Welcome to the Silicon Valley Accordion Society website!
Please note that our meeting is scheduled for Oct. 13 because the Little Italy San Jose will host their annual Italian Festival in downtown San Jose on Oct. 6.
October 13, 2024 - Adam and Emma Dohner
Adam and Emma have been playing music together for as long as they can remember. As siblings, it gives them a good excuse to hang out regularly, as well as a creative outlet from their work in the Silicon Valley. Emma enjoys playing violin in the Mission Chamber Orchestra and discovering new (and old) music in the library’s CD archives. Adam enjoys arranging popular (and obscure) songs for their group, Garf’s Uncle, where he mostly plays piano, but will occasionally break out the accordion by popular demand. They have performed for the Silicon Valley Accordion club since Adam bought his Vignoni from Norma Parsons back in the early 2010’s when meet-ups were held at Harry’s Hofbrau.
This is their website that includes some band performances as well as accordion performances.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCui5HnduC44moc_W79_GZEg
Here are some of Adam and Emma's videos from previous performances at the club:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGHA0AOKg0b6nbB_J9ZsVTRBGn5-0RyDS
If you can play for us before our performers, contact an officer or our president. We'd love to hear you! Colette can be reached at colette.ogata@gmail.com
This is their website that includes some band performances as well as accordion performances.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCui5HnduC44moc_W79_GZEg
Here are some of Adam and Emma's videos from previous performances at the club:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGHA0AOKg0b6nbB_J9ZsVTRBGn5-0RyDS
If you can play for us before our performers, contact an officer or our president. We'd love to hear you! Colette can be reached at colette.ogata@gmail.com
Please join us at the church (address below) and share the festivities with us! Bring your accordion and play for us if you can. Let one of the officers know to sign you up.
As of January 2023, we will not be holding Zoom meetings anymore. Thanks so much for your support on this decision. We hope you can join in person! Thank you for your continued support!
As of January 2023, we will not be holding Zoom meetings anymore. Thanks so much for your support on this decision. We hope you can join in person! Thank you for your continued support!
Our dedicated President Colette Ogata has done a great job leading us on this adventure during COVID and back. We are very happy to have her on board. Now we are going back to in-person performances at the church. We'll either have members or a member band play before any professional performers. Bring your accordion and play for us!
Silicon Valley Accordion Society
We'll meet in-person at the church where we were meeting before the COVID pandemic.
Christ Episcopal Church of Los Altos
1040 Border Road
Los Altos, CA 94024
650-948-2151
Directions click here
Silicon Valley Accordion Society meetings are held the first Sunday of each month unless noted.
In-person meetings start at 1:30 with announcements and introductions. Performances start immediately after a break and raffle. This is usually around 3:30. We have club members play before the break. Bring your accordion and let one of the board members know if you are interested in playing for us.
We invite you to visit one of our meetings and listen to wonderful performances by our guests. Our members are more than happy to answer any questions you may have about SVAS and how you can join.
We value your feedback; send us your comments and suggestions. By building an effective web site, we hope to get our message out to a larger audience of people interested in the accordion.
Happy squeezing!
Pamela Kawashima
Webmaster of SVAS
email: pamk@svasociety.org
Christ Episcopal Church of Los Altos
1040 Border Road
Los Altos, CA 94024
650-948-2151
Directions click here
Silicon Valley Accordion Society meetings are held the first Sunday of each month unless noted.
In-person meetings start at 1:30 with announcements and introductions. Performances start immediately after a break and raffle. This is usually around 3:30. We have club members play before the break. Bring your accordion and let one of the board members know if you are interested in playing for us.
We invite you to visit one of our meetings and listen to wonderful performances by our guests. Our members are more than happy to answer any questions you may have about SVAS and how you can join.
We value your feedback; send us your comments and suggestions. By building an effective web site, we hope to get our message out to a larger audience of people interested in the accordion.
Happy squeezing!
Pamela Kawashima
Webmaster of SVAS
email: pamk@svasociety.org