Next Meeting SundaySeptember 21 at 2 PMJam Band at 115 PM

Alicia Baker has been a passionate musician sinceearly childhood She recently competed at theAccordionists and Teachers Guild InternationalFestival held in San Francisco in July and sheperformed and taught at the Las Vegas InternationalAccordion Convention last month

She began studying piano at age 4 the accordion atage 6 and vocally at age 14 Alicia graduated fromOregon State University with a Bachelor of Artsdegree in Music Education Piano Performance andVocal Performance

Alicia has found the most tangible success with theaccordion In addition to her award(s) at the ATGFestival in July she placed third at the CoupeMondiale Accordion World Championships in thedigital division which were held in Victoria BC lastAugust Alicia has also won several otherInternational competitions including the Happy HansOpen (four times) and the Leavenworth Open

Aside from competitive events Alicia has performedsolo accordion concerts at many notable festivalsThese include the American Accordion AssociationConvention Cotati Accordion Festival previousAccordionists and Teachers Guild InternationalFestivals KIOTAC Leavenworth Old-TimeAccordion Festival and the NAMM show In 2011she was privileged to join the Corvallis symphony asthe soloist for Nikolai Chaikins Accordion Concertoin B-flat Major

In addition to her three instruments Alicia alsodiscovered a passion for musical composition Shehas composed many solo accordion pieces a fewpiano solo pieces and two works for choir Aliciawon the KRAFT composition competition held atOSU in 2011 and was honored to have hercomposition The Unseen written for choir celloand piano performed by the OSU Chamber ChoirShe plans to continue composing and hopes tobecome a published composer

On Tuesday August 12 Alicia performed withChinas Jianan Tian a world-class accordionist andwinner of 28 international competitions in her hometown of Milwaukie Oregon

FeaturingALICIA BAKER

Pamela TomKate Froeberg

Scott AndersonYifan Tong

Join us as SFAC presentsa Lifetime AchievementAward to Lou Jacklich

Also Performing (See page 2)

2ALSO PERFORMING THIS MONTH

PAMELA TOM

Native San Franciscan Pamela Tom has been apianist since she was twelve years old for numerousvenues church weddings teas and choirs Since2011 Pam has been an accordion student under thetutelage ofaccordion maestroLou Jacklich andhas been mentoredby accordion prosGloria EnsignSylvia MarieBarber and SheliaLee Pam hasperformed privatelyand publicly in nineCalifornia counties

She plays a wide genre of music in her versatileaccordion repertoire Pam enthusiastically attendsaccordion events across the nation and is an activemember with the San Francisco Accordion ClubGolden State Accordion Club and the Accordionistsamp Teachers Guild International

KATE FROEBERG

Kate Froeberg started playing accordion at fouryears of age when all the other neighborhood chil-

dren went off to kin-dergarten Herteacher Victor Le-one was a proteacutegeacute ofJoe Biviano and wasan instructor at theBiviano Studiosalong with TonyMecca He was aterrific teacher notonly of accordiontechnique but also ofjazz theory and im-provisation Overthe 12 or so yearsthat she took weeklyprivate lessons from

him he endeavored to instill a deep appreciation forjazz standards as well as the beauty and passion theinstrument could bring to classical arrangements andpopular music

Thirty years later her two children were actively in-volved in Peninsula Youth Theater ldquoFiddler on theRoofrdquo was one of their performances and at her mu-sician husbands urging she learned the show whichwas the first new piece of music she had learned sinceshe was 17 She had fun and was recommended byher fellow musicians to other conductors She playedFiddler for the St Lawrence Academy WoodsideCommunity Players and West Valley Light Opera

A couple of months ago she saw a notice for an Ac-cordion Class at the Cupertino Senior Center metReno Di Bono and was inspired by SFAC to revisither musicianship roots She is now a happy new clubmember

SCOTT ANDERSON

Scott Anderson will perform for us as well Scottwas exposed to accordion music while living in Parisas a child and later in San Antonio Texas

He began studying withLou Jacklich 15 years agoand jokes I may be Lousslowest learning studentbut the accordion roundsout my life and hasintroduced me to manyfriendsrdquo Scott hasparticipated in the OrchestraProjects organized byRichard Yaus

YIFAN TONG

Yifan Tong came to the United States in 2011 Henow lives in San Ramon a beautiful city with goodschools according to his mother

Yifan is almost 10years old and playedtwo pieces for therecent competition atthe ATG Festival Hehad played theaccordion for abouttwo years before hisfamily left China Histeacher was Shouzhi

Wu a professor at the Sichaun Conservatory wholives in Chengdu Sichuan China

32014 COTATI FESTIVAL - A BIG SUCCESSBy Lynn Ewing

The 2014 Festival at Cotati was a big success thisyear I found that the mix between entertainmentfine musicianship and young people workedextremely well My absolute favorite performer wasJianan Tiana young ladyfrom Chinawho is only21 years oldShe is a realvirtuoso oftheinstrumentwith dazzlingcom-mand of herrepertoire

Closely following her were my next favorites theTrio Voronezh and Alicia Baker The trio is a

RussiangroupconsistingofVladimirVolokhinValeriePetrukhinand SergeiTeleshevwhostartedplayingtogether in1993 Theynow make

their homebase in Oregon And we are so pleased that AliciaBaker will be performing for us this month

Other favorites with the audiences were BruceGassman from New Jersey who plays rockaccordion Vincenzo Abbraciante from Italy ahandsome young composer and performer we were

fortunate to host at SFAC a couple of years agoMatuto a group from New York which combinestheir talents for a Pan American sound with diverseinfluences from North and South America andSourdough Slim one of the most original and

beloved Westernentertainers of ourtime SFACs ownBig Lou was the Lady of Spain whowas joined by anumber of otherLadies from variousplaces includingyours truly whom sheinvited up to be theLady of SanFrancisco Next timeIll dress for it

I want to specially mention the members of SFACwho performed Aaron Seeman of Polkacide BigLous Dance Party and the Rob Reich Trio Alsoperforming were many accordionists who we havehad the pleasure of hearing at SFAC meetings DueZighi Baci The Great Morgani and Jet Black

