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MAAA Workshops

MAAA workshops are driven to meet the desires expressed of our membership. Below are samples of the numerous workshop topics covered:

• Accordion History and Evolution
• Putting "Sparkle" into your songs
• Keeping your instrument in good playing condition
• Getting the most out of your practice time
• Differences between Beginner, Intermediate and Professional accordions
• Tech Tips on Electronic, Reedless and MIDI accordions

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The MAAA also schedules special concert meetings which show case professional Guest Artist performances. These special meetings offer our members interactive questions/answer sessions with the featured concert artist.

Educational Topics

• Discussions on the Chromatic Free Bass Accordion and Classical performance - Dr. Lidia Kaminska: part 1 part 2 part 3
• Accordion appearances in over 280 films (listed alphabetical along with the director, date and scene comments)
• The making of an accordion
• The Accordion, a very serious musical instrument in Russia

Inspirational Artists/Styles World Wide

The music samples below reflect a variety of accordion artists/styles from around the world. After viewing a sample, use your browser's "back page control" to return to the MAAA web site.

Classical	Jazz	Latin American	Conjunto/Tex-Mex
Bach - Toccata D min (solo)	Oblivion	Mi Pueblo, Mi Casa, La Soledad	Cumbia de Sol
Bach - Toccata D min (trio)	Muineira Da Carmen	Besame Mucho	La Rajita De Canela
L'homme aux Bras Ballants	With A Song In My Heart	Aires Tango	Rosa Ana
Paganini/Liszt - The Chase		Tico Tico	Magdalena
Vivaldi L-Hiver Extrait 4 Saisons		Tico Tico (Myron Floren)
		Trikitixa

Pop	Quebecois	Italian/Spanish/French	Polish/Slovenian
Gene Krupa's - Leave Us Leap	Le Reel Des Copains	Sardinian dances	Squeeze Box Polka
J.P. Sousa's - Hands Across the Sea March	Medley Quebecois	Basque dances
		Saltarello

Balkan	Irish	Zydeco
Fire Dance		Zyde Ghost

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