The Hanni Strahl Concert Hall is acoustically ideal and seats 1,000 people on floor and balcony levels. The Helen and Theodore Miller Concert Series has presented dozens of the world’s greatest accordion artists and has elevated cultural prestige of the Midwest region. Focal highlight of the stage is a unique and beautiful ten-foot, two-manual harpsichord encased in gold and vermillion with eleven pedals controlling six plectra. At the hall’s west side is The Duane Sellman Special Exhibits Area that features displays honoring individuals who have significantly influenced American performance art, and whose estates are contained in the museum. The hall also serves community special events and weddings. 2015 May 3, 2015 Accordion Concertina Music Studios: Student Recital Free and open to the public. Donations welcome May 8, 2015 HARTS and AWAM display at the Depot, Duluth: Northland History Museums Coalition event: Discover History Fair. Free and open to the public May 23, 2015 Ethnic Evening: Finnish / Scandinavian 7:00 PM Music, History, Songs and Legends, Food and Jam Session (?) Free and open to the public. Donations welcome June 20, 2015 Ethnic Evening: Slovenian / Eastern European 7:00 PM Music, History, Songs and Legends, Food and Jam Session (?) Free and open to the public. Donations welcome July 4, 2015 Superior Parade – Float with ACM Band performing July 4, 2015 Carlton County Historical Society: ACM Band and Soloists Concert Free and open to the public. Donations to CCHS welcome July 15, 2015 Alex Meixner interview on radio (pending) July 16-18, 2015 Third Annual Dr. Willard A. Palmer Festival and Fundraiser Focus: Willard Palmer, III Historic Accordions Sounded and Explained: Helmi Harrington Helmi’s guided tour of Museum displays, American Accordionists’ Association Archival Collection, Deffner Legacy Room, and Library resources. Alex Meixner: Workshop 5:00 PM, Band Concert 7:00 PM, July 16 Dr. Anthony Bukoski: Readings and Music Willard Palmer, III: Master of Music and Magic Paul Vargason: Piano, Chromatic and Diatonic Accordionist Frank Busso, Jr. (Titano/Pancordion executive, in concert) (pending) Amanda Bush-Hauta: Soprano and Accordionist (pending) Helmi’s Workshop: "Interpretation: It’s Not Written in the Notes" Jam sessions Membership Open Meeting; AWAM Board Meeting Food and Refreshments Admission charged July 18-21, 2015 Accelerated Accordion Repair Seminar Advanced piano accordion repair seminar: tuning, machine alignments, bellows, cosmetics, much more. 4:00 PM July 18 until noon July 21. $350 per person July 22-25, 2015 Accordionists and Teachers Guild Festival (Lisle, IL) AWAM Traveling Museum Display Helmi’s History Workshop: Accordions Sounded on Historic Instruments, Organological Evolution, Types, Qualities, more Accordion Concertina Music Band and Students Perform / Compete August 22, 2015 Ethnic Evening: French and Musettes 7:00 PM Music, History, Songs and Legends, Food and Jam Session (?) Free and open to the public. Donations welcome September 19, 2015 Ethnic Evening: Latin and Tango 7:00 PM Music, History, Songs and Legends, Food and Jam Session (?) Free and open to the public. Donations welcome November 8, 2015 John Scaffeo Concert 4:00 PM Admission charged November 15, 2015 Hanni Strahl Concert Hall Accordion Concertina Music (ACM) Student Recital 2014 Recital by violin and piano students of Carolyn Carver! Sunday, June 8, 2014 Accordion Concertina Music Student Recital ! Sunday, June 22, 2014 Accordion Concertina Music Studios (Superior and Burnsville, MN) proudly announce a student recital to be held at Harrington ARTS Center, Sunday, June 22, 2014. What: A Valentine’s Day concert with "Chance" – Ed Willett and Cheryl Leah, and "The Fish Heads" - Kim Curtis-Monson and Mike Monson When: February 14th at 7:30 2013 DUCKMANDU IN CONCERT ! September 14, 6:00 PM"Chance" in Concert February 16, (Saturday) The Willard Palmer (DH, DMA, Ph.D.) Legacy Display opened at A World of Accordions Museum with Concerts & Speakers ! February 1-3, 2013 2012 Cafe Melange ! Sunday Dec. 9th, 3pm Ronny Setniker: Button Box Showcase June 16, Button Box Showcase Concert with Ronny Setniker Accordion Concertina Music Studios Band will perform on a float in Superior’s Fourth of July Parade! Alex Meixner and his Band July 5 (Thursday) at 6:00 PM. Accordion Concertina Music Studios presents.... Students in recital ! May 20 (Sunday) at 1:00 PM. Mary Tokarski May 1 Anthony Bukoski April 15 2011 Donna Regis October 2 Oleg Sharov July 17 Accordion Concertina Music Studios July 4th Parade Vivant! May 22 2010 Dr. Bernard Metais... 