Pearl TheJam Tentsponsored bythe GoldenStateAccordionClub was areal highlightas was theGSAC Bandwhoseperformanceskicked off theentertainmentboth days

Trio Voronezh

(Continued on next page)

Jianan Tian

The Great Morgani

Lady of Spain-a-thon

4COTATI FESTIVAL

(Continued from page 3)

I enjoyed the performances of the young people ofFuture Accordion Stars Joey Mantella age 9Derek Yuan age 10 Susanna Leon age 11

Christopher Steffan age 12 William Steffan age14 Mira Spremich age 16 Jonathan Lathrop

The festival was rounded out by Jazz artist PaulBetken from the Phoenix area who is a friend ofmine from the Mesa Accordion Event the MadMaggies from Canada Rory McNamara amp theRing of Truth Trio Tara Linda amp the TortillaWestern Posse superstars Andre Thierry ampZydeco Magic and of course the legendary DickContino

Elaine and Robert Cooperstein and Lynn Ewing

Huge thanks to Robert and Elaine Coopersteinwho set up our table and spent large amounts of timethere as well as Maryanne Romanowski whotended the table most of Saturday Sharon and GusGreyhosky Taffy Steffen and Gwyn Lister and herdaughter Pamela also staffed our table overseeingour sheet music sale and give away Through theirefforts SFAC is now richer by four new members

Ron Borelli at the 2014 Cotati Festival

THE PETER SOAVE MUSIC ACADEMY

By Gwyn Lister

My daughter Pamela Lister and I had a wonderfultwo weeks at the Peter Soave Music Academy inSauris Italy Professional accordionists Peter andMadeleine Soave offer Master Classes for musicians(primarily accordionists) that provide insight intotheir personal perspectives about music-making

The charming village of Sauris is located two hoursfrom Venice in the Dolomite mountains The lovelyHotel Margenleit was modern quaint and hasoutstanding regional cuisine

Peter and his wife Mady were caring hosts Ourgroup was very international including accordionistsand one violinist from France Italy GermanyCanada and the two of us from the USA We haddaily workshops a music lesson every day andorchestra practice for the concert we gave on our lastday The orchestra made up of about 15 pianoaccordion players and Bayan players practiced andplayed 15 classical pieces at the concert

Our instructors were Peter and Mady MaryTokarski Dennis Tini and Stas VenglevskiEveryone was very friendly even if we did not speaktheir language Think about making the trip at sometime ndash it was an out-standing experience

Details can be found athttpwwwpetersoavemusicacademycomindexphp

Peter and Madeleine Soave

2ALSO PERFORMING THIS MONTH

PAMELA TOM

Native San Franciscan Pamela Tom has been apianist since she was twelve years old for numerousvenues church weddings teas and choirs Since2011 Pam has been an accordion student under thetutelage ofaccordion maestroLou Jacklich andhas been mentoredby accordion prosGloria EnsignSylvia MarieBarber and SheliaLee Pam hasperformed privatelyand publicly in nineCalifornia counties

She plays a wide genre of music in her versatileaccordion repertoire Pam enthusiastically attendsaccordion events across the nation and is an activemember with the San Francisco Accordion ClubGolden State Accordion Club and the Accordionistsamp Teachers Guild International

KATE FROEBERG

Kate Froeberg started playing accordion at fouryears of age when all the other neighborhood chil-

dren went off to kin-dergarten Herteacher Victor Le-one was a proteacutegeacute ofJoe Biviano and wasan instructor at theBiviano Studiosalong with TonyMecca He was aterrific teacher notonly of accordiontechnique but also ofjazz theory and im-provisation Overthe 12 or so yearsthat she took weeklyprivate lessons from

him he endeavored to instill a deep appreciation forjazz standards as well as the beauty and passion theinstrument could bring to classical arrangements andpopular music

Thirty years later her two children were actively in-volved in Peninsula Youth Theater ldquoFiddler on theRoofrdquo was one of their performances and at her mu-sician husbands urging she learned the show whichwas the first new piece of music she had learned sinceshe was 17 She had fun and was recommended byher fellow musicians to other conductors She playedFiddler for the St Lawrence Academy WoodsideCommunity Players and West Valley Light Opera

A couple of months ago she saw a notice for an Ac-cordion Class at the Cupertino Senior Center metReno Di Bono and was inspired by SFAC to revisither musicianship roots She is now a happy new clubmember

SCOTT ANDERSON

Scott Anderson will perform for us as well Scottwas exposed to accordion music while living in Parisas a child and later in San Antonio Texas

He began studying withLou Jacklich 15 years agoand jokes I may be Lousslowest learning studentbut the accordion roundsout my life and hasintroduced me to manyfriendsrdquo Scott hasparticipated in the OrchestraProjects organized byRichard Yaus

YIFAN TONG

Yifan Tong came to the United States in 2011 Henow lives in San Ramon a beautiful city with goodschools according to his mother

Yifan is almost 10years old and playedtwo pieces for therecent competition atthe ATG Festival Hehad played theaccordion for abouttwo years before hisfamily left China Histeacher was Shouzhi

Wu a professor at the Sichaun Conservatory wholives in Chengdu Sichuan China

32014 COTATI FESTIVAL - A BIG SUCCESSBy Lynn Ewing

The 2014 Festival at Cotati was a big success thisyear I found that the mix between entertainmentfine musicianship and young people workedextremely well My absolute favorite performer wasJianan Tiana young ladyfrom Chinawho is only21 years oldShe is a realvirtuoso oftheinstrumentwith dazzlingcom-mand of herrepertoire

Closely following her were my next favorites theTrio Voronezh and Alicia Baker The trio is a

RussiangroupconsistingofVladimirVolokhinValeriePetrukhinand SergeiTeleshevwhostartedplayingtogether in1993 Theynow make

their homebase in Oregon And we are so pleased that AliciaBaker will be performing for us this month

