Our 11th Annual Honorary Director – 2001 Joe Smiell, of Austro-Hungarian descent, escaped a life of indentured cole mining by winning a scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory. His father, who died of black-lung disease at the age of 52, would often sing with the other coal miners to raise their spirits. Joe never forgot theContinue reading “Joe Smiell”
Mark your calendars for the 30th Annual Cotati Accordion Festival. August 22 & 23, 2020. Looking forward to another multi-cultural, multi-generational, musical extravaganza.
