A very heartfelt welcome to this first ever annual and historic event focused specifically on the digital accordion and its peripherals, hosted at the beautiful Avalon Inn & Resort in Warren, Ohio Nov 7-10, 2018.

This is going to be a very special week for enthusiasts who play digital accordion of any type or brand, because we anticipate filling any knowledge gaps you may have experienced with your instrument, and help you achieve a complete understanding of your digital accordion on many diverse levels.

Our hands-on workshops will be highly varied and substantive this week. Everything you can think of in the digital domain including recording techniques, programming your instru- ment for great orchestral and digital accordion sounds, achieving the best orchestrations, MIDI basic and advanced applications, MIDI peripheral equipment to be used with your digital accordion, accompanying vocalists effectively, understanding free bass on your dig- ital instrument, jazz techniques for reharmonization and improvising, digital music notation software and much more will be offered at multiple levels so that everyone can feel wel- come, while getting the most out of each workshop the entire week.

This is a “come as you are” digital accordion party for digital enthusiasts everywhere. It is four solid days of collaboration, learning, contributing, and enjoying.

To add to your enjoyment there will be 5 concerts, three at 8:00am, one at 7:30pm, and one at 8:00pm. So you will literally wake with great digital music and end each exciting day with it as well.

Even if you cannot attend the IDEAS Symposium, if you are local to Warren, OH, you will definitely want to come and hear the great concerts planned with world-class entertainment. See the above poster.

Four straight days of amazing workshops, collaborative sessions, five concerts, digital accordions everywhere, an outstanding faculty and group of performing artists, an incredible resort, and great dining. It doesn’t get much better for digital accordionists!

For further information: thegr8.ideas@gmail.com