Other favorites with the audiences were BruceGassman from New Jersey who plays rockaccordion Vincenzo Abbraciante from Italy ahandsome young composer and performer we were

fortunate to host at SFAC a couple of years agoMatuto a group from New York which combinestheir talents for a Pan American sound with diverseinfluences from North and South America andSourdough Slim one of the most original and

beloved Westernentertainers of ourtime SFACs ownBig Lou was the Lady of Spain whowas joined by anumber of otherLadies from variousplaces includingyours truly whom sheinvited up to be theLady of SanFrancisco Next timeIll dress for it

I want to specially mention the members of SFACwho performed Aaron Seeman of Polkacide BigLous Dance Party and the Rob Reich Trio Alsoperforming were many accordionists who we havehad the pleasure of hearing at SFAC meetings DueZighi Baci The Great Morgani and Jet Black

Pearl TheJam Tentsponsored bythe GoldenStateAccordionClub was areal highlightas was theGSAC Bandwhoseperformanceskicked off theentertainmentboth days

Trio Voronezh

(Continued on next page)

Jianan Tian

The Great Morgani

Lady of Spain-a-thon

4COTATI FESTIVAL

(Continued from page 3)

I enjoyed the performances of the young people ofFuture Accordion Stars Joey Mantella age 9Derek Yuan age 10 Susanna Leon age 11

Christopher Steffan age 12 William Steffan age14 Mira Spremich age 16 Jonathan Lathrop

The festival was rounded out by Jazz artist PaulBetken from the Phoenix area who is a friend ofmine from the Mesa Accordion Event the MadMaggies from Canada Rory McNamara amp theRing of Truth Trio Tara Linda amp the TortillaWestern Posse superstars Andre Thierry ampZydeco Magic and of course the legendary DickContino

Elaine and Robert Cooperstein and Lynn Ewing

Huge thanks to Robert and Elaine Coopersteinwho set up our table and spent large amounts of timethere as well as Maryanne Romanowski whotended the table most of Saturday Sharon and GusGreyhosky Taffy Steffen and Gwyn Lister and herdaughter Pamela also staffed our table overseeingour sheet music sale and give away Through theirefforts SFAC is now richer by four new members

Ron Borelli at the 2014 Cotati Festival

THE PETER SOAVE MUSIC ACADEMY

By Gwyn Lister

My daughter Pamela Lister and I had a wonderfultwo weeks at the Peter Soave Music Academy inSauris Italy Professional accordionists Peter andMadeleine Soave offer Master Classes for musicians(primarily accordionists) that provide insight intotheir personal perspectives about music-making

The charming village of Sauris is located two hoursfrom Venice in the Dolomite mountains The lovelyHotel Margenleit was modern quaint and hasoutstanding regional cuisine

Peter and his wife Mady were caring hosts Ourgroup was very international including accordionistsand one violinist from France Italy GermanyCanada and the two of us from the USA We haddaily workshops a music lesson every day andorchestra practice for the concert we gave on our lastday The orchestra made up of about 15 pianoaccordion players and Bayan players practiced andplayed 15 classical pieces at the concert

Our instructors were Peter and Mady MaryTokarski Dennis Tini and Stas VenglevskiEveryone was very friendly even if we did not speaktheir language Think about making the trip at sometime ndash it was an out-standing experience

Details can be found athttpwwwpetersoavemusicacademycomindexphp

Peter and Madeleine Soave

32014 COTATI FESTIVAL - A BIG SUCCESSBy Lynn Ewing

The 2014 Festival at Cotati was a big success thisyear I found that the mix between entertainmentfine musicianship and young people workedextremely well My absolute favorite performer wasJianan Tiana young ladyfrom Chinawho is only21 years oldShe is a realvirtuoso oftheinstrumentwith dazzlingcom-mand of herrepertoire

Closely following her were my next favorites theTrio Voronezh and Alicia Baker The trio is a

RussiangroupconsistingofVladimirVolokhinValeriePetrukhinand SergeiTeleshevwhostartedplayingtogether in1993 Theynow make

their homebase in Oregon And we are so pleased that AliciaBaker will be performing for us this month

Other favorites with the audiences were BruceGassman from New Jersey who plays rockaccordion Vincenzo Abbraciante from Italy ahandsome young composer and performer we were

fortunate to host at SFAC a couple of years agoMatuto a group from New York which combinestheir talents for a Pan American sound with diverseinfluences from North and South America andSourdough Slim one of the most original and

beloved Westernentertainers of ourtime SFACs ownBig Lou was the Lady of Spain whowas joined by anumber of otherLadies from variousplaces includingyours truly whom sheinvited up to be theLady of SanFrancisco Next timeIll dress for it

I want to specially mention the members of SFACwho performed Aaron Seeman of Polkacide BigLous Dance Party and the Rob Reich Trio Alsoperforming were many accordionists who we havehad the pleasure of hearing at SFAC meetings DueZighi Baci The Great Morgani and Jet Black

Pearl TheJam Tentsponsored bythe GoldenStateAccordionClub was areal highlightas was theGSAC Bandwhoseperformanceskicked off theentertainmentboth days

Trio Voronezh

(Continued on next page)

Jianan Tian

The Great Morgani

Lady of Spain-a-thon

4COTATI FESTIVAL

(Continued from page 3)

I enjoyed the performances of the young people ofFuture Accordion Stars Joey Mantella age 9Derek Yuan age 10 Susanna Leon age 11

Christopher Steffan age 12 William Steffan age14 Mira Spremich age 16 Jonathan Lathrop

The festival was rounded out by Jazz artist PaulBetken from the Phoenix area who is a friend ofmine from the Mesa Accordion Event the MadMaggies from Canada Rory McNamara amp theRing of Truth Trio Tara Linda amp the TortillaWestern Posse superstars Andre Thierry ampZydeco Magic and of course the legendary DickContino

Elaine and Robert Cooperstein and Lynn Ewing

Huge thanks to Robert and Elaine Coopersteinwho set up our table and spent large amounts of timethere as well as Maryanne Romanowski whotended the table most of Saturday Sharon and GusGreyhosky Taffy Steffen and Gwyn Lister and herdaughter Pamela also staffed our table overseeingour sheet music sale and give away Through theirefforts SFAC is now richer by four new members

