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John Serry, Sr. (born Giovanni Serrapica; January 29, 1915 – September 14, 2003) was an accomplished concert accordionist virtuoso, arranger, composer, organist and educator who performed on the CBS Radio and CBS Television networks. As a concert artist and soloist he elevated the use of the accordion within a full range of professional orchestral ensembles for over four decades during the early twentieth century. == Biography == Born Giovanni Serrapica in Brooklyn, New York to Italian-American parents Pasquale Serrapica and Anna Balestrieri of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy, Serry pursued an artistic career which spanned seven decades. As an exponent of Latin American music and the free-bass accordion, he attained recognition through live radio and television performances on the CBS radio and television networks which were broadcast throughout the United States. He acquired additional recognition as the featured piano accordion soloist on the radio music program ''Viva America'', which was broadcast live to South America under the United States Department of State's Office for Inter-American Affairs' (OCIAA) cultural initiative for Voice of America during World War II.〔''The New York Times'', 8 January 1941, p. 18〕〔''The New York Times'', 1 January 1942, p. 27〕〔''The New York Times'', 10 May 1942, p. SM10〕〔''The New York Times'', 28 February 1943, p. X9〕〔''Time'', 1 June 1942〕 As a member of the CBS Pan American Orchestra (1940–1949) and the Columbia Concert Orchestra (1940–1949), Serry achieved success as a professional concert accordionist and featured soloist thereby helping to gain recognition for his instrument on the concert stage. Several of his broadcasts with the CBS Orchestra (1949–1960) on the CBS network are available to researchers and members of the general public as part of the permanent archive collection of The Paley Center for Media in New York. His professional studies were pursued with the 20th-century composer and music educator Robert Strassburg (1915–2003)〔''The New York Times'', 18 November 1945, p. 50〕 (who had studied with Igor Stravinsky and Paul Hindemith) and the theater organist Arthur Guttow (who was featured at the keyboard of the Mighty Wurlitzer in the Radio City Music Hall). Through his concert engagements over a forty-year period, Serry performed within a wide ranging spectrum of orchestral ensembles including: Big Band jazz orchestras (see ''The 1930s'' below), classical concert orchestras. (See ''The 1940s and the 1960s'' below), network radio and television orchestras (see ''The 1940s and the 1950s'' below) and Broadway Theater orchestras. (See ''The 1950s and the 1960s'' below). In the process, he demonstrated the accordion's flexibility as an orchestral instrument at such concert venues as: the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center (1935);〔 the Starlight Roof at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel (1936–1937);〔''Accordion News'', November, 1937〕〔''Accordion World'', March, 1946, Vol. 11 #11〕 Radio City Music Hall (1935);〔''The New York Times'', June 27, 1935, p.16〕 the Palmer House in Chicago (1938);〔''The Los Angeles Examiner'', 9 October 1938, p. 1〕 the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California (1938);〔 Carnegie Hall with Alfredo Antonini conducting (1946);〔''The New York Times'',12 May 1946,p.42〕 the Plaza Hotel (1940s); Town Hall (1941–1942);〔''The Nation'', 7 March 1942, Vol. 154, #10〕〔''The New York Times'', 1 March 1942 p.36〕〔''The New York Times'' 28 May 1941 p.32〕 the Ed Sullivan Theater (1959) for CBS television (see below); the Empire Theater (New York) (1953);〔''The Internet Broadway Database'', http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=2342〕〔''New York Journal-American'', 25 May 1953 p.15〕 the 54th Street Theater(1965);〔''The Internet Broadway Database'', http://ibdb.com/production.asp?id=3274〕 the Majestic Theatre (1968);〔''The Internet Broadway Database'', http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=3213〕 The Broadway Theatre (1968);〔''The Internet Broadway Database''http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=3115〕 the Imperial Theater (1968);〔''The Internet Broadway Database'', http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?id=3348〕 the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center (1968);〔''The New York Times'', 22 November 1968 p. 39〕〔''The New York Times'', 17 November 1968 p. D10〕〔''The New York Times'', 12 January 1969 p. D4〕 and such New York society nightspots as El Morocco, El Chico and The Riviera in the 1930s. (See ''Biography'' below). Serry augmented his accordion work as an organist later in life. He held a thirty-five year tenure performing as a free-lance organist at the Interfaith Chapel on the Long Island University C. W. Post Campus in Brookville, New York where he specialized as both a performer and composer of interfaith liturgical music and classical music. (See ''The 1970s–2002'' below). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Serry, Sr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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