Kim and Dan Christian from Colorado will present a workshop at the 2018 NAA Convention in Texas. Kim has won many prestigious awards in her career, including the 1983 AAA National Championship and C.I.A. Coupe Mondiale Honorary Bronze Medal Winner 1984. She has been teaching for Young Musicians of America (Y.M.A.) for 30 years and is responsible for educating hundreds of people in the art of music.
Dan is a four time winner of the Rocky Mountain Accordion Virtuoso category and is a winner of the Prestigious Anthony Galla-Rini Trophy. He has been teaching private music lessons for 34 years and has developed a reputation throughout the United States for directing outstanding Virtuoso Orchestras.
Kim and Dan first met at age 5, while taking accordion lessons from Kim’s father, Mike Aman. Literally they’ve grown up together performing and teaching the accordion and have established themselves as among the premier accordionists in the world. Their unique ability to play together with exact precision is unparalleled. They have excellent technique and mastery of the accordion. Their performances are charged with vibrant energy and a passion and love that create an experience that will be cherished.
Excerpts from their website:
* Workshop at the NAA: Spice Up Your Arrangements
* They will teach you how to add rhythm patterns, chords, glissando, turns – all kinds of things to spice up even the most basic arrangement. Bring a piece of music with you, and they will show you how. This is a valuable skill to learn due to the small amount of music that is available for accordionists.
* Demonstration: Friday, 10:00 am. Ballroom.
* Kim and Dan’s concerts provide a performance beyond the boundaries of what people realize the accordion can do. The concert will touch just about every style of music imaginable and will be synchronized perfectly with this energetic, dynamic couple.
* In 2017 with vibrant energy and passion, Dan and Kim performed, adjudicated and judged at the Leavenworth International Accordion Festival, The Edmonton, Alberta Accordion Extravaganza, and The Las Vegas International Accordion Convention. Both Dan and Kim have taught music lessons for over 35 years, educating hundreds of people in the art of music.
Several of their students have received full music scholarships to the Lamont School of Music at Denver University. They have both directed many award winning accordion orchestras, ranging from beginner to virtuoso, including the National Champion Accordion Orchestra.
* Dan and Kim have performed extensively throughout the US, with engagements in Canada and as far away as Beijing, China at the Beijing Philharmonic Hall. Performances also include a 2 year run of their own production entitled “Music Makes the World Go Round” in Branson, Missouri. While in Branson, Dan and Kim experienced performing on the same stage with Bobby Vinton, Andy Williams and Les Brown, among other great entertainers. They continue to play over 200 gigs a year and thoroughly enjoy each and every performance.
* Dan is Director of the US National Champion Accordion Orchestra with record of 1st Place wins across the country, Esteemed arranger and transcriber of music for accordion orchestra, duet and solo including works by Tschaikovsky, Dvorak, Saint Saens, Schubert and many others, Spotlighted solo accordionist for the premier run of ‘La Curandera”, the first opera to highlight the accordion as the principal instrument, Arranger for the music for the Christian duo’s original Branson production “Music Makes the World Go Round,” Accordion teacher and educator for over 40 years.
* US National Champion (AAA), Honorary bronze medal winner World Champion (Coupe Mondiale), AFNA Virtuoso Solo Champion, 2 Time RMAS Virtuoso Champion, Accordion Major at Loretto Heights College Denver, CO., Director of many accordion orchestras from beginner to virtuoso with extremely successful winning record, Producer and Manager for “Music Makes the World Go Round,” the Christian duo’s original Accordion Show based in Branson, Mo., Accordion teacher and educator for over 35 years.
For further information: KDCStudios@gmail.com
