Dear Accordion Friends,

Many accordionists in the UK have over the years selflessly sought to get the accordion recognised and put on equal footing with other musical instruments. This is probably the one thing that unites all accordionists - recognition and respect for the instrumnent.
In 2005 Trinity/Guildhall took the brave step of introducing a Standard Bass and Free Bass Syllabus for the accordion. Most of my students have taken these exams and some have passed and one or two have failed but I am confident that they are being judged on the same criteria as other instrumentalists which makes victory sweeter when they get a good pass mark.
Though there has been a take up it has not been sufficient to keep the syllabus going and they have decided to drop it for something watered down and frankly pointless. We need equal status with other instruments.
Please, please, please do something for your instrument and write a short message to this email address info@trinitycollege.co.uk to save our accordion syllabus.
The BCA and NAO will not do it for you for their own reasons, you'll have to do it yourself and remember that Trinity/Guildhall like the Associated Board is not only a government accredited syllabus but is recognised internationally holding exams all over the world.
Maybe if we all pull together FOR ONCE instead of being divided we may do something worthwhile for our young accordionists and people who are new to the instrument.

PLEASE!!!!! If we bombard them with enough messages they might see the potential in the instrument to keep the syllabus going. It's a slim chance but it's worth a try. WE can do it.

Many thanks

Romano Viazzani

GUILDFORD ACCORDION CLUB
FRIDAY 18th JUNE, 2010


FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT THIS MONTH WE ARE VERY
PLEASED TO WELCOME

BOB MURPHY
AND
RICHIE AHEARN

THEY WILL BE COMING ALONG TO PLAY FOR US
“A FEW TUNES ON THE ACCORDION”


RIPLEY VILLAGE HALL
J10 M25 - GU23 6AF

DOORS OPEN 7PM

EVERYONE WELCOME

BRING ACCORDIONS FOR PLAYALONG

ADMISSION £3.00 - INCLUDES REFRESHMENTS

INFO: 020 8546 1767
WWW.GUILDFORD- ACCORDION- CLUB. ORG.UK

Hello I bought a Roland FR2 recently off you. I was wondering do you have any 2nd hand Fr2s that I could buy as a spare. I can\'t beleive just how good this instrument really is. Also does the FR1 the smaller accordion have the saome bass functions as possibly one of them even new could act as a spare. Many thanks!

South Hampshire Accordion Club had its first meeting on Sunday 24th January at St Lukes Church Shamblehurst Lane South Hedge End Southampton.
The aim of the club is for accordion players in the Southampton area to meet up, enjoy each others company and play together with all ranges of playing ability joining in.
The next meeting is on 28th February, and thereafter on the 4th Sunday of every month commencing at 2pm.
Everyone is welcome . For more details please contact Adrienne Griffiths (Club organiser) on 02380 510691

The accordion now plays as well as it looks and I am delighted with it. Thanks for all your assistance - it has been a pleasure to deal with you and I would have no hesitation in recommending you to potential box buyers. You will be my first port of call if I ever decide to upgrade.

best wishes

We have recently spread our wings to the far reaches of sunny Cyprus! An accordion teacher over there saw an accordion (a Hohner to be precise) on our website and phoned us up.

"very pleased with the accordion - excellent service", was her response.

If you are from abroad, don't let that stop you from ordering - we can, and indeed have, shipped overseas. If you see an accordion you'd like to buy, just phone us - it's a simple as that.

Sunningdale - 01344 873645
Rochdale - 01706 658283

Sevenoaks Three Arts
Festival

A competitive Festival to be held in June 2010
at Walthamstow Hall Senior School, Sevenoaks

Well known as one of the friendliest Festivals in the South East

Accordion classes include

Beginners, age 8 – adult
Grades 1 – 8
Own choice
Scottish/Irish traditional
Jazz
Musette
Polka/Tango
Recital
Duet/Group/Orchestra
Own composition
Entertainment, solo/group
Non competitive classes

