Video 1: “Trolley Song”
Accordion Pops Orchestra performing at the East Brunswick Cultural Arts Center – Eugene De Bellis memorial concert on May 19th, 2019 with Al Terzo, conductor.

Video 2: “Donkey Serenade”
Accordion Pops Orchestra performing at “Shannondell at Valley Forge”, Audubon, Pennsylvania, September 23rd, 2018, Al Terzo, conductor.

The Accordion Pops Orchestra was founded in 1970 by the Accordion Teachers Association of New Jersey. The first conductor was Dr. Jacob Neupauer followed by maestro Eugene Ettore in 1980 and Daniel Desiderio in 1985. Since 2011 the group has been under the direction of Al Terzo, one of the original members. In addition to New Jersey, the group now has members from Pennsylvania, New York, and Delaware. The 30 member group rehearses once a month and performs 4 or 5 concerts a year.

In recent years, several orchestras from around the work have asked the Pops for their arrangements after watching the group on YouTube. This includes orchestras from the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Australia, and Malta. The orchestra performs a repertoire of Light Classics, Broadway Big Band and Popular music. The orchestra has entertained audiences at many locations including concert halls, festivals, playhouses and churches in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware and Virginia.

2022 members of the Accordion Pops Orchestra:
AnnaRene Jeremiah, John Modrowsky, Anne Marie Eagan, Joyce Ganderberger, Annette Marinelli, Julie Amerman, Bob Patterson, Kalman Zilberman, Dante Giamarco, Kelly Grove, Denise Koncelik, Mary Thomas, Denise Szabo, Mike Marchese, Diane Ashenfalder, Paul Koslowski, Diane Squillace, Phyllis Edamatsu, Don Nowicki, Ray Haines, Erika Perez, Rita Barnea, Henry Mikol, Rosemarie Cavanaugh, Ines Csulak, Sandra Perez, Joanna Darrow, Tatiana Slowik, John Andrews and Theresa Rehberg.

Future concerts include:
October 23, 2022 at the Cultural Arts center of Basking ridge
November 20, 2022 at Conlon Hall Auditorium in Bergenfield, New Jersey
December 4, 2022 at the Hillsborough Elks Club for the benefit of disabled children

For more information concerning membership and future performance: accordionpopsorchestra@outlook.com