Los Angeles, Calif. — In conjunction with the second International Roland V-Accordion Festival, Roland Corporation U.S. held the first ever U.S. V-Accordion Festival in Los Angeles on September 20, 2008. Contestants hailed from all over the country, and played in styles ranging from Jazz to Celtic. Each contestant was given an FR-7 V-Accordion to play during their five-minute performance.

A panel of five judges including Frank Marocco, Joan Cochran Sommers and Eddie Monteiro awarded top honors to finalist Joseph Natoli. As the grand prize winner, Natoli will fly to Rome, Italy on November 7, 2008 to participate in the International Accordion Festival and compete against 15 other countries, courtesy of Roland.

“Roland is proud to promote accordion music at its finest, and we were very excited about the number of participants and great quality of musicianship,” says Roland V-Accordion Festival event coordinator Ron Lankford.

For more information on the newest V-Accordions from Roland, visit:

www.rolandus.com/products/productlist.aspx?ParentId=32

Roland Corporation is a leading manufacturer and distributor of electronic musical instruments, including keyboards and synthesizers, guitar products, electronic percussion, digital recording equipment, amplifiers, audio processors, and multimedia products. With over 35 years of musical instrument development, Roland sets the standard in music technology for the world to follow. For more information, visit www.RolandUS.com.

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