Video: “Bach To Polka” (composed and performed by Joseph Natoli)

“Joseph Natoli in Concert” will be sponsored by the ALSI Accordion Lovers Society International Accordion Club in San Diego California on Zoom Sunday May 1, 2022  at 1:PM – 2:PM Pacific Time and 4:PM EST.

Joe plays an extensive variety of music styles on his Digital Accordion and will entertain, amaze, and bring the accordion into a new horizon for listeners around the world. This is a free concert which will be about 50 minutes long. Here is a link to one of the pieces Joe will be performing on this virtual concert called “Bach to Polka” (Bach To Polka (composed and performed by Joseph Natoli).

Joseph Natoli, makes his home in central Ohio with his wife JoAnn and has been a performer and advocate of the accordion since the age of seven. Joe started his studies with prominent Ohio accordion teacher, the late Mickey Bisilia of Youngstown, Ohio. Joe later attended and achieved Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the University of Toronto (U of T) Faculty of Music where he also studied free bass accordion as his applied major instrument with renowned Canadian virtuoso, Joseph Macerollo. Both of Joe Natoli’s degrees while studying at U of T focused on music theory, composition, and electronic music, all of which Joe continues to pursue avidly today. Many of Joe’s most important original works for the accordion in fact have been written in the last 20 years.

Joe is a past president of the Accordionists and Teachers Guild, International (ATG) as well as co-founder and director of the International Digital Electronic Accordion Society (IDEAS), which holds its hosts an annual Symposium each year focused on the immense musical possibilities of the digital accordion.

Joe has released 5 CDs, including “Omaggio”, “Waltz For Ron”, “Merry Christmas”, “Chameleon” Vols 1 & 2, with Vol 3 on its way in late 2022 (to include his latest compositions including “Alone…”, “Homage & Offspring to the Bumblebee”, “Fantasy On a Well-Known Melody”, & “Remembering Ennio”, along with many others).

Joe tries to use his orchestrational knowledge to exploit all the best coloristic possibilities on digital accordion. Joe’s compositions and arrangements traverse a diverse set of musical styles (including classical, light classical, jazz, ethnic, avant garde, and cinematic). 

For any information about IDEAS and/or his publishing company JANPress Music, you are invited to send any requests to josephnatoli@ymail.com or to janpressmusic@yahoo.com. 

For concert info contact Gordon Kohl at his email and he will pass on the link info: gkohl5890@gmail.com.