On behalf of the CIA, the CIA member Mito Algarvio - Associação de Acordeonistas do Algarve and the World Accordion Orchestra founder and Musical Director Joan Cochran Sommers, welcome to World Accordion Orchestra XIII to be held as part of the 73rd Coupe Mondiale Festival in Castro Marim, Algarve, Portugal from 5 - 11 October 2020.
 
The WAO XIII will perform with orchestra members comprising accordionists from around the globe, including many of the CIA Delegates, Jury and Contestants as well as our from our host nation of Portugal.
 
The World Accordion Orchestra XIII performance will be held on Sunday, October 11, 2020.
 
More information will be available soon, and in the meantine, we invite you to join this magnificent staging of World Accordion Orchestra XIII!

 
The World Accordion Orchestras to date include:

 

World Accordion Orchestra I - Alexandria, VA (Washington, DC) - USA
Saturday, 18 August 2007
Conductor: Joan Cochran Sommers
 
- Hands Across the Sea March by John Philip Sousa
- Lest We Forget by Leonard Stack (World Premiere)
- Let There Be Peace on Earth by Sy Miller and Jill Jackson, arr. by Joan Cochran Sommers


World Accordion Orchestra II - Glasgow, Scotland
Saturday, 25 October 2008
Conductors: Joan Cochran Sommers, Graham Laurie, Elaine Beecham, Ronnie Brown & Brian Laurie
  
- A Scottish March Selection - Traditional, arranged by Graham Laurie
conducted by Graham Laurie
- Film Noir: City at Night by Leonard (Lenny) Stack (World Premiere)
conducted by Joan C. Sommers (USA)
- Springtime Symphony by Graham Romani
Dedicated to the B.C.A. Orchestra in memory of Matyas Seiber (1905-60)
I Movement: conducted by Elaine Beecham
II Movement: conducted by Ronnie Brown
III Movement: conducted by Brian Laurie
IV Movement: conducted by Elaine Beecham


World Accordion Orchestra III - North Shore City (Auckland), New Zealand
Saturday, 29 August 2009
Conductors: Joan Cochran Sommers & Gary Daverne

 
- Pocket Overture by Gary Daverne
- Auckland March by Gary Daverne (World Premiere Performance)

commissioned by the NZAA to commemorate the 2009 Coupe Mondiale World Championships & Festival
conducted by Gary Daverne
- Suite from “Video Games Live” arr. by Joan C. Sommers
- Radetzky March, Op. 228 by Johann Strauss, Sr. arr. by Willi Münch

conducted by Joan Cochran Sommers

World Accordion Orchestra IV - Varaždin, Croatia
Saturday, 23 October 2010

Conductor: Joan Cochran Sommers & Slavko Magdić
 
- Iconosphere by John Franceschina (World Premiere Performance)
1. Prologue, 2. Parados, 3. Parabasis, 4. Agon, 5. Syzygy, 6. Cordax
Conductor: Joan Cochran Sommers
- Werziade I by Fritz Dobler
- Wither, Wither Violet by Josip Matanoviæ and Saša Bastalec
arrangement based on a Croatian Folk Song
Conductor: Slavko Magdić


World Accordion Orchestra V - Shanghai, China
Thursday, 6 October 2011
Conductors: Joan Cochran Sommers & Chen Weiliang
 
- Spring Festival Overture by Li Huanzhi, arranged by Li Rui and Chen Weiliang
- Jasmine - Trad. Chinese Folk Song, arranged by Li Rui and Chen Weiliang
with Children's Choir: China Welfare Institute Children's Palace & Little Companion Art Troupe Chorus
Conducted by Chen Wiliang
- Gershwin! (A Medley) - George Gershwin, arranged by Joan Cochran Sommers
Conducted by Joan Cochran Sommers


World Accordion Orchestra VI - Spoleto, Italy
Friday, 24 August 2012
Conductors: Joan Cochran Sommers & Torsten Petzold
 
- Paragon March by Anthony Galla-Rini
Conducted by Torsten Petzold
- Selections from E.T. (The Extra-Terrestrial) by John Williams, arr. by Joan Cochran Sommers
Conducted by Joan C. Sommers


World Accordion Orchestra VII - Victoria BC, Canada
Tuesday, 20 August 2013
Conductors: Joan Cochran Sommers & Maureen Jarosh


- Danse Villageoise by Claude Champagne
Conducted by Maureen Jarosh
- Selections from Les Miserables by
Schönberg & Kretzmer,arr. by Joan Cochran Sommers
featuring Lionel Reekie, Tenor (New Zealand)
Conducted by Joan Cochran Sommers


World Accordion Orchestra VIII - Salzburg, Austria
Saturday, 1 November 2014
Conductors: Joan Cochran Sommers, Jacob Noordzij and Werner Weibert


- The Sound of Music by Richard Rodgers, arr. by Werner Weibert
Conducted by Jacob Noordzij
- A Tribute to Bernstein by Leonard Bernstein, arr. by Werner Weibert
Conducted by Werner Weibert

- Let There Be Peace on Earth by Sy Miller and Jill Jackson, arr. by Joan Cochran Sommers
Conducted by Joan Cochran Sommers
with Choir prepared and directed by
Sylvia Zobek and Helmut Zeilner


World Accordion Orchestra IX - Osimo, Italy
Sunday, 10 September 2017
Conductor: Joan Cochran Sommers


- Omaggio a Pietro Overture by Pietro Frosini, arr. Anthony Galla-Rini
- Medley from La La Land by Justin Hurwitz, arr. Liz Finch
Another Day of Sun, Audition (The Fools Who Dream), A Lovely Night,
City of Stars, Mia & Sebastian’s Theme, and Someone In The Crowd

- Medley from Beauty and The Beast by Alan Menken, arr. Joan Cochran Sommers
Belle, Beauty and The Beast and Be Our Guest



World Accordion Orchestra X - Kaunas, Lithuania
Sunday, 30 September 2018
Conductor: Joan Cochran Sommers

 
- Serenata by Leroy Anderson, arr. Joan Cochran Sommers
- Recuerdos by Amy Jo Sawyer
- West Side Story Medley by Leonard Bernstein, arr. Heinz Ehme
I Feel Pretty, Maria, Tonight, Gee, Officer Krupke!, One Hand, One Heart, Somerwhere, AmericaGuest



World Accordion Orchestra XI - Shenzhen, China
Saturday, 17 August 2019
Conductor: Joan Cochran Sommers and Chen Weiliang

 
- Carefree! The Yi People based on Jiang Jie's 'A Happy Chatterbox'
conducted by Chen Weiliang
- Triumphal March from 'Aida' by Giuseppe Verdi
arranged and conducted by Joan Cochran Sommers
Long Live the Mother Land by Liu Zhin
arranged by Beijing Children's Palace Baidi Accordion Orchestra
conducted by Chen Weiliang


World Accordion Orchestra XII - Los Angeles, California - USA
Friday, 7 August 2020
to be hosted by the CIA Member Accordionists and Teachers Guild, International (ATG)
as part of their 80th Anniversary Celebrations



World Accordion Orchestra XIII - Castro Marim, Algarve - Portugal
Sunday, 11 October 2020

 

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