Ron Borelli at the 2014 Cotati Festival

THE PETER SOAVE MUSIC ACADEMY

By Gwyn Lister

My daughter Pamela Lister and I had a wonderfultwo weeks at the Peter Soave Music Academy inSauris Italy Professional accordionists Peter andMadeleine Soave offer Master Classes for musicians(primarily accordionists) that provide insight intotheir personal perspectives about music-making

The charming village of Sauris is located two hoursfrom Venice in the Dolomite mountains The lovelyHotel Margenleit was modern quaint and hasoutstanding regional cuisine

Peter and his wife Mady were caring hosts Ourgroup was very international including accordionistsand one violinist from France Italy GermanyCanada and the two of us from the USA We haddaily workshops a music lesson every day andorchestra practice for the concert we gave on our lastday The orchestra made up of about 15 pianoaccordion players and Bayan players practiced andplayed 15 classical pieces at the concert

Our instructors were Peter and Mady MaryTokarski Dennis Tini and Stas VenglevskiEveryone was very friendly even if we did not speaktheir language Think about making the trip at sometime ndash it was an out-standing experience

Details can be found athttpwwwpetersoavemusicacademycomindexphp

Peter and Madeleine Soave

4COTATI FESTIVAL

(Continued from page 3)

I enjoyed the performances of the young people ofFuture Accordion Stars Joey Mantella age 9Derek Yuan age 10 Susanna Leon age 11

Christopher Steffan age 12 William Steffan age14 Mira Spremich age 16 Jonathan Lathrop

The festival was rounded out by Jazz artist PaulBetken from the Phoenix area who is a friend ofmine from the Mesa Accordion Event the MadMaggies from Canada Rory McNamara amp theRing of Truth Trio Tara Linda amp the TortillaWestern Posse superstars Andre Thierry ampZydeco Magic and of course the legendary DickContino

Elaine and Robert Cooperstein and Lynn Ewing

Huge thanks to Robert and Elaine Coopersteinwho set up our table and spent large amounts of timethere as well as Maryanne Romanowski whotended the table most of Saturday Sharon and GusGreyhosky Taffy Steffen and Gwyn Lister and herdaughter Pamela also staffed our table overseeingour sheet music sale and give away Through theirefforts SFAC is now richer by four new members

Ron Borelli at the 2014 Cotati Festival

THE PETER SOAVE MUSIC ACADEMY

By Gwyn Lister

My daughter Pamela Lister and I had a wonderfultwo weeks at the Peter Soave Music Academy inSauris Italy Professional accordionists Peter andMadeleine Soave offer Master Classes for musicians(primarily accordionists) that provide insight intotheir personal perspectives about music-making

The charming village of Sauris is located two hoursfrom Venice in the Dolomite mountains The lovelyHotel Margenleit was modern quaint and hasoutstanding regional cuisine

Peter and his wife Mady were caring hosts Ourgroup was very international including accordionistsand one violinist from France Italy GermanyCanada and the two of us from the USA We haddaily workshops a music lesson every day andorchestra practice for the concert we gave on our lastday The orchestra made up of about 15 pianoaccordion players and Bayan players practiced andplayed 15 classical pieces at the concert

Our instructors were Peter and Mady MaryTokarski Dennis Tini and Stas VenglevskiEveryone was very friendly even if we did not speaktheir language Think about making the trip at sometime ndash it was an out-standing experience

Details can be found athttpwwwpetersoavemusicacademycomindexphp

Peter and Madeleine Soave

5Lou Jacklich Honored at ATG

as an Accordion LegendBy Pamela Tom and Scott Anderson

Lou Jacklich (veteran accordion performer teacherand pioneer) was honored on July 25 2014 at the74th Accordionists amp Teachers Guild Inter-national Festival in San Francisco CaliforniaLynn Ewing San Francisco Accordion ClubPresident paid tribute to Mr Jacklich and recountedhis career and accomplishments during 70 years ofteaching and 78 years of performing A dedicatedteacher he still has gigs and teaches in his studio inSan Lorenzo CA

The Maestrordquoas he isaffectionatelycalled by hisstudents wasborn across theSan FranciscoBay in Haywardin 1928 Hislove affair withthe accordionstarted at age 7and nearly 78

years later his passion for the accordion remainsstrong

At 11 years old he played solo with a ThousandViolins at the San Francisco Treasure IslandWorldrsquos Fair At 16 years old he sported amoustache to appear older started giving lessonsand joined the Musicians Union to play thevaudeville Orpheum Circuit (from Portland Oregon on down the West Coast) In his teens helanded a job at a night club in Daly City andperformed a solo with the Horace Heidt Show

In addition to attending SF State College where hestudied Counterpoint Theory Conducting andPsychology of Music he was also honored with adegree from the California Music TeachersAssociation one of the few accordionists to receivethis distinction

Lou served in the Navy and was lucky to be based inOakland where he could retain his students as well

as give the Admiral lessons A versatile musicianhe also plays piano organ xylophone violin steelguitar and drums His knowledge was of great valuein writing arrangements for his Combo which hadbookings for radio clubs and USO tours throughoutthe country

When Lou opened the Jacklich School of Music inCastro Valley it became one of the busiest in the50rsquos during the heyday of accordion teaching TheSchool grew to 400 students and had 4 accordionbands and 19 combos He created the successfulldquoComposers Workshoprdquo where students learned towrite and compose their own music

Lou was also a pioneer with MIDI equipment andsophisticated amplification on stage using the Lovellorgan attachment for accordion Lou was one of thefirst accordion artists to introduce the electron-ically enhanced accordion playing it both for hisrecording Lou Jacklich Plays and on engagementsthroughout the country Artistically and brilliantlyhe created a unique sound that set him apart from therest of the accordionists He recorded for CapitolRecords and appeared on many TV radio andconcert programs

