Promoting Excellence in Accordion Education and Performance
Upcoming Events
July 16 - 20, 2025. We invite you to our 83rd Annual Festival.
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Sheraton Lisle
Lisle (Chicago area), IL
"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together."
--Joan C. Sommers, Conductor
About the ATG
The Accordionists & Teachers Guild, International is a non-profit organization of accordion teachers, students, composers, professional musicians, and hobbyists from around the world. Its goal is to foster an appreciation of this remarkable instrument and its music.
Since its establishment in 1940 by the late Anthony Galla-Rini and colleagues, the ATG has garnered international prestige and respect for its ongoing pursuit of excellence in music education.
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The ATG offers scholarships, hosts seminars, workshops, concerts, recitals, and an annual festival -- all of which provide accordion education and performance opportunities for players of all ages and levels.
News and Events
One benefit to ATG membership is access to the popular FREE online workshops that are offered every two weeks during the fall and spring. Recordings of these workshops are available for members in the members only section of the website.
All workshops are held via Zoom at 7:00 pm. cst.
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Credit Cards now accepted!
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ATG is now accepting credit cards as a form of payment for your membership, donation and online store purchases.
Accordionists and Teachers Guild to Receive $10,000 Grant
from the National Endowment for the Arts to Support 2024 Festival.
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The ATG Syllabus is an outline of both the Practical and Written requirements for the completion of nine different levels related to the study of the accordion. This includes the requirements for solo performance, the building of technique in both hands, aural and sight-reading skills, as well as general musical knowledge. There are suggestions for accomplishing these requirements but there is room also for your own choices to be made in the many selections of solos, exercises, and studies. The works of many composers and arrangers from several different countries are included in these lists.
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The price is $30 for ATG members and $50 for non-members.
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