Video: New England Digital Accordion Orchestra – Chatham First Night 2020
Celebration @ 0:44
Evergreen @ 3:25
Gonna Fly Now @ 7:36
New York, New York @ 10:54
James Bond medley @ 14:05
Stanley Midura Polka medley @ 19:02
Your Mama Don’t Dance @ 22:30
Birth of the Blues @ 25:05
Star Wars medley @ 28:09
Fiddler on the Roof medley @ 32:05
Beatles medley @ 35:03
Conflict medley @ 40:19
Birdland @ 45:09
God Bless America @ 50:25

The nation’s first of its kind New England Digital Accordion Orchestra (NEDAO) gave its first public performance of the latest addition to its extensive music library on August 28, 2022 at a two-hour Concert on the Common in Sturbridge, Massachusetts.  The Orchestra demonstrated its uniqueness and versatility by performing its “Mexican Medley” featuring a combination of the Herb Alpert/Tijuana Brass hit,  “Spanish Flea”, along with traditional favorites, “Cielito Lindo” and “Mexican Hat Dance”, performed mariachi style.  For the piece, the NEDAO donned their sombreros and utilized the Roland digital accordion’s amazing technology to simulate hand clapping on the “Hat Dance” and the sounds of mariachi brass, strings, reeds, and guitar throughout the medley!

The NEDAO musicians hail from four of the six New England States!  Current membership consists of: Michael Dran, John Kalinowski, and Bill Maver (Connecticut); Candy Baril, Scott Cunningham, Carmen D’Angelo, Tony D’Eramo, Michael Drumheller, Karen Drumheller, Michael Falcetti, Martha Flood, Mark Galica, Paul Gluck, Charles Gruszka, Pat Poehler, Becky Twining, and Bruce Yelle (Massachusetts); Diane Quirbach (New Hampshire); Bob Blasi and Guyde Lombari (Rhode Island).

The Orchestra, formed and conducted by internationally recognized accordionist and music educator, Anselmo (Sam) Falcetti of Wilbraham, MA, rehearses at Falcetti Music in Springfield, MA.

The NEDAO’s next performance will be at First Night Chatham on Cape Cod, MA, where the Orchestra returns by popular demand for concerts at 1: PM and 2:PM at one of the nation’s premier all day New Year’s Eve family entertainment events, featuring 70 of New England’s top artists.  

Videos of the group’s performances can be viewed on Youtube and Facebook by searching under New England Digital Accordion Orchestra.

For further information:
charlesgruszka@hotmail.com
peggyf1944@gmail.com