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Accordion Showcase at the Royal Scottish Conservatoire, Glasgow

On Saturday 8th of October, the accordion department at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland held an Accordion Showcase concert in the junior academy. Organised by Djordje Gajic who established the accordion department in Glasgow, the concert attracted a near capacity audience in the Guinness Room. Performances were given by current junior academy students Freddie Henderson, Zach Ronan and Valerie Barr, followed by postgraduate student Paul Chamberlain. Continue reading

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Debut CD of Classical Accordion Music released today!!

Scottish classical Accordionist Paul Chamberlain has just released his debut solo CD of classical accordion music. It features a mixture of transcriptions of works by J.S. Bach, Rameau, Moszkowski and Kachaturian, as well as original works by Alexander Nagayev and Franck Angelis.

Paul was the first classical accordionist to gain a BMus from the Royal Scottish Aacademy
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Concert at The Merchants House of Glasgow – 15th December 2010

In 15th December, Paul Chamberlain took part in a concert for the members of the Merchants House of Glasgow. This was their annual Christmas concert and Paul performed alongside three other musicians, Marion Wyllie – Soprano, Andrew Huggan – Cello, and Geoffrey Tanti – Piano.

The concert was titled “Christmas Fantasia” and was an excellent opportunity to introduce the classical accordion to an appreciative audience, many of whom had not encountered it previously.

Paul performed a programme of which included works by Bach, Khachaturian, Angelis, Moszkowski as well as one of his own compositions – “Neva”.
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RSAMD End of Year Recital – Classical Accordion

Paul will be performing at the RSAMD in Glasgow on Tuesday 17th of August for his end of year recital. This will be held in the Guiness Room at 11.30am. Continue reading

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