It’s all about the Bass Piano Accordion Workshop

Sydney Inner West
24 August 2025 @ 10:00am - 1:30 pm
$20.00 for ASA members, $30.00 Non-members for hte two workshops and light refreshmentw

The Accordion Society of  Australia NSW is very excited to present the first of a series of accordion workshops.  Our two workshop presenters for this first event are Stephan Sernik and Paolo Campanari Brancondi.

Stephan has played everywhere from England to Edinburgh, Sydney to Armidale. Stephan has Slovenian roots. He discovered early on a love of blues. He still plays actively in the Australian blues and jazz scene. He was a key founder of the band Psycho Zydeco and continues to play in Sydney band Dr Gumbo.  Stephan will be demonstrating the many different techniques that he uses as a professional musician with a strong focus on bass technique and rhythm.

Italian born Paolo can be found playing regularly in venues, festivals and markets Sydney wide and interstate. His wide range of styles varies from classical, Latin, jazz and even new age accordion. Paolo has spent the last 10 years specialising in French-themed entertainment as a solo act, and Italian-themed as a duo with  an Italian Singer. Paolo also loves to re-arrange – with his own twist – original songs from various musical ensemble and instrumentations for his unique instrument. He will be demonstrating these techniques and showing you how you can achieve these skills. Focusing on the construction of bass, chords, harmony and rhythm

All levels welcome.

Organiser

Sandra Mackay

 Venue

Drummoyne Municipality Senior Citizens Club, 422 Lyons Rd, Five Dock NSW