THE AMERICAN ACCORDIONISTS’ ASSOCIATION MASTER CLASS AND CONCERT SERIES

DR. WILLIAM SCHIMMEL – MODERATOR/CURATOR                          

LAST FRONTIER/FINAL NICHE   

IT’S THE FOURTHEENTH SMASH YEAR FOR “THE SEMINARS”

HIGHLIGHTS WILL BE:
The Kid: Billy, a new Dance/Video work by eminent choreographer/director Micki Goodman - featuring Dr. Schimmel’s music and silent movie footage of King Vidor’s 1928 classic, The Sky Pilot.
A lecture on the music of Karel Strahala and his music for the Tango/Harmoniku - two volumes of Czech Tangos, Waltzes, Polkas and Foxtrots written all in 1942
 A new accordion prototype for rock and roll accordionists in development by Benjamin Ickies.
A virtual wedding of two accordion souls, H and MK, who met a decade ago at The Seminars. Our resident Elvis will perform the ceremony in true blue Hawaiian fashion.
Uriah The Dead, a short opera about David and Bathsheba from Dead Uriah’s point of view.
Club Parusia/Here’s to Life, the club at the end of the world – an apocalyptic Maximal romp through time and space at the borderline – south of, that is.
Paul Stein’s 911 Profiteers and other Scoundrels Suite – artfully defacing politicians, benevolent dictators and O.J.
The debut performance by Duality Wrecks, an anonymous accordion and piano duo designed to shift the focal point of any party or event to pogo-gear with its relentless chance/medleys of pretty much anything.
Ayn Rand and the Accordion will be looked at in the light of Liberation Theology, Libertarianism or Librarianisn – or Collectivism, Selectivism and Hoarding a lot of Crap.
Project BC – reducing everything in the world to two facets – BASS/CHORD/BASS/CHORD – covering the entire cultural array of Achtungs, ya yas, Octoberfests, bratwurst, beer, barf and beyond– declaring Yorkville as the new cultural world centre.
Deiro – Pietro! Guido -Mae West!
Is everything in life just one huge 12 tone set? Dr. Robert Young McMahan will tell us how it happened and how we never really got out of it despite today’s tendency towards new music that chirps “Please love me”- also how it works with and against the mechanisms of various accordions.
Will Holshouser, jazz accordionist, composer – winning the “smirking competiton” at last year’s seminars. The smirk is just an un-necessary hook. He elegant playing and writing actually says it all.
A past Coupe Mondiale world champion, Beverly Roberts, will perform Liszt’s Concerto #2 in A and recreate her appearance on game show To Tell the Truth. yes – THE TRUTH
Is life a baloney sandwich? Or frog legs? Or both? The short Becket/like play: FZ /DA will give us a clue – featuring actress Kathleen Tipton.  
Marni Rice will give us the last word on Kabaret.        Brian Dewan will give us the last word on Chevrolet.
Rembert Block will rant till the end of time.                                Dr. Mark Birnbaum declairs Ragtime: Mine!
Seth Hogan will cover the Acadian dimension.         Liam Robinson, no pretension.  Godfrey, Lorraine and
Lauren – collidial( 7) suspension. Lenny Feldmann, no detention. Rita Davidson will give us late Ettore and no more.  AAA commissions: The Paul Creston Concerto/dance-mix version, and what’s left o’er.
An Alice Riff (in honor of David Del Tredici),  Elliotude (in honor of Elliot Carter) – birthdays galore.  
(Domenic Frontiere’s Branded Eldorado a Real Pro.)         Uri Sharlin, Serge Stanley, Israeli to Aussie-back   
to the door.              Doug Makofka, not Franz Kafka.                        Cristina Speligene, the Nashville Mafka.
Ray Rue (Gospel and Elvis), never a chore, will not bore.                                “Dot” will be rotten to a core.         
David Stoler, more/more/more.  Stefan Curcic, classics to adore.   The K duo, Saturday closer once more.
David First, drone until sore.  Rachid Eladlouni, the cyberspace door.  Dragica Banic/Curcic, Croatian lore.
John Foti, the Jersey shore.         Art Bailey ,hard core.            Lee Mc Clure, Eclectix, digital flute mit score.
Ken Laufer, Har! Har! Har!             Balcones Fault – without the bar.                  #14 WE’VE COME THIS FAR!

Now join in and sing with us, THE SEMINAR SONG

COME TO THE SEMINARS (3X) THE SEMINARS ONCE MORE – LEARN AT THE SEMINARS/YEARN AT THE SEMINARS/JEROME KERN AT THE SEMINARS/THE SEMINARS WON’T BORE
VEN SEMINAR KOM UND SEMINAR GO UND SEMINAR, SEMINAR, HO! HO! HO!

THE TENRI CULTURAL INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK   43A WEST 13TH STREET BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH AVE.
JULY 25, 26 AND 27 - MASTER CLASSES 3 PM   CONCERTS 7 PM

$20 PER MASTER CLASS   $25 PER CONCERT $40 PER DAY (INCLUDES MASTER CLASS AND CONCERT)
$110 PER ENTIRE WEEKEND