Video above of the CIA World Accordion Orchestra X performance in Lithuania.

Original music by ATG former President and current executive board member, Amy Jo Sawyer, was performed at the “Coupe Mondiale” World Championships and Festival in Kaunas, Lithuania, Sept. 29, 2018 by sixty accordionists and percussionists from around the world.

The World Accordion Orchestra X was directed by Prof. Joan Sommers who had selected the Amy Jo composition “Recuerdos” (Memories) as one of three compositions by American composers for this international event.

Other compositions by Amy Jo Sawyer are available online:
sawyer01 – Diggin’ Dorian
sawyer02 – Elida
sawyer03 – Juntos (“Together”)
sawyer04 – La Fiesta
sawyer05 – Opus 5-6-4
sawyer06 – Recuerdos (Memories)

Amy Jo Sawyer has released two CD’s:
catalog amy01 According to Amy CD
catalog amy02 Classically Amy CD

The other two compositions performed were “Serenata” by Leroy Anderson, and music from “West Side Story” by Leonard Bernstein. Amy Jo performed with the orchestra as well as ATG members Kevin Friedrich, Liz Finch, and Beverley Fess.

For further information: AmyJo@apci.net