The accordion was the first instrument Joan Grauman ever heard. As the daughter of Joseph Tacchetti, an Italian immigrant and an award-winning accordionist, Grauman was handed a musical legacy that ...

ORD — To Dahn Hagge, a festival of accordion music has deeper meaning than just the songs. “We believe that our heritage and our roots are what provides our uniqueness,” she said. “We want to ...

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FIXME - temporary fix with nbsp; for MT-1365 SPRINGFIELD - First the accordion went digital. Now, the accordion orchestra has gone digital. The first performance of the New England Digital Accordion ...

Paul Ramunni, a mild-mannered certified public accountant from Canaan, woke up one morning in 2008 with a desire for an accordion. The last time he had touched one was in 1966, when he shoved the ...

He elevated his instrument’s often-maligned reputation with deft musicianship, and by writing and commissioning a wide range of music. By Richard Sandomir Guy Klucevsek, a masterly accordion player ...

A musical family history inspired Helmi Harrington to create Superior's accordion museum. Helmi Harrington's mother survived World War II by entertaining troops with accordion music and taught ...

READING, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Kermit Ohlinger could be considered a one-man band with his accordion. He plays a midi accordion that has electronic sensors in it, enabling him to play over 300 sounds ...

For forty-five years, Alex Carozza has run a small accordion shop near Times Square. It’s one of the last fixtures of the old Music Row, and Carozza, after a lifetime spent repairing musical ...

As a child, Noé Álvarez “wandered the orchards under the spell of corridistas — musicians whose spitfire fingers flew over their three-row accordion keys,” he writes in his memoir, “Accordion Eulogies ...

Across the street from a wine lounge and a gourmet sausage spot on Glendale Boulevard in Atwater Village, a small red-and-white neon sign reads: "DAVE'S ACCORDION SCHOOL." Inside, black and tan cases ...