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Free Bass Competition Winner!
I went to the American Accordion Musicological Society Festival over the weekend. I competed on accordion and I won the Free Bass competition with my performance of Bach’s Invention 13 from the Two Part Inventions. There were some very fantastic players young and old at the Festival. I met all kinds of great folks, andRead more..
Bringing Back the Golden Age
The Golden Age for the musician is the age of radio, night clubs, and the days when people came out to hear live music in places with ambiance. The people, the music, the place. The jazz age. There are still spots and music like this around. Deanna’s in Lambertville, New Jersey is one of thoseRead more..
Favorite Things Recap of 2010
I started this out thinking it was going to be a top 10 posts list. But the more I look back, most of them are about me, and thats cool it is called dallasvietty.com. But as I look back I see alot of things I did or experiences I had as a performer or listenerRead more..
Accordion News Before the New Year
I’ll be playing my New Year’s Eve gig at the historic Black Bass in Bucks County, PA. This year with “The Sound of the Delaware River”, The New Impressionists. And I’ll be playing New Year’s Day for a free show with The Hot Club of Philly down at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. Swedish-American accordion technicianRead more..
Accordion News Around the Internet Mid-December 2010
A lively list of accordion and music news from the internet that I found interesting this morning.
Performance Piece: Makes Perfect, Makes Permanent
-WORK HARD THEN REST- Photos by Shekinah Rae One of my hobbies of late has been the science of practicing. Really, the studies by those who choose to understand practice and how it is some who practice succeed beyond others. For a brief overview of my exploring which I think would be helpful to anyRead more..
Success and Failure at TEDx Philly
The speakers excited and a little nervous, engaging each other, introducing, lubricating their vast engines of ideas. I had several conversations with these wonderful presenters, their side telling me of the truly fascinating work, and upon my telling of my immediate accordion malfunction, they reply, “well what are you going to do?”
Come Out To Accordion Day – 11/7/10
BE PART OF THIS PHOTO November 7th Festival Features Grand Opening for the Newest Club in Town Acme Button Box Club of Acme Accordion School Tex Mex, Zydeco, Cajun, Louisiana Styles of Squeezing Sunday – November7th will be an exciting day for Delaware Valley Accordionists, Acme Accordion School and residents of Haddon Township. Acme AccordionRead more..
Ludovic Beier in MARYLAND and Philadelphia Gives Accordionist to Cirque
Classical accordionist Lidia Kaminska has taken a soujourn from her Philadelphia base to join the Circus. THE circus. Cirque du Soleil’s show Allegria. Nice little Q&A interview with her on the philly.com blog. Angelo Debarre’s tour is cut short by tendonitis, what a real shame, wish him a quick recovery. But, the show goes on:Read more..