ACCORDION CLASSES on SATURDAY 12 JUNE

LAST DATE FOR ENTRIES TUESDAY 20 APRIL

for further details contact Margaret Holgate,
Festival Secretary, on 01732 454448

We shall be attending the 36th NAAFC Festival at the Inchyra Grange Hotel in Polmont Scotland on Saturday 13 March
Please come and visit us whilst we are there to see a our full range of accordions.
For further information go to http://festival.boxandfiddle.com/index.htm">http://festival.boxandfiddle.com/index.htm

Christmas & New Year Opening Hours

Tuesday 29th Dec Normal Hours
Wednesday 30th Dec Normal Hours
Thursday 31st Dec until 3pm
Friday 1st Closed
Saturday 2nd Normal Hours
Sunday 3rd Closed
Monday 4th Normal Hours

If you're looking for a great christmas gift this yuletide - pop into our showroom or just take a look at our fantastic starter pack!!

We have selected one of our best selling beginner accordions and added various items to encourage the interest in this fantastic instrument.

Coupled with a brilliant, intuitive music learning book covering all aspects of playing in an easy to read format, yule be playing carols in no time!!

The pack includes -

Chanson 48 bass - tutor book - gig bag - music stand.

Don't forget there's a great choice of colours you can choose as well.

Another customer emailed in with complimenta, we're glad they're enjoying their new accordion :

"Just to say thank you so much for sending my piano accordion so beautifully packed. It arrived safe and sound this morning and I am delighted with it" - name removed for privacy reasons.

We always like receiving emails of praise for the work we do - take a look at the accordions we have on sale - their may just be one suited to you!

A customer emailed :

'Thank you very much for your help on Wednesday and staying open to find the perfect accordion for me. You have a great talent for listening and then finding the accordion that met what I wanted'.

If you cannot make our store throughout working hours, we're flexible and can stay open that little bit longer to help you out. Just give us a ring! No matter what your looking for we will find the right accordion for you.

Hi,

Just emailing to say thank you for all your help and what a beautiful accordion the Hohner Verdi is, it has a beautiful tone. I shall look forward to learning how to play it.

Another happy customer at bank holiday. This accordion was such a bargain - and it showed - 1 day on the shelf and then it was sold! We wish this customer all the best for their accordion playing.

Have a listen to this wonderful jazz improv by our very own Alan Young and Harry Hussey.

The long wait is finally over! Watch this space closely for the release of the highly anticipated Roland FR-7 X model.

This model boasts new innovations - the main one being the bellows pressure control. This makes this virtual accordion even more realistic compared with acoustic counterparts by modulating bellows pressure whilst playing. This is a fantastic new advancement for digital accordions and we are excited about their release.

Come down to our showroom to try out these fantastic new accordions as soon as they're in!!

Call us on 01344 873717 or 01706 658283 for more information.

Here is an email one of our delighted customers has written :

Hello!

You may remember that I emailed you in June regarding the above event. I'm delighted to be able to tell you that the event was extraordinarily successful and raised in the region of £32,000. Thank you very much for supporting this. The event would not have been so successful without you.

In view of the success of the June event, we are running another Busking Cancer event from 5th - 12th September. I would be very grateful if you would once again support us by putting up copies of the poster in your shop. Hard copies of the poster are available on request.

I would like to thank you in advance for your assistance. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any queries, or alternatively please see the Busking Cancer website: www.buskingcancer.co.uk

Best regards,
Name removed
Cancer Research UK

We are delighted with this brilliant result and hope to continue providing support to this worthy cause in the future.

Having loaned one of our Chanson accordions to the Guildford School of Acting, we have received firm thanks from them.

It added to the ambience and feel of their recent production.

They hope, as do we, to continue our business relationship into the future.

If you are an establishment thinking of adding an accordion to your production, why not give us a call? 01344 873717.

A lovely note was faxed to us this morning from Guernsey. A teacher from St.Martins was after a gig bag for his student, it reads :

"A particularly nice case for the lady's accordion - many thanks. She is very pleased as the price was extremely reasonable. Best wishes from Guernsey" (name removed for privacy reasons).

