On Sunday afternoon, April 23, 2017, The Accordionaires “Pops” Orchestra will be the guests of AIMS (Accordion International Music Society), the Santa Barbara accordion club, in a special concert “In Dedication to Dan Desiderio.”

The accordion orchestra, under the baton of Janet Hane, will play a wide variety of music, over half of which was arranged for accordion orchestra by Mr. Desiderio. Included among those pieces will be “Moulin Rouge Medley,” with several familiar tunes; “And All that Jazz,” from the movie Chicago; “Manha de Carneval,” a Latin beat number; and Ployhar’s patriotic medley, “Americana.”

Additionally, the orchestra is delighted to announce that noted conductor Bill Benson (Conejo Valley Youth Orchestra) will appear as guest conductor of the operatic overture “Dichter und Bauer” (Poet and Peasant) by Franz von Suppe.

The concert will begin at 2:PM, at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall. 909 N. La Cumbre Rd. Santa Barbara, CA. 93110. The public is welcome. Suggested donation is $10 at the door.

The Accordionaires “Pops” Orchestra is based in North Hollywood, CA. The orchestra has over twenty accordionists (including an electronic accordion and a bass accordion), a bass guitarist, a trombone player, and a drummer. This combination gives the group a unique sound that has been widely appreciated by audiences throughout the southland, including at the Ronald Reagan Library, the annual Swiss Fair, as well as with the Conejo Valley Youth Orchestra. The Santa Barbara concert has become an annual event, with each performance being sold out.

Photo by Tommy Xing