On Saturday, March 6, 2010 accordionist Mary Tokarski will appear in “A Night on the Left Bank” a Cabaret Show with Megan Owen, vocals, and Richard Danley on piano at the Duplex Theater, 61 Christopher Street (at 7th Avenue), New York City. The program is from 4:30 PM- 5:30 PM. Phone 212-255-5438 or www.theduplex.com for tickets and information. There is a $15 Cover & a 2 drink minimum and $10 Cover for MAC & a 2 drink minimum.
THE DUPLEX, New York City’s world famous cabaret and piano bar, is a 70 seat off-Broadway venue located in the heart of West Greenwich Village in Manhattan. The ever popular DUPLEX boasts a piano bar with open mike every night of the week, an upstairs bar and an intimate off-Broadway cabaret theatre, all hosted by New York’s friendliest staff.
Performing both nationally and internationally as a soloist, with symphony orchestras, and in a duo known as “Buttons & Keys”( with Bulgarian pianist Dessie Vaughan), Mary has traveled to China to perform with the Mantovani Orchestra, to New Zealand with the Auckland Symphony, and to Arizona, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Texas, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Washington D.C., Tennessee, Minnesota, California and Nevada. As a workshop presenter, Mary is sought-out by numerous associations for presentations on all aspects of music, performance, and Master Classes.
In February of 2011, Mary will appear with the Hamden Symphony Orchestra in Hamden, Connecticut performing Gary Daverne’s “Rhapsody for Accordion and Orchestra”. The CD of this work and other Daverne works is available on the Gary Daverne site.
For 20 years Mary served as Director of Music Education at Tokarski Music Center in North Haven, Connecticut, where she taught piano and accordion, as well as conducted the choral & ensemble programs, and supervised the pre-school programs. Mary currently teaches piano and accordion at her home in Northford, Connecticut.
She also served for many years as a Music Educator in the North Haven Department of Education’s Early Childhood Development Program at Green Acres Elementary School, is currently 2nd Vice President of the Accordionists & Teachers Guild, International (ATG) as well as on the Board of Directors with both The American Accordionists’ Association (AAA) and the ATG which are the two national member organizations of the Confederation Internationale des Accordeonistes, (IMC-UNESCO).
For further information: mary.tokarski@comcast.net