Lou is very generous in sharing his knowledge andis a natural teacher He has enriched the lives of overone thousand music students

Some comments from his students

ldquoLou treats all students as aspiring professionalsThe teaching coaching and mentoring are alldesigned to have the student achieve theirpotentialrdquo

ldquoLou is a great historian who can always becounted on to share a story or two about accordionlife in the Bay Area Spanning seven decades ofteaching he relates interesting anecdotes on thehistory of accordions He is much more interestingthan reading a bookrdquo__________________________________________Contributors to this article include Loursquos studentswhose cumulative years of learning easily exceed 50years Jack Behseresht Elaine Cooperstein Ran-dy Hicks Sue Hirigoyen Steven Marshall JanToepfer Pamela Tom and Jane Tripi

ACCORDION FOR SALE

Orla Quartet Reedless Virtual Accordion Must beplayed through an amplifier Weighs 143 lbs Has 128available sounds plus 164 variations Comes with 2power transformers 2 midi cables and 2 power cordsand a case

Looks and plays like newAsking $1000

Bob Monticelli at 650-589-7043 or 650-235-6625

ACCORDION EXCHANGE

If you are seeking an accordion or have one to sell youare welcome to submit the details to the newslettereditor This is strictly a service to our members andSFAC cannot take responsibility for the condition ofany accordion advertised

6ScholarshipInformation

Scholarship Applications are due in OCTOBER andthe award will be announced in November

Twice a year our club awards scholarships toaccordion students who have a financial need and

demonstrate dedication to pursuing their study of theaccordion Students must study with a teacher who is

an SFAC member in good standing

Applications can be obtained by emailing MikeZampiceni at eclecticguycomcastnet

and should be returned to him at220 Tasman Dr 106 SunnyvaleCA 94089

JOIN US and VOTE

The annual meeting and general election for theExecutive Board will be held at the beginning of ourSeptember meeting The only order of business is toconduct the election so it wonrsquot take too long before theentertainment begins

Thanks to our nominating committee of DominicPalmisano and Vinny Rinaldi

Our Board nominees arePresident Lynn EwingVice president Dominic PalmisanoTreasurer Elaine CoopersteinDirectors Jean Moshofsky Butler RobertCooperstein Don Savant and Vinny Rinaldi

Nominations will be accepted from the floorWe are still looking for a Secretary Ifyou might be interested please contactDominic Palmisano (415) 587-4423accord47gmailcom

Thanks so VERY much to retiring Board membersMike Zampiceni and Corinne Chandel

7Club Member Participation and the Jam Band

By Don Savant

At a recent board meeting there was much dis-cussion about fostering a welcoming informalatmosphere before our meetings and during breaksso that club members will feel encouraged to bringtheir accordions to every meeting and play sometunes andor join in a jam with other members

Club co-founder Dominic Palmisano recalledldquoWhen the club first started there was a glut ofplayers wanting to perform at each meeting We hadto promise those who didnrsquot get to play a turn at thenext one People brought their accordions to everymeeting hoping for a chance to play during breaksand there were always members warming up beforethe formal program The sound of the instrumentwas omni-present However as the club maturedthis happy informal scene began to disappearrdquo

Today our meeting format is based on solidindividual performances with only a token amountof informal free play by our members-which is nowembodied in the Jam Band The Jam Band hasdemonstrated its ability to entice members to bringtheir instruments and enjoy the group activity Itrsquosalso starting to sound great ldquoSo letrsquos use the JamBand as the vehicle to invigorate the club and bringback those moments of spontaneity and memberparticipation in all our future meetingsrdquo suggestedDominic

JAM BAND performing atDecember 2012 SFAC Club meeting

Based on these thoughts the board has decided tohave the Jam Band meet before all future meetingsrather than merely every other month Members areencouraged to bring their accordions to all futuremeetings and to play during breaks as well as beforethe formal meeting Members are also encouraged tobring multiple copies of music to share with otherJam Band participants In this way the Jam Bandrepertoire can evolve and retain its spontaneityrather than remain static

Dominic had one other comment and made a verygenerous offer ldquoWhen we first started the club wehad instruments available for others to play Wefigured it was the best way to encourage members orguests to pick up an accordion and try it outPerhaps we could add this feature to our monthlymeetings as well Personally Irsquom willing to bringone to make available for anyone to pick up and playand not worry about it being damagedrdquo

Thanks Dominic for your insight as well as yourgenerosity

NEW MEMBERS

We are so happy to welcome 4 newmembers this month

Ronni MacLaren Chris Ackers BobStanfield and Pam Kawashima all joinedthe SFAC after visiting us at our table at theCotati Accordion Festival in August

Ronni Bob and Pam all enjoy playingoldies and standards Bob and Chris bothplay classical and Chris also playsmodernjazz music

Pam and Bob are both Board Members ofthe Silicon Valley Accordion Society sotheir joining adds more connection with ourbrethren accordion club

Again from all of us at SFAC let us jointogether in welcoming our new members

8

PLAY FOR USPlaying warm up or during the break is a great casualway to share your talent and hone your performanceskills Although our featured performers are scheduledin advance we have lots of opportunities during thefirst part of the meeting for people who would like toplay a short 10 or 15 minute set or even just a coupleof songs Contact Dominic Palmisano at(415) 587-4423 or accord47gmailcom or LynnEwing at (650) 453-3391 or ewinglynngmailcom

Ron Borelli bull San MateoRonBorelliaolcomwwwronborellicom

Richard Denier bull Carmelrdeniersbcglobalnet

Peter Di Bono bull San Franciscowwwpeterdibonocom

Reno Di Bono bull South Bayourhikeaolcomwwwitalianaccordioncom

William De Michelis bull South Baywdd777comcastnet

Joe Domitrowich bull South Baywwwcapricious-accordioncom orwwwalpinersusacom

Skyler Fell Hobo Gobbelins Oaklandwwwmyspacecomhobogobbelins

Ed Gorzynski Jr bull East BayedspolkasyahoocomBruce Kirschner amp The Klezmakerskirschneraolcomwwwklezmakerscom

