AWW announces that on June 5, 2020, at the age of 80, Rose Marie Caccamise (Batavia, New York) passed away. Born July 19, 1939, Rose Marie Caccamise owned and managed the music store, Roxy’s Music for many years.

She carried on the tradition started by her father (Orazio Frank Caccamise 1910-1987 – picture left) supplying quality instruments, musical repairs, lessons, and service at competitive prices. After a few big moves and almost 30 years in the Genesee Country Mall, Roxy’s finally settled in the current location, a 15,500 sq. ft store located at 228 West Main St. in Batavia.

In 2009, Roxy’s Music Store won the prestigious Business of the Year Award from the Genesee County Chamber of Commerce.

Offering lessons, sales, and repairs, Roxy’s quickly became a hub for accordionists from all over the New York area. The business quickly transitioned from solely selling accordions to a full-service instrument store offering guitars, drums, pianos, orchestral instruments and much more. Throughout the years, Roxy’s remained a pillar of the musical community and is still one of a small number of accordion dealers in the state.

Roxy’s Music Store began as an accordion studio in 1934, founded by accordionist Roxy Caccamise. Read more of the Roxy Caccamise story in the Journal of New York Folklore: Voices-2005b.pdf page 28

Rose had many friends in the accordion world and was respected by all. She will be greatly missed.