The Accordion Pops Orchestra under the direction of Al Terzo presents their Winter Concert, annual benefit show for Saint Johns Church in Bergenfield. Lenny Feldman will be the MC. Flute virtuoso Andrea Maurer will be guest soloist.

The concert takes place at Conlon Hall Auditorium, 19 North William Street, Bergenfield, NJ. on Sunday November 18, 2018 at 3:PM.

Andrea Maurer has a Master’s degree in Music Performance from Rice University. Her teachers include Jeffrey Khaner (Philadelphia Orchestra), Albert Tipton, and Ervin Monroe (Detroit Symphony Orchestra). She has played in the Pasadena Woodwind Quintet, Los Angeles Korean Philharmonic and the Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony. Andrea was sponsored by the United States Information Service to perform as a soloist in Mumbai, India. While there she also studied Indian flute.

She has performed in Master Classes of Julius Baker, Robert Dick, Bonita Boyd, Michel Debost, Louis Moyse, and Frances Blaisdell. She currently performs with the Academy Chamber Society, Doylestown Symphonic Winds, Old York Road Symphony, Delaware Valley Wind Symphony and the Delaware Valley Winds Woodwind Quintet. Andrea is active as a chamber musician and frequently appears as a guest soloist, most recently at the Kimmel Center in  Philadelphia. She teaches flute at George School and privately.

The orchestra’s roots can be traced to 1970, when it was organized by the Accordion Teachers’ Association of New Jersey.  Over the next ten years it performed at various community functions throughout the state under the direction of its first conductor, Dr. Jacob Neupauer of Philadelphia. In 1980 the orchestra members took a leave of absence, but four years later the membership was reorganized under the direction of the late Eugene Ettore of Livingston, New Jersey. 

In 1985, Daniel Desiderio was invited to act as a guest conductor of the orchestra and a few years later the A.T.A. of NJ appointed him as conductor in residence.  The name of the orchestra was formally changed to the Accordion Pops Orchestra and its membership was expanded beyond the original members from New Jersey to include performers from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, Maryland, and Rhode Island.  Maestro Desiderio retired as conductor in May 2011 and turned over the baton to Al Terzo.

The largest professional accordion orchestra of its kind on the East Coast, the group consists entirely of accordions plus percussion instruments.  In addition, the orchestra often accompanies guest soloists including pianists and vocal artists. Al Terzo, APO Conductor 2011-Present, is a teacher, arranger, and conductor who has been with the orchestra since its inception in 1970.  He is a member of the Music Teachers National Association, New Jersey Music Teachers Association, and National Association of Music Educators. 

Mr.Terzo serves on the governing board of the American Accordionists Association and is a founding member of the Mid Atlantic Music Teachers Guild.  He is an accomplished accordionist who has performed at the Garden State Arts Center and Newark’s Symphony Hall. Currently Mr.Terzo teaches accordion and piano in New Jersey.

Lenny Feldman: Professional Accordionist since January, 1959. Virtuoso Accordion Champion in New Jersey and Illinois 1960-62 
representing those states in AAA Olympics. BM Education degree from VanderCook College of Music in 1964 as an accordion major. Public school music teacher.Featured performer at numerous Accordion Festivals including AAA, ATG, AAMS, SMASH, FMAE, NAA, ATANJ, MAMTG, and many Accordion Clubs. Adjudicator at many State and National Accordion Competitions. Presenter of dozens of Accordion Workshops. Lifetime Achievement Award from AAMS in 2007. Member governing board of AAA and AAMS . Accordionist on tour with the Mantovani Orchestra. Faculty member at First Annual IDEAS Digital Accordion Symposium (2018) 


Donation of $10.00 is appreciated. All proceeds go to the church.

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