75th77575t5thtthhA AnniversaryAAnnivAnAnnnninivivvveversaryverersrsasaraaryryy The New Neew Yorker Y rkker Hotel Hote 481 Eighthightth AvAAvenuevenue at 34t34thth Street Neww York,YYoork, NY 100011000 AugustAuugust 14-18, 20132 3 www.ameraccord.comw w.ameraccord.c AAA 2013 Festival - August 14-18 - New York, NY Competition Schedule 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