Several local accordionists and some out of town guests as well attended St. Petersburg’s Gibbs College of Music degree recital of Vince Demor. The Concert Hall is magnificent and Nina Wegmann, Vince’s teacher, stated that degree recitals usually attract only 2 or 3 people, so it was very good that today’s audience had already grown to 70 plus.

Joan Grauman and I had got the word out to our accordion pals, and several members of area Accordion Clubs attended in addition to some of the music department and Vince’s family and friends including Dario and Maria Ebbri from Westchester County (NY).

The music school auditorium is spectacular… any musician would be honored to perform on that magnificent stage.

Vince’s performance was excellent! Performing Bach “Prelude in C minor” on his Giulietti free bass accordion that had recently been donated to Vince. This instrument originally belonged to the late William F. Cosby. The remaining program by Vince consisted of “Whatever You Do,” by Karen Fremar, “Jealosy” – Tango, “Dark Eyes,” “Love Smiles” and a trio with Nina and Bob Wegmann performing “La Comparsita”

Nina and husband, Bob on Bass (and/or Guitar) complimented the remainder of the program with French Music.