Big Lou aka Linda Seekins bull San Franciscowwwaccordionprincesscom

Rob Reich bull East Bay amp San Franciscorobbyreichmusicgmailcomwwwrobreichcom

Diana Strong bull PacificadianajstronggmailcomwwwdianastrongwebscomDianaStrong-accordionHomehtml

Tangonerohttptangonerocom

Whiskey and Women bullwwwwhiskeyandwomenmusiccomor Facebook MySpace andYou Tube to view videos

Mike Zampiceni bull South Bayeclecticguycomcastnet

Performing Around the Bay

CHANGE IN MEETING SCHEDULEYour Board has decided to make a bold change inour club schedule Meetings in 2015 will be on theSECOND SUNDAY of the month This change

will BEGIN with Sunday January 10 2015

Next meeting is September 21 but the Octobermeeting is on October 12 (2nd Sunday) due to a

conflict with Oyster Point scheduling

SFAC NewsletterAd Policy

Members may place one small ad (business-sizedcard) for one month free of charge in a givenyear thereafter the charge is $10 per issue or$100 per year

Monthly ad prices for membersQuarter-page ad - $2500 half-page ad - $50 anda full page ad - $100 Non-member rates aredouble member rates

A poster (no larger than 5 x 8) advertising anevent may be included in one issue for $50 formembers and $65 for non-members

PleaseRemember

To leave ourmeeting hall at the

Oyster PointYacht Club cleanClean up food ordrink spills andrecycle all trashTHANK YOU

7Club Member Participation and the Jam Band

By Don Savant

At a recent board meeting there was much dis-cussion about fostering a welcoming informalatmosphere before our meetings and during breaksso that club members will feel encouraged to bringtheir accordions to every meeting and play sometunes andor join in a jam with other members

Club co-founder Dominic Palmisano recalledldquoWhen the club first started there was a glut ofplayers wanting to perform at each meeting We hadto promise those who didnrsquot get to play a turn at thenext one People brought their accordions to everymeeting hoping for a chance to play during breaksand there were always members warming up beforethe formal program The sound of the instrumentwas omni-present However as the club maturedthis happy informal scene began to disappearrdquo

Today our meeting format is based on solidindividual performances with only a token amountof informal free play by our members-which is nowembodied in the Jam Band The Jam Band hasdemonstrated its ability to entice members to bringtheir instruments and enjoy the group activity Itrsquosalso starting to sound great ldquoSo letrsquos use the JamBand as the vehicle to invigorate the club and bringback those moments of spontaneity and memberparticipation in all our future meetingsrdquo suggestedDominic

JAM BAND performing atDecember 2012 SFAC Club meeting

Based on these thoughts the board has decided tohave the Jam Band meet before all future meetingsrather than merely every other month Members areencouraged to bring their accordions to all futuremeetings and to play during breaks as well as beforethe formal meeting Members are also encouraged tobring multiple copies of music to share with otherJam Band participants In this way the Jam Bandrepertoire can evolve and retain its spontaneityrather than remain static

Dominic had one other comment and made a verygenerous offer ldquoWhen we first started the club wehad instruments available for others to play Wefigured it was the best way to encourage members orguests to pick up an accordion and try it outPerhaps we could add this feature to our monthlymeetings as well Personally Irsquom willing to bringone to make available for anyone to pick up and playand not worry about it being damagedrdquo

Thanks Dominic for your insight as well as yourgenerosity

NEW MEMBERS

We are so happy to welcome 4 newmembers this month

Ronni MacLaren Chris Ackers BobStanfield and Pam Kawashima all joinedthe SFAC after visiting us at our table at theCotati Accordion Festival in August

Ronni Bob and Pam all enjoy playingoldies and standards Bob and Chris bothplay classical and Chris also playsmodernjazz music

Pam and Bob are both Board Members ofthe Silicon Valley Accordion Society sotheir joining adds more connection with ourbrethren accordion club

Again from all of us at SFAC let us jointogether in welcoming our new members

8

PLAY FOR USPlaying warm up or during the break is a great casualway to share your talent and hone your performanceskills Although our featured performers are scheduledin advance we have lots of opportunities during thefirst part of the meeting for people who would like toplay a short 10 or 15 minute set or even just a coupleof songs Contact Dominic Palmisano at(415) 587-4423 or accord47gmailcom or LynnEwing at (650) 453-3391 or ewinglynngmailcom

Ron Borelli bull San MateoRonBorelliaolcomwwwronborellicom

Richard Denier bull Carmelrdeniersbcglobalnet

Peter Di Bono bull San Franciscowwwpeterdibonocom

Reno Di Bono bull South Bayourhikeaolcomwwwitalianaccordioncom

William De Michelis bull South Baywdd777comcastnet

Joe Domitrowich bull South Baywwwcapricious-accordioncom orwwwalpinersusacom

Skyler Fell Hobo Gobbelins Oaklandwwwmyspacecomhobogobbelins

Ed Gorzynski Jr bull East BayedspolkasyahoocomBruce Kirschner amp The Klezmakerskirschneraolcomwwwklezmakerscom

Big Lou aka Linda Seekins bull San Franciscowwwaccordionprincesscom

Rob Reich bull East Bay amp San Franciscorobbyreichmusicgmailcomwwwrobreichcom

Diana Strong bull PacificadianajstronggmailcomwwwdianastrongwebscomDianaStrong-accordionHomehtml

Tangonerohttptangonerocom

Whiskey and Women bullwwwwhiskeyandwomenmusiccomor Facebook MySpace andYou Tube to view videos

Mike Zampiceni bull South Bayeclecticguycomcastnet

Performing Around the Bay

CHANGE IN MEETING SCHEDULEYour Board has decided to make a bold change inour club schedule Meetings in 2015 will be on theSECOND SUNDAY of the month This change

will BEGIN with Sunday January 10 2015

Next meeting is September 21 but the Octobermeeting is on October 12 (2nd Sunday) due to a

conflict with Oyster Point scheduling

SFAC NewsletterAd Policy

Members may place one small ad (business-sizedcard) for one month free of charge in a givenyear thereafter the charge is $10 per issue or$100 per year

