Accordions Tuning-Up And Revving-Up To Take John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts Center Millennium Stage By Storm This Oppressive Mid-August

Tuesday, August 14, 2007, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ALL ACCORDION FESTIVAL CONCERTS LISTED HERE ARE FREE
Jerosh Accordion Orchestra
Akkordeonorchester Hof
Part of the 2007 Coupe Mondiale: World Accordion Championships.
Germany’s Akkordeonorchester Hof, conducted by Guenther Zeilinger, and Canada’s Jerosh Accordion Orchestra, conducted by Maureen Jerosh, perform.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007
The University of Missouri-Kansas City Accordion Community Orchestra
Martin Music Center Accordion Orchestra
Part of the 2007 Coupe Mondiale: World Accordion Championships.
The University of Missouri-Kansas City Accordion Community Orchestra, conducted by Joan Cochran Sommers, and California’s Martin Music Center Accordion Orchestra, conducted by Randall Martin, perform.

Thursday, August 16, 2007
New Zealand Accordion Orchestra
Rosita Lee Accordion Orchestra and Dancers
Part of the 2007 Coupe Mondiale: World Accordion Championships.
New Hampshire’s Rosita Lee Accordion Orchestra and Dancers, conducted by Rosita Lee Latulippe, and New Zealand Accordion Orchestra, conducted by Lionel Reekie, perform.

Friday, August 17, 2007
Beijing Children's Palace Accordion Orchestra
Accordeonova
Part of the 2007 Coupe Mondiale: World Accordion Championships.
Denmark’s Accordeonova, conducted by Peter Anders, and China’s Beijing Children's Palace Accordion Orchestra perform.

Saturday, August 18, 2007
2007 Coupe Mondiale
Part of the 2007 Coupe Mondiale: World Accordion Championships.
Each first-place winner of the six international categories—Coupe Mondiale, Piano Accordion Category, Junior Coupe Mondiale, Virtuoso Entertainment, Junior Virtuoso Entertainment, and Ensemble—take the Millennium Stage by storm.
















This poor Portuguese musician and his dog will not be performing -- for free -- at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, D.C., the Nation's Capital, this August; but his performances -- not free -- may be caught on certain lucky days and nights in Lisbon, Portugal, the European Union.

Photo credit: (c) Erin Desrochers and the University of Rhode Island Office of International Education 2005. All rights reserved. With thanks.