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When Dee Langley first played
the accordion at the age of four,
she could not have known that
her love for the instrument and
her passion for music would eventually
reap her numerous first place
honors, take her to Europe, and
earn her several guest appearances
as accordionist with the Minnesota
Orchestra and the
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.
As a professional, Dee has participated
in seminars and symposiums on
accordion styles and techniques
in Chatel, France and Klingenthal,
East Germany. She also has performed
with the
Dolina Polish Folk Dancers
and Ethnic
Dance Theatre as well as officiating
as Director of The EDT Folk Orchestra.
Concert tours of Poland, France
and the Czech Republic, respectively,
being a few of the highlights
of her tenures with these companies.
On several occasions, Dee has
been asked to perform accordion
works not only with the Minnesota
Orchestra and St. Paul Chamber
Orchestra, but also the Bloomington
Symphony Orchestra, Philomusica,
The St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra
and the Northwoods Classical Players
(members of the Chicago Symphony).
She has also premiered compositions
with the Ancia Quartet, the Minneapolis
Philharmonic and Minnesota
Philharmonic Orchestra and
has worked with contemporary composers
including, Peter
Blauvelt, Mary Ellen Childs,
Becky Dale, Shelley Hanson, Mark
Hellem, Carleton Macy, Carole
Saline and Kim Sherman to expand
the visibility of classical accordion
with other instruments.
Dee Langley currently lives in
Minneapolis, performs with Orkestar
Bez Ime (OBI) and the Greybach
Trio. Ms. Langley is also co-founder
the Minnesota
Accordion Club and recipient
of their 2002 Lifetime Accordion
Award. She also teaches accordion
in the Metro area of Minneapolis/St.
Paul, Minnesota.
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