Accordionist Will Holshouser will perform on Saturday, July 5, 2025, 7:PM at IBeam. There will be three short solo/duo sets of about 30 minutes each, then all will play together. Admission is $20.

The performance includes:

approximate set times:

7:30 Will Holshouser (accordion)

8:10 Vinnie Sperazza (drums)

8:40 Sam Sadigursky +

Nathan Koci (clarinet + accordion)

9:15 all together

I-Beam

168 7th St. Brooklyn NY

(between 2nd Ave & 3rd Ave)

cover charge: flexible

IBeam is located at 168 7th St. Brooklyn NY. Ibeam Brooklyn and is a member owned and operated performance, rehearsal space and teaching space  for professional musicians and students located in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn, NY. Their mission is to foster a community of innovative and creative musicians in a comfortable and accessible environment. 

“The Solomon Diaries” are songs of freedom, rebellion, celebration, tradition, independence, loss, hope, decay and renewal – this is the music of Sam Sadigursky’s “The Solomon Diaries”. Originally inspired by the peculiar history and modern remnants of the Borscht Belt, these songs present Sadigursky’s unique work, bringing together an eclectic mix of tradition, improvisation, global influences and a classical chamber intimacy.

The album combines “Jewish spiritual and Klezmer music with post-minialism classical, jazz, and tinges of American folk. Clarinetist Sam Sadigursky and accordionist/multi-instrumentalist Nathan Koci release the next two volumes of The Solomon Diaries (Adhyaropa Records), a quintet of evocative albums reflecting on the Borscht Belt region—the primary Jewish resort community that helped shape 20th-century American culture—and also exploring contemporary immigrant and Jewish experiences. Both a compelling musical remembrance of a bygone era and a look to the future, The Solomon Diaries: Vol. IV & V combines the Sadigursky-Koci Duo with notable multi-genre guest artists: pianist Timo Andres (Tony Award nominee for Illinoise), mandolinist Joe Brent (founder of Adhyraropa Records), kaval/alto saxophonist Matt Darriau (The Klezmatics), pianist Danny Fox (Nefesh Mountain), and violinist Meg Okura (Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble).”

All 21 original songs on this album are written by both Sadigursky and Koci. Many of the songs are dedicated to prominent figures in their respective musical and personal lives.

Will Holshouser (accordion) is a veteran of the New York music scene who has performed all over the world with artists including violinist Regina Carter, clarinetist David Krakauer, and improvisers Han Bennink & Michael Moore as well as with his own projects. He has also performed with Antony & the Johnsons, Kiran Ahluwalia, Uri Caine, Guy Klucevsek, New York City Ballet, New York City Opera, Martha Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright, Suzanne Vega, and others. Will studied accordion and composition with his mentor Dr. William Schimmel, and composition with Tania León, Dalit Warshaw, Anthony Braxton, and Bill Barron. He lives in Brooklyn, NY with his family and teaches at Brooklyn College.

Will Holshouser’s new solo accordion album, “The Lone Wild Bird” is now available to order on  Adhyâropa Records.(streaming, digital, CD). Will shares, “The Lone Wild Bird” is one of my mother’s favorite hymns from the southern shape note tradition. Birds are mysterious creatures and great musicians — to our imaginations, they can represent the divine spirit, ghosts, war, peace, etc. Most of the album consists of my own compositions for solo accordion, written over the last few years, which draw on folk, jazz and classical influences.”

For further information: info@ibeambrooklyn.com

For further information on Will Holshouser: wholsho@twc.com