National Accordion Association (NAA) Conventionwill be held from March 15-19, 2023 at the Hilton Hotel, Richardson, Texas.

The NAA is wishing you a Happy New Year! Registration opens today.

The 2023 NAA Convention Planning Team is requesting that the conventioneers and presenters use Higher Learning techniques to flip the NAA Convention from a lecture-oriented event to a Participatory Model as described in the Harvard University article: Twenty Ways To Make Lectures More Participatory.

The first step in “flipping a convention” is to survey the known accordion-playing population to ask accordionists what they want to learn when attending an accordion convention. The You Tell Us Survey was delivered, the results were analyzed. A summary of the results are as follows:

The easy-to-read results are in the PDF that is located on the NAA Website as the “You Tell Us Survey” results.
2023 National Accordion Convention Musical Genres

The convention will feature 2023 versions of American Music that is marketable as today’s music. The music is a combination of contemporary American music originated by USA immigrants who brought their musical values and traditions as they joined the great American melting pot. Our music is a blend of musical styles that include, but are not limited to, popular tunes, folk music, country and western (C&W), ballads that tell a story, rock and roll, polkas and waltzes, European music, Gospel, and jazz. (Results summarized by Dr. Norman Seaton)

2023 National Accordion Convention Higher Learning Opportunities:
High on the survey requests include learning opportunities such as creative thinking and applying to music, ear-training, articulation and bellows control, practice techniques, sightreading, musical theory, performing techniques, and performance opportunities.

For complete information, visit our website at: http://www.accordions.com/naa
NAA Convention and Registration information at: 2023NAARegistration