Education
Graduated in Voice Performance from the Applied Music program at
East Los Angeles Community College
Studied Voice with Ms Katharina Kruger, Ms Judith Townsend, Ms Lori Stinson
Graduated in Piano at Conservatory of L’Aquila, Italy
Graduated in Music Theory at Conservatory of Rome, Italy
Self taught Accordion player since 1989
2026 Various Performances with Fifth Friday (Eagle Rock Public Library, Music Without Border, 3rd installment; Pasadena Folk Dance Coop Party Nights); Solo vocal performance at Temple City Christian Church, CA, Palm Sunday;
2025 Various Performances with Fifth Friday (2 private parties, Pasadena;Awareness Center, Pasadena; Ice Cream Social, Eagle Rock Historic Society: Eagle Rock Public Library, World Music Concert; Pasadena Folk Dance Coop Party Nights); Potluck Band, at Fall Folk Dance Camp, Simi Valley, CA; 2 Eagle RockLibrary Open Mic music with Tom Louie and other guests; Highland Park Music at the Market with Tom Louie (3 performances);
2024 Various Performances with Fifth Friday (Eagle Rock Historical Society, Ice Cream Social and Pasadena Folk Dance Coop Party Nights); Solo vocal performance at Temple City Christian Church, CA, Palm Sunday; Solo performances at Spring and Fall Musicale, Cheryl Cates’ private residence.
2023 Various Performances with Fifth Friday; Solo vocal performances at Temple City Christian Church, CA, Easter Sunday, December; 2 performances with Banna Beag Mall (HOA party in Highland Park; Traditional Folk Gathering in Monrovia); concert with Potluck Band at Fall Folk Dance Camp, Simi Valley, CA; Solo performance at Musicale, Cheryl Cates’ private residence; Christmas Carols, voice and accordion, at The Grove, Garden Grove, CA; musical cameos with Tom Louie and solo at various readings (Eagle Rock Library, L.A.; Flor y Canto, Pasadena); Sing Along (conductor) at Folk Dance Statewide 2023, San Pedro
2022 Solo vocal performance at Temple City Christian Church, CA, Palm Sunday and Christmas; Festival “Entre Vivos Y Muertos,” Mariposa ArtEspacio, Tijuana, Mexico, November; Various Performances with Fifth Friday; concert with Potluck Band at Fall Folk Dance Camp, Simi Valley, CA
2021 Various Performances with Fifth Friday; concert with Potluck Band at Fall Folk Dance Camp, Simi Valley, CA
2020 Winter Festival Concert with Fifth Friday
2019 Vocal Solo at Temple City Christian Church, El Monte, CA, December Celebration; Solo singing and accordion @ Autumn Salon, Café LaDoMi; L.A.; Cal Phil Chorus, Carmen Goes To The Movies, Walt Disney Concert Hall, L.A.; Cal Phil Chorus, Bastille Day Concert, Walt Disney Concert Hall, L.A; Solo vocal performance at Temple City Christian Church, CA, May Service; Solo accordion performance at the Xiem Gallery, Pasadena, Spring and Fall Open Studios; Various Performances with Fifth Friday (Winter Festival, Ice Cream Social) and the Jimm Juback Trio (Lyric Flames, Pasadena);
2018 Mahler Symphony #2, Revolution/Resurrection, SouthEast Symphony, at Royce Hall L.A., CA; Various Performances with Fifth Friday (Winter Festival, Ice Cream Social); Solo accordion performance at the Xiem Gallery, Pasadena;;
2017 Brahms German Requiem, cond. Nancy Holland, at UCC Studio City and at the Hall of Liberty, Burbank, CA; Winter Musicale at Cheryl Cates Residence accompanied by Rick and Lucie Cofield, Pasadena Wagner At The Movies, Choral Concert with CalPhil, Disney Hall, Los Angeles; Solo Singing of S. Houston ‘Stars I Shall Find’ at Temple City’s First Christian Church and Pasadena’s Troop Church (Earth Day Celebration); Elizabethan Songs Recital, acc. Richard Cofield, Lake View Terrace Library, CA; Various Performances with Fifth Friday (Folk Dance Coop, Winter Festival, Eagle Rock Historical Society)
2016 Rutter Gloria, small chorus, UCC Studio City, CA, Nancy Holland Conductor;
Elizabethan Songs acc. R. Coflield, Shakespeare Club of Pasadena, CA; Easter and Christmas Concerts at First Christian Church, Temple City; Urban Echoes with Urban Voices, Skid Row, L.A.; Solo Accordion show for Xiem Gallery, Pasadena; Carmina Burana with South East Symphony, L.A.; Winter and Summer Musicale at Cheryl Cates Residence accompanied by Rick Cofield
Various Performances with Fifth Friday (Folk Dance Coop, Winter Festival, Eagle Rock Historical Society, Altadena Zorthian Ranch);