Monthly ad prices for membersQuarter-page ad - $2500 half-page ad - $50 anda full page ad - $100 Non-member rates aredouble member rates

A poster (no larger than 5 x 8) advertising anevent may be included in one issue for $50 formembers and $65 for non-members

PleaseRemember

To leave ourmeeting hall at the

Oyster PointYacht Club cleanClean up food ordrink spills andrecycle all trashTHANK YOU

8

PLAY FOR USPlaying warm up or during the break is a great casualway to share your talent and hone your performanceskills Although our featured performers are scheduledin advance we have lots of opportunities during thefirst part of the meeting for people who would like toplay a short 10 or 15 minute set or even just a coupleof songs Contact Dominic Palmisano at(415) 587-4423 or accord47gmailcom or LynnEwing at (650) 453-3391 or ewinglynngmailcom

Ron Borelli bull San MateoRonBorelliaolcomwwwronborellicom

Richard Denier bull Carmelrdeniersbcglobalnet

Peter Di Bono bull San Franciscowwwpeterdibonocom

Reno Di Bono bull South Bayourhikeaolcomwwwitalianaccordioncom

William De Michelis bull South Baywdd777comcastnet

Joe Domitrowich bull South Baywwwcapricious-accordioncom orwwwalpinersusacom

Skyler Fell Hobo Gobbelins Oaklandwwwmyspacecomhobogobbelins

Ed Gorzynski Jr bull East BayedspolkasyahoocomBruce Kirschner amp The Klezmakerskirschneraolcomwwwklezmakerscom

Big Lou aka Linda Seekins bull San Franciscowwwaccordionprincesscom

Rob Reich bull East Bay amp San Franciscorobbyreichmusicgmailcomwwwrobreichcom

Diana Strong bull PacificadianajstronggmailcomwwwdianastrongwebscomDianaStrong-accordionHomehtml

Tangonerohttptangonerocom

Whiskey and Women bullwwwwhiskeyandwomenmusiccomor Facebook MySpace andYou Tube to view videos

Mike Zampiceni bull South Bayeclecticguycomcastnet

Performing Around the Bay

CHANGE IN MEETING SCHEDULEYour Board has decided to make a bold change inour club schedule Meetings in 2015 will be on theSECOND SUNDAY of the month This change

will BEGIN with Sunday January 10 2015

Next meeting is September 21 but the Octobermeeting is on October 12 (2nd Sunday) due to a

conflict with Oyster Point scheduling

SFAC NewsletterAd Policy

Members may place one small ad (business-sizedcard) for one month free of charge in a givenyear thereafter the charge is $10 per issue or$100 per year

Monthly ad prices for membersQuarter-page ad - $2500 half-page ad - $50 anda full page ad - $100 Non-member rates aredouble member rates

A poster (no larger than 5 x 8) advertising anevent may be included in one issue for $50 formembers and $65 for non-members

PleaseRemember

To leave ourmeeting hall at the

Oyster PointYacht Club cleanClean up food ordrink spills andrecycle all trashTHANK YOU

2014 COUPE MONDIALE ampFESTIVAL

October 27 to November 2 2014

The 67th CoupeMondiale and the132nd CIAInternationalGeneral Assemblyof DelegatesCongress will beheld in SalzburgAustria

The AustrianAccordionAssociationHarmonikaverband

Oumlsterreichs (HVOuml) is delighted host this event in theirbeautiful Salzburg The organizers have coordinatedwith several hotels in Salzburg to offer a variety ofaccommodation options within 3-15 minutes walkingdistance from The Congress Center the venue for allevents This promises to be an exciting never-to-be-forgotten event on the International accordioncalendar for 2014

Fourteen year-old Naomi Harris fromSpokaneWashington winner of the 2014Leavenworth Competition and Nathan Chapetonwinner of the 2014 AAA Virtuoso Category havequalified to represent the USA at the 67th Coupe

Mondiale Naomi performed Opale Concerto andwon 1st place in the Leavenworth Open CompetitionNathan is 13 years old and studies accordionwith ATG and AAA Board Member and well knownconcert accordionist Mary Tokarski

For complete information go towwwcoupemondialeorg2014at_coupe_mainhtm

Anthony Galla Rini lsquoCollectorsEditionrsquo CD Available Now

by Rita Barnea

The Anthony Galla-Rini lsquoCollectors Editionrsquo CDincludes such numbers as Begin the BeguineYesterday Italian Medley Speak Softly Torna ASurriento That Old Black Magic Rhapsody in BlueAccordion Concerto in G Minor The Lordrsquos PrayerLararsquos Theme Fascination Thoroughly ModernMillie and more

This release includes tracks from Galla Rinirsquos laststudio session with half the tracks being solorecordings whilst the other half are from Galla-Rinis1967 Accordion Symphonette Orchestra album TheCD normally costs $15 and is special offer for $10

For further information email petosapetosacom

ACCORDIONEVENTS

9

There are events happening all over theUS Check out AccordionUSAcom for allkinds of cool festivals and performances

10

Accordion Club of the Redwoods 3rdMonday of the month at 730 pmHermann Sons Hall bull 860 Western Petaluma CA$3 admission donation Contact Tony MustaromdashPresident (707) 318-0474 dcdacapogmailcom

Golden State Accordion Club (GSAC)PresidentCEO Carole Enneking (707) 864-2359gsaccordionclubnetfirmscom

The Vacaville Chapter meets monthly on the secondThursday 630 pm at Pietrorsquos No 2 at679 Merchant Street Vacaville CA 95688(707) 448-4588

The Humboldt Chapter meets monthly on the thirdTuesday 7 pm at Humboldt Swiss Club 5403Tompkins Hill Road Loleta

The Sacramento Chapter meets monthly on the fourthWednesday 7 pm at the Old Spaghetti Factory 12401Folsom Blvd Rancho Cordova Contact for all threeChapters Carole Enneking (707) 864-2359