We are always happy to hear from happy customers and to know we are providing a constantly satisfying service.

Not only do we sell new and used accordions, we also provide a wealth of different accessories - take a look at the website!!

A happy telephone call this morning warranting many congratulations from a customer. A quality Hohner Atlantic Deluxe model was sold last week and is now with the contented customer.

It is the packaging we use, the cases we provide, and overall customer service we give that makes for a sound experience shopping with us. Our expert advice and helpful attitude towards all enquiries pays hommage to our 'way of working' - and with as many happy customers, we're doing something right!

The brand new Roland FR-1 has come to the accordion shop. It uses all the latest technology from Roland - the experts in digital instruments. It isn't difficult to use either as is common with other instruments. It packs all of the expertise and musicality Roland has into a smart, small package. In short, the Roland FR-1 has the portability and usability everyone needs with the sounds everyone wants.

Come down to our showroom and ask for a demonstration or to play one of these fantastic accordions.

Electronic Accordions wishes everyone a Happy New Year!

"I really liked your Website" - name removed.

We hear lots of praise from customers on our high level of service and moreover our website. We strive to make our website easy for customers to find what they want as soon as they want it - saving both you and us time. With the number of compliments we get, it must be worth it!

We are changing our stock constantly so do check back with us frequently.

The Coop Mondial comes to Glasgow this week for its 61st competition.
Prize money of 10,000 euros is up for grabs.
The event is taking place at The Normandy Hotel
and we are there with our trade stand so why not come along and say Hi.
More details can be found at coupemondiale.org

The Eastbourne accordion festival is now sold out! You could book for next time on the website (http://www.carillonstudios.co.uk/music_festivals.htm) and look for more information. We expect to be very busy at this festival!

The weekend September 5th to 7th 2008 saw the first Roland V-Accordion Weekend to be held in the UK at St Audries Bay in Somerset.

A weekend of workshops and concerts, devoted to the Roland V-Accordion, was held followed by a competition to decide the UK entrant to the world-wide Festival to be held in Rome, Italy on November 8th.

The winner of the senior virtuoso competition was Johnny Lee Leslie, who was presented with a certificate and a new FR-7b V-Accordion by Richard Patt of Roland UK.

Other graded open competitions were also held, featuring the V-Accordion, with prizes provided by ourselves The Accordion Shop, Trevani Music, and Carillon Studios.

The new Roland FR1 accordion is to be released very shortly and is to be expected to retail under the magic £1000 barrier watch this space for more news and info or call for the most up to date news on 01344 873717

This last weekend St Audries Bay was the venue for the Roland V accordion competition.
We attended as the only V accordion dealer and had a fantastic time.
There was lots of interest on our trade stand with our demonstration instruments in great demand. Look out for the results to follow, you can get more info on the Roland V accordions by going to the link at the top left handside of our front web page.

Dear Chris
Just to let you know the accordion arrived safely yesterday despite the rain!
Thanks for the book, I'm looking forward to getting started, but I have 3 under-4-year-olds, so I'll not be going very fast!
Many thanks for your help
Best wishes
Name with held for privacy reasons.

Roland V-Accordion Festival UK - 6th/7th Sept '08
St Audries Bay Holiday Club, Somerset

Be a Winner with your Music!








Win £100.00 cash or even a new Roland V - Accordion!

They are the Prizes at the UK Roland V-Accordion Competition

at St Audries Bay Holiday Club in Somerset



Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th Sep '08




We are inviting accordion players from every corner of the country to enter this year’s V-Accordion UK Competition.



Senior Championship – Own choice piece only – The Winner gets a V-Accordion.

The senior winner will also qualify for the international final in Italy,

held during November, with a first prize of 5,000 euros.

Junior Championship – Own choice piece only – The winner gets a V-Accordion

Advanced Competition (all ages) – Test piece and own choice - £100.00 Cash prize

Intermediate Competition (all ages) – Test piece and own choice - £60.00 Cash prize

Elementary Competition (all ages) – Test piece and own choice - £40.00 Cash prize

Beginner Competition (all ages) – Test piece and own choice - £20.00 Cash prize



You don't have to own a Roland Accordion to enter this competition.

