Accordionist Marko Petricic will be a guest artist at the 2012 ATG Festival July in Lisle, Illinois.

Mr. Petričić holds D.M.A. and M.M. degrees from Indiana University where he studied with Christopher Young, and a Bachelor of Music degree, summa cum laude, from Ohio University where his teacher was H. Joseph Butler. Mr. Petričić recently taught applied organ lessons and organ literature at Indiana University, and is currently teaching music history at the University of Indianapolis. He was the Assistant Organist/Choirmaster at Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis, between 2003 and 2006.

As an accomplished bayan-accordion performer, Marko Petričić has won awards at International competitions in Italy, Germany, Yugoslavia, and the United States. He has performed for the Yugoslav National Radio and Television, and more recently, with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.

His passion for various musical genres led to a concert of Spanish and South American music for the Embassy of Spain in Puerto Rico, as a result of a prize won at the Latin American Music Center competition at Indiana University. Furthermore, Marko Petričić performs Balkan folk music together with Mathieu Névéol, an exceptional violinist from the Paris Orchestra, France.

For further information:markop@alumni.indiana.edu