I got a call from the ALS Hope Foundation asking me to put up something about their fundraiser for the Accordion Pops Concert coming up. It features The Accordion Pops Orchestra. Everyone should go to this.
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(Updated April, 2010)
Originally from California, his formal education includes study of arranging, composition and piano performance at California State University Northridge in Los Angeles as well as accordion at the Acme Accordion School in Westmont, NJ with Stanley Darrow and Joanna Arnold.
Dallas has recently recorded and performed with national guitar flatpicking champion Mark Cosgrove . The new record is to be released later this year (2010).
He has performed with Grammy nominee and Polka accordion icon Alex Meixner.
Dallas has recently recorded on the new record of The Orphan Trains. The new record is to be released later this year (2010).
Dallas wrote and performed original music to the 2009 Philadelphia Fringe Fest show Cirque Ular. As well as the 2008 juggling/drama The Comet Line, which was produced by The Give and Take Jugglers.
Dallas is the musical director for film and television (Airplane, The Love Boat) actress Jill Whelan. Their show Dry Dock was performed at the Zipper Theater, The Daryl Roth Theater, and a three week engagement at the Metropolitan Room in New York City.
His professional experience also includes performances with groups large and small at legendary clubs such as The Jazz Bakery and Catalina's Bar in Los Angeles.
Member of the American Accordionists' Association