100 Years of French Musette July 3, 2010 HARTS and AWAM 4 July Tony Lovello June 27 An Accordion Repair Seminar April 23-26 2009 Accordion Repair Seminar August 2009 2008 The 2008 Christmas Recital by students of Accordion Concertina Music December 7 Tony Lovello ! June 22, 2008 GAMLE AKER SPELEMANNSLAG June 23 2007 Christmas Recital by students of Accordion Concertina Music Studios December 9, 2007 Cheryl Leah and Ed Willet in Concert ! November 4, 2007 Henry Doktorski September 16th Michelle Gribbon and Helmi Harrington March 18th, 2007 2006 Christmas Recital December 10, 2006 "Forro For All" Brazilian ensemble Oct 1. Friedrich Lips (Moscow) & Stas Venglevsky (WI) September 24, 2006 Midwest Regional Free-Reed Accordion-Concertina Festival 2006 August 12, 13 POLKAFEST 2006! June 23, 24, 25 at Ironworld, Chisolm, MN Sound of Strings Concert ! June 10th, Saturday, 6:00 PM Chulrua Traditional Irish Music May 23rd, Tuesday, 7pm 2006 2005 Christmas Recitals December 4th, 2005 Michelle Gribbon and Helmi in Concert November 12 2005 at Harrington ARTS Center Michelle Gribbon (violin) and Helmi in Concert 3:00 PM November 6 (Sunday) 2005 Walter Roldán Pereyra (click for info) presents authentic Uruguayan music & dancers ! October 2nd, 2005 GIVE AND LIVE BENEFITS CONCERT ! with Scott Jones and Willowgreen Sept. 30, 2005 Concert & Master Class! September 24th 2005 by Stas Venglevski (accordion) & Misha Litvin (Domra) First Mid-West Regional All-Accordions and All-Concertinas Festival ! August 20th & 21st 2005 Henry Doktorski April 3rd, Sunday, 2005 Viatcheslav Semyonov March 19, 2005 Accordion Tuning Workshop February 18-20, 2005 - 2004 Community Christmas Celebration 2004 December 5th, 2004. Ruben Rodriguez y su Conjunto - Argentinean Chamame Music September 27th, 2004 Thanks to everyone for a wonderful... GRAND ReOPENING of A WORLD OF ACCORDIONS MUSEUM April 24-25, 2004 Special Performances by: "Just Du-et" - Dee Langley & Greg Dagoumas "Newfoundland Irish" - Sue Spencer, Jim Ofsthun, & Llake McCorison "Music from South America" - Jose Curbalo & Serglo Mansilla "The Slovenian Touch" - Ronny Setniker with daughters Susan & Shelby Minnesota Accordion Orchestra 2003 A Community Christmas Celebration was held December 7th, 2003, at 2pm. We enjoyed wonderful music of the season from Carolyn Carver and her violin students, and Helmi Harrington and her accordion students. We also had the opportunity to participate in Toys for Tots through the Bong Heritage Center. Dee Langley and Greg Dagoumas played their accordions with great skill and sparkling enthusiasm on Nov 2nd, 2003. Their repertoire included everything from waltzes, schottisches and polkas to classical music such as Mozart and Bach, with a splash of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen in between! The Original Nauheimer Dorfmusikanten played German Octoberfest here in Superior on Wednesday, September 24th, 2003! The genuine German 12 piece band on its first American tour delighted us with their music, vocals, authentic costumes, and authentic German repertory and singing! Stas Venglevski returned to our stage with his friend John Simkus in a dazzling “explosion” of virtuoso duets Sunday, May 4th at 2:00 PM. Stas is a former student of Friedrich Lips (Moscow). He performed here in 2002 with Lips and is one of the USA's foremost concert artists. John Simkus is a Chicago native who specializes in jazz and contemporary improvisatory music. Stas and John concluded a national tour that brought rave reviews. Noted accordionist DICK REES performed Old Style & Traditional Music here on 3-22-03. 2002 Noted classical accordionist Joanna Arnold-Darrow of Westmont, New Jersey and the Accordion Concertina Music Ensemble (Carolyn Carver, Lynda Griffith and Helmi Harrington) shared the concert stage at Harrington ARTS Center on Sunday afternoon, Nov 10th, 2002, at 2:00 p.m. Friedrich Lips (Moscow) and Stas Venglevski (Milwaukee)… Workshop 10 AM and Concert 2 PM Sunday, September 22nd, 2002. It was a tremendous performance! Click here to see poster. Ingrid Kvale (Norway)…August 4, 2002 The "K" Trio (Connecticut) Performed a wonderful Seminar & Concert here on July 17th, 2002 !