian Dance Music (bring your dancing shoes) Presenters: The Old Aker Band members Tore, Tone, Roar continued and Toril The Workshops Gramercy Park Suite and Sutton Place Suite New Yorker Hotel Thursday • Friday • Saturday
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, cont’d. SATURDAY, AUGUST 16
1:15 pm Gramercy Park 8:00 am Sutton Place Suite Workshop: “Local Festivals, Com- Workshop: “Boxes of Memories petitions and Fun for all and Stories” Accordionists” Presenter: Paul Ramunni of the Presenter: Mary Kathryn Archuleta, New England Accordion Dreams Fulfilled Thru Museum Music” 10:00 am Gramercy Park 2:00 pm Gramercy Park Workshop: AAA Founders – “The Two Pietros” – Pietro Workshop: “Accordions Around the Frosini and Pietro Deiro World” Presenter: Dr. Robert Young Presenter: Marion Jacobson, au- McMahan thor of “Squeeze This” 11:00 am Gramercy Park Workshop: “The Art of Gypsy Jazz” Presenter: Dallas Vietty Bryant Park Bus Schedule Please sign up at the AAA Registration Desk for the time and number of people in your group.
No charge for performers. Spectators - $10 round trip YOU MUST HAVE A BUS TICKET! There are 3 performance areas. New York, New York 6th AVENUE massed band at 7:00 pm will be at the Fountain area.
The two other areas for performance are identified as “Mid-Park” and the Bryant Park “Statue.”
FOUNTAIN Coordinators will be at each area to direct performers for start/stop times to keep the schedule moving.
MID PARK
40th STREET STATUTE
on 40th Street
42nd STREET
BUS ANDDROP OFF PICK UP
PERFORMERS WILL BE GIVEN LOCATION AND PLAYING TIMES
SEE SCHEDULE AT AAA REGISTRATION DESK
5th AVENUE EVERYONE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM