News Release For information: Lynn Norwood

Thursday, July 1, 2004 313-927-1493, lnorwood@marygrove.edu

Marygrove College Hosts Workshop for Accordion Players

Detroit, Michigan--Marygrove College will host an Accordion Festival from Sunday, August 15 through Wednesday, August 18 at the college, which is located at 8425 W. McNichols Rd., Detroit. The workshop will address technical issues for accordion players and will offer training in classical, jazz and polka styles.

National and local accordion experts will facilitate workshops and perform throughout the festival. They include Frank Marocco, a composer and arranger of jazz and classical music; Lana Gore, an acclaimed master teacher and accordion instructor at Wayne State University; Tony Dannon and Joe Cerrito, a jazz duo who have worked with greats such as Harry Belafonte and Sarah Vaughn; Stas Venglevski, a native of the Republic of Moldov who has published several books and original compositions; and George Staiduhar, a master of the accordion keyboard who is famous for writing Mozart’s Polka in 1974. For costs and additional information, call 313.927-1372.

This festival is part of Marygrove’s Onstage! program, a multidisciplinary, community-focused, arts outreach effort directed to children, adolescents, adults, and teachers within the metro Detroit region, with particular emphasis on the City of Detroit. The activities of Onstage! are made possible in part with support of The Whitney Fund, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the City of Detroit Neighborhood Opportunity Fund. ###