Featuring Trio Davide
Featuring two of the greatest accordionists anywhere, Trio Davide performs authentic Italian standards and arias exclusively, or any combination of the Great American Songbook with features from around the world. The sensational vocals of tenor David Miotke (in Italian and English), are propelled by his accordion in tandem with the brilliant fingers of David Baioni (nephew of the late SFAC founder, Rusty Bartoli) and the guitar rhythms of David Sturdevant - also on mandola, chromatic harmonica, and harmony vocals. Many of Northern California’s premier vocalists engage Trio Davide as their favored accompanists. In concert, for dancing or tasteful ambiance, this eclectic trio emotes pure joy. And it’s infectious!
The Duo of Sheri Mignano Crawford and George Bachich will also complement our program, performing bal-musette. Bal-musette is a style of French music and dance that first became popular in Paris in the 1880s. George introduced Sheri to this style with its intrigueing history, and Sheri has taken it several steps further, researching and writing a book French Soirée providing historical background on not only the style, composers and accordionists of the bal-musette, but information on the evolution of the musette accordion itself. Included in the book is easy to read sheet music. Come join us as Sheri and George share with us the fascinating style bal-musette!