2015 Beethoven Choral Fantasy with South East Symphony, L.A.; Solo Italian accordion and song, Italian Festival, San Pedro; WindSong in concert, soprano solo, @ The Mc Groarty Arts Center, Tujunga and @The Onion, North Hills, CA; Mozart Requiem, UCC Studio City, CA, Nancy Holland Conductor; St Patrick Day and Lummis Day performances with Banna Beag Mal: Italian Solo Accordion show for Casa Italiana, Los Angeles and Xiem Arts Center; Various Performances with Fifth Friday (Folk Dance Coop, Winter Festival, Eagle Rock Historical Society);
2014 2 Gala Recitals for Ms Townsend Studio
Solo accordion performance at the Xiem Gallery, Pasadena
Schubert Mass in G, UCC Studio City, CA, Nancy Holland Conductor
Solo accordion performance (Italian Folk) at the Aegis of Laguna Niguel
4th of July Concert for First Christian Church, Temple City, CA
Lummis Day and Granada Hills Relay for Cancer Performances with Banna Beag Mall
Various performances with Fifth Friday (Winter Folkdance Festival, Eagle Rock Historic Society Ice Cream Social, Folk Dance Coop)
Nancy Holland Senior Conductor Recital at USC, chorus and solos (Isabella Leonarda, Vespers)
2 Spring Concerts at Pasadena City College with Donald Brinegar Singers
Jenny Wong Senior Conductor Recital, with Donald Brinegar Singers
Rajvon Moore Senior Conductor Recital, with Donald Brinegar Singers
Beethoven 9th Synphony and M. Lauridsend Nocturnes and Winter Songs, Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena, with Donald Brinegar Singers and Pasadena Symphony
2013 Christmas concert for First Christian Church, Temple City
Choral Christmas Concert with S. Monica Symphony
Fall Choral Recital and Holiday Concert with PCC Chamber Singers
Choral Festival at CalState LA with PCC Chamber Singers
“Pasadena Under The Stars” with PCC Chamber Singers
Various performances with Fifth Friday (Winter Folkdance Festival, Eagle Rock Historic Society Ice Cream Social)
Chorus in Un Ballo in Maschera by Vineyard Touring Opera
Gala Recital of Ms Townsend Studio
3 recitals in the ELAC Applied Music Program
2 concerts with ELAC Chamber Chorale (Vivaldi/Gloria;Bach/Magnificat)
Chorus in Noah’s Fludde by LA Opera Community projects
2012 Various performances with Fifth Friday and Banna Beag Mall
Solo accordion performances for private parties and Xiem Studio openings
Chorus in Carmen by Beyond the Stage Opera Company
Marta (adapt. of Marco) in Gianni Schicchi by Vineyard Touring Opera
Chorus in Rigoletto by Casa Italiana Opera Company
Chorus in Tosca by Vineyard Touring Opera
Christmas Concerts and Spring Concerts with ELAC Chamber Chorale
USC and CSULA Choral Festivals with ELAC Chamber Chorale
Soprano solo in Britten, Hymn to the Virgin for ELAC Chamber Chorale
6 recitals in the ELAC Applied Music Program
2011 Various performances with Fifth Friday (Eagle Rock Art Center, Fountain
View Retirement Home, Troop Church in Pasadena) and Banna Beag Mall
(Eagle Rock Farmers market, Mr T Pub, Wisteria Festival in Sierra Madre,
First Christian Church in Studio City, Iranian New Year Gala Event)
Chorus in Dido and Aeneas by Celestial Opera Company
Featured Chorus in Suor Angelica by Celestial Opera Company
Chorus in Cavalleria Rusticana by Vineyard Touring Opera
Chorus in Turandot by Casa Italiana Opera Company
Chorus in Pagliacci by Casa Italiana Opera Company
Chorus in Don Giovanni by Casa Italiana Opera Company
Christmas Concerts with ELAC Chorus
3 recitals in the ELAC Applied Music Program
2 Gala Recitals with the Studio of Ms Judith Townsend
2010 Various performances with Fifth Friday (Eagle Rock Art Center,
Troop Church in Pasadena, private parties in Pasadena) and Banna Beag Mall (Rotary Club, Celtic Art Center, Waldorf School, various Farmers Markets and Restaurants, private party in San Francisco, radio fund raisers in Glendale, Aztech Hotel in Monrovia)
Solo accordion performances as Karagoz (Park Plaza Senior Living, Xiem Clay Center, First Presbiterian Church in Temple City, Goodland Art Gallery in Goleta)
Chorus and solo in the “Madrigal” in Manon Lescaut by Casa Italiana
Christmas Concert with Casa Italiana Opera Company
Chorus in La Gioconda by Casa Italiana Opera Company
Covered Marcellina and featured chorus in The Marriage of Figaro by
Casa Italiana Opera Company
2 Gala Recitals with the Studio of Ms Judith Townsend
Chorus in Norma by Casa Italiana Opera Company
