Like I Keep Saying: Accordions Get You Chicks

Here’s a news item from Accordion USA about an upcoming Accordion City accordion wedding, and it’s not mine!

(Wendy and I joined the band for a couple of numbers at our wedding reception. I should get around to extracting the performance and posting it online.)

On May 27th, at 1.30 PM, Acclarion, Canada’s premier classical accordion and clarinet duo, invites you to join them as they share their love for music and each other in a special Concert-Wedding to take place at the University of Toronto’s Edward Johnson Building [80 Queen’s Park Crescent].

Becky Sajo and David Carovillano were two strangers with a common interest that would unite them in more ways than one. Having met at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Music, Becky with the clarinet, and David with the accordion, it was a chance opportunity to perform together in David’s final year of his Master’s degree that would change their lives forever.

“I asked Becky to perform Ray Leudeke’s ‘Serenity’ for accordion and clarinet on my final recital based on someone’s recommendation. She responded with a husky, business-like tone that she would ‘think about it’. After agreeing to do it, we learned quickly in rehearsal that we had a lot more in common than just music. Soon, after school was complete, we were planning our future together, both musically and personally!” says David.

With their musical future looking bright, Becky and David are thrilled to share their special day with family, friends, and music enthusiasts. Joining them for the concert portion of the event will be harpist, Erica Goodman, and pianist, Angela Park debuting new compositions by David. Acclarion will perform a sixty-minute concert of ‘ear tickling music’ on stage at University of Toronto’s Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, to be immediately followed by their wedding ceremony on the very same stage. A cocktail reception will follow and all are welcome to attend [they ask that you email an RSVP].

My heartiest congratulations to Becky and David!