FULLERTON – Its not every day a musical group gets to play the White House, but the Martin Music Center Accordion Orchestra will do just that this month. The 17-member group, made up of 13 accordion ...

Ralph E. Szubski, "The Accordian Man," plays "La Dee Dah." Ralph E. Szubski, "The Accordian Man," plays "La Dee Dah." A cut off Ralph E. Szubski's recording, "Polkas To Sqz-n-plz." CLEVELAND, Ohio -- ...

Rachel Kron, 8, performs on the accordion at a youth competition March 8 during the National Accordion Association Convention in Plano. Kron, one of Elena Fainshtein’s piano students, transitioned to ...

Accordionist Tom Torriglia of San Francisco has declared June to be "International Accordion Awareness Month." He joins New Hampshire accordionist Gary Sredzienski in trying to explain why they love ...

Daniel Weber of Altoona plays his accordion “at 10 places a month” for nursing home residents in addition to holding down a full-time job as a service engineer at Blair Sign Co. “It makes them happy,” ...

In nine years of holding the Big Squeeze accordion contest, the non-profit Texas Folklife has learned that in Texas, Conjunto is king. This year’s contest, which is for those 21 and younger, will take ...

This week, young musicians from around the world gather at the Kennedy Center in Washington for the world cup of accordion playing. Host Debbie Elliott gets a demonstration of the amazing technique of ...