Good Time Accordion Club (GTAC)meets monthly on the second Wednesday 7 pm atEscalon Community Center 1055 Escalon AveEscalon Contact (209) 545-3603

Northern California Accordion Society (NCAS)meets monthly on the first Wednesday 630 pm atLutheran Church Hall 6365 Douglas Blvd off Hwy80 Granite Bay CA Contact Jerry Choate (530)345-2031

Silicon Valley Accordion Club (SVAC)meets 1st Sun of each month at Harryrsquos Hofbrau 390Saratoga Avenue San Jose corner of Kiely1 pm $5 under 16 - no charge

Accordion InstructionBart Beninco (707) 769-8744Ron Borelli (650) 574-5707David Chelini (916) 428-8764Peter Di Bono (415) 753-1502Lynn Ewing (650) 453-3391Skyler Fell (415) 596-5952Lou Jacklich (510) 317-9510Marian Kelly (650) 854-1896Vincent Rinaldi (415) 824-7609Big Lou (Linda Seekins) (415) 468 5986Joe Simoni (650) 867-1122Sharon Walters-Greyhosky (650) 731-6010Richard Yaus (650) 832-1740Mike Zampiceni (408) 569-2579Norma Zonay-Parsons (408) 246-3073

SFAC OfficersLynn Ewing President (650) 453-3391ewinglynngmailcom

Dominic Palmisano Vice President (415) 587-4423accord47gmailcom

Mike Zampiceni Secretary (408) 734-1565eclecticguycomcastnet

Elaine Cooperstein Treasurer (510) 921-9323elainedcsbcglobalnet

SFAC DirectorsJean Moshofsky Butler (415) 377-9266threehummingbirdsgmailcom

Vince Rinaldi (415) 824-7609vincentrinaldi01gmailcom

Robert Cooperstein (510) 207-6009drrcoopsbcglobalnet

Don Savant (408) 257-0379donsavantyahoocom

NewsletterDeeana McLemore (650) 483-4223deeanamcyahoocom

BAY AREA ACCORDION CLUBS

AdvertisementsPlease support the businesses

which help support us

11

Yakov Puhachevsky

yakovpuhachevskyyahoocom

Newsletter of theSan Francisco Accordion ClubPO Box 318175San Francisco CA 94131-8175wwwsfaccordionclubcom

F I R S TC L A S S

P O S T A G E

Receive your Newsletter OnlineBe Planet Friendly amp

help us SAVE MONEYsign up

SFACNewsletterearthlinknet

SFAC Membership is$3000 per year for individual or familySee page 6 for more informationRenew or Join using PayPal or a credit card atwwwsfaccordionclubcom

NEW MEMBERS please include your name andaddress along with your check as well as a phonenumber and email address if you wish

httpwwwfacebookcompagesThe-San-Francisco-Accordion-Club325637150827

JAM BANDAt 115 PM

Join us one Sunday each month at the Oyster Point Yacht Club911 Marina Blvd South San Francisco

Club amp Musical MeetingSeptember 21 2 pmAdmission $6 members$8 guests

DIRECTIONSFrom 101 traveling either North or South OysterPoint exit Turn right onto Marina Blvd (becareful not to turn right onto Gull Drivejust before Marina Blvd) Continue past the gatehouse to the sign Oyster Point Yacht ClubThere is plenty of parking and ramp accessVisit us online wwwsfaccordionclubcom

Please Note

October meeting ison October 12(2nd Sunday)

AdvertisementsPlease support the businesses

which help support us

11

Yakov Puhachevsky

yakovpuhachevskyyahoocom

Newsletter of theSan Francisco Accordion ClubPO Box 318175San Francisco CA 94131-8175wwwsfaccordionclubcom

F I R S TC L A S S

P O S T A G E

Receive your Newsletter OnlineBe Planet Friendly amp

help us SAVE MONEYsign up

SFACNewsletterearthlinknet

SFAC Membership is$3000 per year for individual or familySee page 6 for more informationRenew or Join using PayPal or a credit card atwwwsfaccordionclubcom

NEW MEMBERS please include your name andaddress along with your check as well as a phonenumber and email address if you wish

httpwwwfacebookcompagesThe-San-Francisco-Accordion-Club325637150827

JAM BANDAt 115 PM

Join us one Sunday each month at the Oyster Point Yacht Club911 Marina Blvd South San Francisco

Club amp Musical MeetingSeptember 21 2 pmAdmission $6 members$8 guests

DIRECTIONSFrom 101 traveling either North or South OysterPoint exit Turn right onto Marina Blvd (becareful not to turn right onto Gull Drivejust before Marina Blvd) Continue past the gatehouse to the sign Oyster Point Yacht ClubThere is plenty of parking and ramp accessVisit us online wwwsfaccordionclubcom

Please Note

October meeting ison October 12(2nd Sunday)

Newsletter of theSan Francisco Accordion ClubPO Box 318175San Francisco CA 94131-8175wwwsfaccordionclubcom

F I R S TC L A S S

P O S T A G E

Receive your Newsletter OnlineBe Planet Friendly amp

help us SAVE MONEYsign up

SFACNewsletterearthlinknet

SFAC Membership is$3000 per year for individual or familySee page 6 for more informationRenew or Join using PayPal or a credit card atwwwsfaccordionclubcom

NEW MEMBERS please include your name andaddress along with your check as well as a phonenumber and email address if you wish

httpwwwfacebookcompagesThe-San-Francisco-Accordion-Club325637150827

JAM BANDAt 115 PM

Join us one Sunday each month at the Oyster Point Yacht Club911 Marina Blvd South San Francisco

Club amp Musical MeetingSeptember 21 2 pmAdmission $6 members$8 guests

DIRECTIONSFrom 101 traveling either North or South OysterPoint exit Turn right onto Marina Blvd (becareful not to turn right onto Gull Drivejust before Marina Blvd) Continue past the gatehouse to the sign Oyster Point Yacht ClubThere is plenty of parking and ramp accessVisit us online wwwsfaccordionclubcom

Please Note

October meeting ison October 12(2nd Sunday)