As a final concert to close the Festival, on July 22, 2023 at 8:PM, the Accordionists & Teacher’s Guild, International, presents the ATG Festival Accordion Orchestra, directed by Joan Cochran Sommers, to open the program. This is a long-standing Festival activity involving accordionists from all over the USA plus other countries such as Canada, Austria and New Zealand and Australia.

Assisted by Wheaton College graduates on percussion, the program will include classical selections, medleys from musicals and tango nuevo. This program culminates with soloist, Grayson Masefield, a New Zealand born accordionist, and the first person to win World Championships in Classical, Virtuoso and Digital accordion categories.

Grayson is currently the Instrumental Music Instructor for accordion at the University of Auckland, New Zealand and is regularly invited to perform concerts, give masterclasses and serve as an adjudicator at festivals and universities around the world. His program of classical transcriptions, original works, and nuevo tango will also include a world premiere of “Meditatio” (a meditation on the irrationality of human barbarism) from Spanish composer Gorka Hermosa, commissioned by the ATG.

For ATG information: www.atgaccordions.com

Here is a link to the Wheaton College Artist Series where all concerts can be found and tickets purchased. 
ATG is proud to be a part of the Wheaton College Artist Series: https://www.wheaton.edu/life-at-wheaton/arts/artist-series/
Festival Pricing Information and Registration: 2023ATG-Festival
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