2009 Various performances with Fifth Friday (Eagle Rock Art Center, Eagle Rock Library, Unitarian Church in El Monte, Troop Church in Pasadena) and Banna Beag Mall (Celtic Festival at the Aztech Hotel in Monrovia, Wisteria Festival in Sierra Madre, Mr T Pub in Highland Park, Ireland 32 Pub, la Salle High School, Westminster Gardens, Glendale Unity Fest)
Accordion performances as Karagoz (solo) with Karagoz and with Gypsy Karagoz (The Living Room Gallery in Pasadena – “Of flowers and thorns, Italian Folk Songs”), Mama’s Restaurant, Xiem, Pearlman Cabin in Idilwald, Pasadena Ice House)
Chorus in Yanked fro the Harem by Celestial Opera Company
Chorus in Faust by Celestial Opera Company
All Beethoven and Madrigals and Spirituals with Pasadena Pro Musica
2008 Various performances with Fifth Friday (South Pasadena Conservatory, Pasadena City College, Valley Waldorf School, Troop Church in Pasadena) and Banna Beag Mall (Monrovia Relay for cancer, Monrovia Summer Nights, Concert for the Homeless in Noho, Pasadena Day of Music, Celtic Celebration at CalState L.A., Arcadia Coldwell Bankers Benefit, Holiday Celebrations in Sierra Madre, Ireland 32 Pub in Noho, Arboretum Volunteer’s Gala, Waldorf School Winter Fair)
Accordion solo performances as Karagoz (Xiem Spring and Fall Openings) with Gypsy Karagoz (Valley Waldorf School) and as Kharis and Karagoz (The Living Room Gallery, Pasadena)
Chorus in Julius Caesar by Celestial Opera Company
Chorus in The Bartered Bride by Celestial Opera Company
Chorus in Don Pasquale by Opera Pasadena
Gala Recital with the Studio of Ms Judith Townsend
Mozart Mass in Cm, Contemporary Choral Works on life’s greatest transition, The Lark (3 concerts with Pasadena Pro Musica)
2007 Various performances with Fifth Friday (Statewide Folkdance Festival at Oxnard Performing Center, Troop Church in Pasadena) and Banna Beag Mall (El Sereno Festival, Glendale Unity Festival and more)
Accordion solo performances as Karagoz (Xiem, Narodni Folk Dance, The Living Room Gallery in Pasadena – “Gypsyland, Gypsy music and dance”, various locations for Gypsy Services)
Chorus in Fidelio by Celestial Opera Company
Christmas Cantatas of the German Baroque, Music of R. Vaughan Williams, Bhrams: A German Requiem, Monteverdi’s Vespers (4 concerts
with Pasadena Pro Musica)
2006 Various performances with Fifth Friday and Banna Beag Mall
Accordion solo performances as Karagoz (Xiem Openings in Pasadena, Hey That’s Amore Restaurant in Pasadena, Narodni Folk Dance in Bell Flower, Caltech Folk Dancers in Pasadena, various private parties and art openings) Best of Britten and Puer Natus Hodie (2 concerts with Pasadena Pro Musica)
Broadway Melodies with Arroyo Singers
2005 Various performances with Fifth Friday (Troop Church in Pasadena and other venues) and Banna Beag Mall (Hey That’s Amore, Sisters of Bubik , Bean Town, Taix, The MudPuppy, Talking Sticks and other restaurants around Los Angeles, Underground Gallery in Altadena, El Sereno festival plus private parties, farmer markets, hotels and festivals)
Accordion solo performances as Karagoz (private parties, art openings)
In Dulce Jubilo and Musical Myrths with Arroyo Singers
2004 Various performances with Fifth Firday and Banna Beag Mall
In Dulce Jubilo and A Festival of Folk Songs with Arroyo Singers
1997 “Sweet & Sour” – Old Italian Love Songs”, 2 Max’s, L.A., CA
1995 “Concerto di Musica Sacra”, S. Bonaventura Church, Frascati, Italy
1994 “Concerto di Musica Sacra”, S. Bonaventura Church, Frascati, Italy
1989/93
Several Concerts and Galas with Musica Sacra in Rome, Italy
Recordings (CDs, DVDs, Youtube)
2018 Liliano Mome-Xiem -rec. Buzhard Dakota
2011 Suor Angelica and Dido & Aeneas DVDs – Celestial Opera Company; Cavalleria Rusticana DVD _ Vineyard Touring Company
2010 La Gioconda, Le Nozze di Figaro, Manon Lescaut and Norma DVDs – Casa Italiana
2009 The Abduction from the seraglio, Julius Caesar and The Bartered Bride DVDs – Celestial Opera Company; Sweet and Sour, produced as Karagoz with Terry Cano, CD
2008 Don Pasquale DVD – Opera Pasadena; The Sky Boat Song, Eileen Oge, The Ash Grove, The Raising of the moon, D Polkas You Tubes – Banna Beag Mall
2007 Fidelio DVD – Celestial Opera; Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem, Monteverdi Vespro della Beata Vergine CDs – Pasadena Pro Musica
2006 Best of Britten CD – Pasadena Pro Musica
2005 We’ll play for food CD – Banna Beag Mall