Jazz accordionist and AAA Board Member, Eddie Monteiro, will conduct a special Jazz Ensemble at the 2011 AAA Festival in Charleston, SC, which takes place July 13-17.
A select group of young accordionists between the ages of 13 and 28 will be joined by Charleston area high school aged youth who play instruments other than accordion. The 2011 AAA Youth Program Jazz Ensemble will rehearse on Friday and perform several jazz pieces at the Festival’s Awards Ceremony and Concert, Saturday, July 16th at 2 PM..
With all of these new developments in mind, the American Accordionists Association is proud of this exciting new effort to promote the accordion among young aspiring musicians.
On Friday, July 15th 7 PM, Eddie will perform on the Gala Concert with the group, Ocotrillo. The group consists of 2010 AAA U.S. Virtuoso Solo Winner, Gabe -Hall Rodriguez (accordion), Sean Brogan (bass), and Wes Anderson (drums).
Eddie Monteiro has performed at Jazz Festivals throughout the world. National performances include the JVC Jazz Festival and the Toyota Jazz Festival in New York City, Salishan Jazz Festival and the Centrum Jazz Festival both in Washington. Internationally Eddie was a guest at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland, the Jakarta Jazz Festival in Indonesia, Sea Jazz Festival in Helsinki, the Norwegian National Accordion Competition, Sweden’s Annual Accordion Festival in Ransatter and in January of 2000 Eddie closed the Jazz In El Tambo Festival in Punta del Esta, Uruguay performing with Paquito D’Rivera, Leny Andrade, John Patitucci and Benny Golson.
He has conducted workshops and seminars at the Manhattan School of Music, Kansas City Jazz Workshop, Artists in Jazz at Pace University, Topeka Jazz Workshop and a Harmony & Improvisation Clinic in Norway. His numerous recordings include Double Standards, The Real Thing, A Perfect Match (with Nancy Marano featuring Gerry Mulligan, Roger Kellaway and Claudio Roditi), Under Paris Skies (with Karen Akers), A Walk on the Wilde Side (with Ronny Whyte), Jazz Influence and Arkadia Jazz All Stars: Thank You John! (a tribute to John Coltrane) and was featured on the album with the vocal group ‘String Of Pearls’. His work has also included numerous jingles for Colgate-Palmolive, Budweiser, General Motors, Folonari Wines, General Foods a soundtrack recording with Marvin Hamlisch and an appearance on film ‘Mortal Thoughts’ with Bruce Willis.
A graduate of NYU with a B.S. in Music Education, Eddie studied accordion with Charles Nunzio, (one of the founding members of the American Accordionists’ Association), piano with Madame Olga Van Till and advanced harmony studies with Marty Holmes. He presently is a music teacher and choral director at Ann Street School (New Jersey) and is also Musical Director at Matawan-Aberdeen High School Summer Theater and vocal director for Matawan Avenue Middle School’s Spring musicals – conducting, coaching and accompanying students on productions of numerous Broadway plays. ‘The Trio’ a CD recorded with Joe Cocuzzo (drums) and Lenny Argese (guitar) was the most recent release in 2006 when the group was performing weekly at the Retreat Lounge at the Short Hills Hilton (NJ)
Eddie is a member of the AAA Governing Board and is a Certified Teacher Member of AAA as well as a member of Music Educators’ National Conference, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Technology Institute for Music Educators, National Education Association, Jazz Educators Association the Sommelier Institute and is an Amateur Radio General Class Operator.
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