The Brooklyn Accordion Club will present a free workshop entitled “An Approach to Playing Accordion in the Band” by accordionist Charlie Giordano and Emily Duff. The workshop will be held in Prospect Park, Brooklyn on October 3, 2021 from 1.30 to 3:PM and will be limited to 15 fully vaccinated individuals only. All participants will be required to wear a mask during the meeting, and asked to sit on their own blanket to maintain 3 ft social distance.

Charlie Giordano has played with Bruce Springsteen, Julie Andrews, James Taylor, Pat Benatar, The Bacon Brothers and many others. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden, The Kennedy Center, The Obama White House, The Bottom Line, The Russian Tea Room, Jalopy and Sunny’s. And of course, with the great Emily Duff.

Emily was born in Flushing Queens, NYC . Her Mama taught her 4 perfect chords and then ran off, leaving Emily to figure the rest out on her own. Emily has released 5 records in the past 6 years, plays with her band at Cowgirl the 3rd Monday of every month and has a tour to the UK coming up in May 2022.  Emily Duff resides in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village with her husband, two teenage children, a hound dog named Banjo, and at least dozen guitars, all in 340 square feet of 3rd floor walk-up, tenement style living. She is grateful to play music with beautiful legends and when this pandemic is all over she would like to have all her friends over for lunch and a strum.

To feel the moment of normalcy, and bring back the BAC gathering tradition, the program will begin with a casual open mic. If you’d like to perform a piece or two, please include in your email when you RSVP.  Beginners and non-professionals are especially welcome to perform! 

Admission is free.

To book your spot email: brooklynaccordionclub@gmail.com