Championship entrants will be lent a V-Accordion 3-4 weeks before the competition,

for other classes V-Accordions will be available for practice during Saturday and Sunday.



Roland for more information visit us online at www.roland.co.uk/accordioncontest .

also available will be expert guidance from our Roland Demonstrators.

Artists & Demonstrators at St Audries Bay Holiday Club will be:

Romano Viazzani Karen Street Eddie Jay

Harry Hussey John Romero Gary Blair (Sunday Night Fun Ceilidh)

If you would like to receive a phone call from John Romero, to give you more specific information & details of this unique event

please email jr@carillonstudios.co.uk or call him direct on 01323 - 733700

Click here for directions to St Audries Bay Holiday Club in Somerset!

St Audries Bay Holiday Club,
West Quantoxhead,
Nr Minehead,
Somerset TA4 4DY

Information/Bookings: John & Jackie Romero on Tel: 01323 - 733700

Online Entry Form - Please click here!


Test Pieces

Beginners Section

Echoes of Paris
Sue Coppard
Trevani Publications

A cloche pieds
Maryline Menweg
Menweg Music Editions

Elementary Section

Square dance polka
Keith Harling
KDH Publications

Sicilia mia Bella!
Sue Coppard
Trevani Publications

Intermediate Section

L’enfant Demon
Claude Thomain
Claude Thomain

The Maigret Theme
Ron Grainer (arr Trevani)
Trevani Publications

Libertango
Astor Piazolla
Holschuh

Advanced Section

I Got Rhythm
George Gershwin (arr Jack Emblow)
Trevani Publications

Monsieur Roudoudou
Claude Thomain
Claude Thomain

Hora Staccato
Dinicu – Heifetz
Ediciones Mozart


All the music for the test pieces above may be obtained from Trevani on 0208 656 1450
email: music@trevani.co.uk website: www.trevani.co.uk

Email from Happy Cutomer

Just to say many thanks to you and your shop visitor in helping to pick out a suitable accordion for my daughter Daisy.
Just to let you know that 3 hours after opening this birthday gift she was able to play Happy Birthday and She'll Be Coming Round The Mountain - complete with chords.
Will let you know how she progresses, but appears she has made a good start!!

Many thanks once again
Name removed for privacy

BE A WINNER WITH YOUR MUSIC!

Roland V-Accordion Festival
6th-7th September 2008
St Audries Bay, Somerset

The second UK V-Accordion Championship crowns a weekend packed with music. The national final will feature both junior and senior categories with a V-Accordion as a prize for each section. The winner of the senior championship will also qualify for the international finial which will take place in Italy in November and offers a first price of 5,000 Euros.

Four further competition sections cater for all standards of players:
Beginner, elementary, intermediate and advanced each with trohpies and prize money on offer.

For competition details and an application form please visit:
www.roland.co.uk/accordioncontest
Or call Customer Services on:
01792 702701
For day/weekend passes, accomodation information and festival program please visit:
www,carillonstudios.co.uk
Or call:
01323 733700.

Garys tour of the US starts tomorrow 8th June and continues until the 23rd
He will of course be plaing his Cooperativa midi accordion.

You will love this, even though the accordions are in the background.

0% Interst free loans available, conditions apply on any accordion.
More details at www.takeitaway.org.uk

The Woking Pianothon took place at The Wolsey centre on Saturday 15th March 2008.

Organised by Sue Hamilton (local teacher). It was quite simply a wonderful day with over 80 pianists performing. Students as young as 5 years old playing their first pieces to accomplished concerts pianists and duos.

Handel pianos and Electronic Accordions Ltd provided 2 pianos for the event and also a stand with information on pianos and accordions.

The Mayor of Woking and his wife were in attendance as were the local press. Sue Hamilton should be congratulated for organising such a great event and here's hoping for a similar event in 2009.

http://www.ukaccordions.com