Performing in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New York
Previous Concerts
Click on a year below to go there directly. A Memorial Tribute to Charles Nunzio (1912-2010) Hunterdon Hills Playhouse Sunday April 10, 2011 at 3:00 pm Shannondell at Valley Forge Saturday June 5, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Concert to Benefit the ALS Hope Foundation Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts This was our fourth concert at Philadelphia's prestigious Kimmel Center (the home of the Philadelphia Orchestra) and many have told us that it was our best ever. The program included the world premiere of the second movement of Concerto in D, an original accordion concerto composed by our conductor, Dan Desiderio, and performed by the maestro himself accompanied by the orchestra. The program also included an original composition for oboe, guitar, accordion, and voice by Steve Senderoff, a musician living with ALS; a performance of Carnival of Venice by our own Andrea Maurer on flute accompanied by piano; and three beautiful duets by tenor Rudolfo Veneziano and soprano Elizabeth Patterson accompanied by the orchestra. Sunday May 2, 2010 at 3:00 pm Shannondell at Valley Forge Sunday October 25, 2009 at 3:00 pm Shannondell at Valley Forge The audience loved our Americana medley so much that they were marching and saluting in the aisles! Sunday April 19, 2009 at 2:00 pm Bergenfield High School Another successful concert with over 250 people in attendance! After receiving standing ovation following our closing number, a patriotic medly we call "Americana," the orchestra performed an encore to the delight of the audience. Sponsored by MunOpCo Music Theatre of Allentown (www.munopco.org) Scottish Rite Cathedral We were invited back to this beautiful concert hall following 2007's highly successful concert. Saturday June 21, 2008 at 2:00 pm Maddalena Belfiore Memorial Concert Hosted by the American Accordionsts Association Westchester Community College At this wonderful concert the Accordion Pops Orchestra was featured along with many well known accordionists including Eddie Monteiro, Mary Tokarski, Tony Dannon, Joe Cerrito, Beverly Roberts Curnow, William Schimmel, Robert McMahan, Mario Tacca (and his wife, vocal artist Mary Mancini), The Amazing Accordion Kings, Frank Toscano, Angelo DiPippo, and Manny Corallo. Concert to Benefit the ALS Hope Foundation Hunterdon Hills Playhouse In addition to usual accordion orchestra arrangements, our exciting program included something different: a flute and piano duet. (The flutist happens to be a member of our orchestra!) We have presented many successful concerts at this beautiful location and hope to return. Sunday November 11, 2007 -- Afternoon Performance Mid Atlantic Music Teachers Guild Fall Festival and Competition Holiday Inn The Accordion Pops Orchestra was the featured entertainment at the Sunday awards ceremony for this competition, which included piano, keyboard, accordion, guitar, percussion, voice, woodwinds, brass, and strings. For more information on future festivals, call 732-762-6769. Saturday April 21, 2007 at 7:30 pm The Third "Concert of Hope" to benefit the ALS Hope Foundation. View the program for this concert here. Read review of this concert here.
Sunday March 11, 2007 at 2:00 pm An Afternoon with the Accordion Pops Orchestra Sponsored by MunOpCo Music Theatre of Allentown (www.munopcomusictheatre.com) Scottish Rite Cathedral Read reviews of this concert here. An Afternoon with the Accordion Pops Orchestra Sponsored by the Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission Richard P. Marasco Center for the Performing Arts Concert of Appreciation Trinity Presbyterian Church Sunday April 30, 2006 -- Dinner and Concert A Memorial Tribute to Myron Floren (1919-2005) Hunterdon Hills Playhouse
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~2011~
Sunday May 1, 2011 -- Dinner (1:00 pm) and Concert (3:00 pm)
88 Route 173 West
Hampton, NJ 08827
The orchestra was honored to dedicate this concert to our late friend Charles Nunzio, world famous accordionist, teacher, composer, and arranger, who passed away in October 2010 at the age of 97. A special performance was given by the great jazz accordionist Eddie Monteiro, a former student of Mr. Nunzio.
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10000 Shannondell Drive
Audubon, PA 19403
The orchestra was pleased to be invited back to Shannondell's beautiful facility for our third concert there. We hope to return again!
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~2010~
260 S. Broad St.
Philadelphia, PA 19102
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10000 Shannondell Drive
Audubon, PA 19403
We were delighted to return to this beautiful facility after our performance half a year before. They couldn't wait to get us back!
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~2009~
10000 Shannondell Drive
Audubon, PA 19403
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80 S. Prospect Ave.
Bergenfield, NJ 07621
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~2008~
Sunday November 16, 2008 at 2:00 pm
1533 W. Hamilton St.
Allentown, PA 18102
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75 Grasslands Road
Valhalla, NY 10595
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Sunday April 13, 2008 -- 1:00 pm Dinner and 2:30 pm Concert
88 Route 173 West
Hampton, NJ 08827
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~2007~
2870 Highway 35 (Garden State Parkway exit 117)
Hazlet, NJ 07730
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Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
260 S. Broad St.
Philadelphia, PA 19102
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1533 W. Hamilton St.
Allentown, PA 18102
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Sunday February 11, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Monroe Township High School
1629 Perrineville Road
Monroe, NJ 08831
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January 13, 2007 at 3:30 pm
367 Cranbury Rd
East Brunswick, NJ 08816
Trinity Presbyterian Church is the location where the orchestra rehearses on Sunday afternoons, and it is only fitting that we presented a concert at the church for the congregation and friends as a token of our sincere appreciation.
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88 Route 173 West
Hampton, NJ 08827
Myron Floren, well known as "the happy Norwegian" accordionist on The Lawrence Welk Show from 1950 to 1982, was also a friend to the Accordion Pops Orchestra. Myron was the featured guest artist with the orchestra several years ago at the Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, and following his death in 2005 the orchestra returned to the Playhouse to perform a concert in his honor.
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