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The Paragon March is an original work by the renowned accordionist
and former CIA Vice President Anthony Galla-Rini, while the magnificent
arrangement by current CIA Vice President Joan Cochran Sommers of
'Selections from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' is a large symphonic
one and includes the main themes from the motion picture with various
reprises of the "Flying" Theme and the "Bike Race."
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 Conductor
Torsten Petzold, born in Bonn in 1966, and studied both piano and
conducting in Cologne and Wuerzburg.Torsten was Kapellmeister (Musical Director) of the German National Theatre at Weimar as well as of the Nordharzer Staedtebundtheater, and currently servies as Chief conductor of the Saxonian Police Orchestra Dresden as well as of several other regional choirs. Since 2010, Torsten has served as conductor of the Accordion Orchestra Hof. Torsten will direct the World Accordion Orchestra VI in their opening number of Paragon March by Anthony Galla-Rini. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conductor
- Torsten Petzold (Germany)
Raymond
Bodell, President of the CIA (United Kingdom), Kevin Friedrich,
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Accordion Orchestra VI conducter Torsten Petzold (Germany)
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 Joan
C. Sommers, founder of the CIA World Accordion Orchestra was awarded
the title of Professor Emerita upon her retirement from the University
of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory of Music (USA), where
she established and taught the accordion degree program for forty
years. She has arranged innumerable works for the accordion orchestra
over many years, often for the UMKC Accordion Orchestra which, under
her direction, competed in and won more First Prizes in Virtuoso Accordion
Orchestra Competitions than any other similar American group. In both 1955 and 1956 she earned the right to represent the USA in the Coupe Mondiale and, although she didn’t win, it was those experiences which opened her eyes to the tremendous opportunities available to accordionists; perhaps it also fixed her life-long interest in worldwide accordion activities. Most recently, she celebrated the 50th Anniversary of her UMKC Accordion Orchestra when they presented their 50th Gala Concert at the University. As the arranger, Joan has had many years of experience as a teacher, a conductor, and an arranger for accordion orchestras at all levels. Many of these arrangements were used by her own orchestras in competitions held throughout the USA and on the many tours made by her groups overseas as well. The large symphonic accordion orchestras under her direction, and several times with the youngest average age for members, earned more First Place Virtuoso Accordion Orchestra Awards than any other American accordion orchestras. This is a record still unbroken today. The Accordion Orchestra arrangement by Joan Cochran Sommers of Selections from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a large symphonic one with 7 accordion parts, 2 MIDI parts, and special bass accordion in addition to the usual timpani, mallets, and percussion instruments. This arrangement includes the main themes from the motion picture with various reprises of the "Flying" Theme and the "Bike Race." An accordion orchestra recording of the piece is available to each of the players in the World Accordion Orchestra as a means of inspiring and assisting in the preparation of individual parts before coming together for rehearsals in Spoleto, Italy for the Coupe Mondiale in August, 2012. Joan C. Sommers has held positions in several music organisations, including the Accordionists & Teachers Guild International (ATG) and the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA – IMC-UNESCO). Professor Sommers continues to adjudicate, coach soloists, prepare accordion orchestra arrangements, and conduct accordion orchestras regularly, and now proudly serves as a CIA Vice President. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Following
the very successful inaugural World Accordion Orchestra debut performance
at the Coupe Mondiale 2007 under the Musical Direction of Joan C.
Sommers, the magnificent staging of the CIA World Accordion Orchestra
(WAO) II in Scotland in 2008, WAO III in Auckland, New Zealand,
WAO IV in Varaždin, Croatia, WAO V in Shanghai, China, the
CIA proudly hosted World Accordion Orchestra VI in Spoleto, Italy
as part of the 65th Coupe Mondiale Festival.
