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James P. O'Brien
has been a Professor of Music at The University of Arizona School
of Music faculty since 1975.
Since his retirement, he holds the academic rank of Professor Emeritus.
He received his B.S. in General Studies from Portland State University
and an M. Ed. in Music from Central Washington State College. In 1969
he was awarded the Ph. D. in Music Education at the University of
Colorado. He also holds an MBA. from Arizona State University (1986)
in marketing and finance.
Before coming to The University of Arizona, he taught public school
music and math in Oregon and served as an Associate Professor of Music
at Oregon College of Education as well as a Senior Lecturer at Torrens
College of Advanced Education in South Australia.
Dr. O'Brien has authored 8 published textbooks and several articles
in national journals. He has been the recipient of numerous grants
dedicated to the improvement of classroom music teaching through technology.
His performance specialty is the keyboard and he is an avid accordionist
as well as an arranger/composer of accordion music including over
150 original compositions and arrangements.
He has produced three accordion CDs as a soloist and founded the Accordion
Club of Tucson in 1998.
Since retirement from The University of Arizona in 2003, he has traveled
extensively throughout the U.S., volunteering at lighthouses as a
guide/interpreter as well as providing lectures on the history of
accordion, which incorporate live performance and demonstration. He
has written and directed numerous musicals for community groups and
is also the author of a book on retirement: The Realities of Retirement. |
Notes from
the arranger/composer for each accordion piece of this large catalog
of many different styles and types of accordion music by James P O'Brien:
obriens001 - La Valse Soyeux
obriens002 - Tengo Tango
obriens003 - De Colores
obriens004 - Denis Murphy’s Slide
obriens005 - Londonderry Air
obriens006 - A Rag In Time
obriens007 - The Boys Of Bluehill
obriens008 - Arranmore
obriens009 - Donegal Mazurka
obriens010 - Theme And 15 Variations For
Piano Accordion
obriens011 - Scotland the Brave
obriens012 - Scarborough Fair
obriens013 - Botany Bay
obriens014 - Dodecaphonic Dawn
obriens015 - Tarantella
obriens016 - Give Me That Old Time Religion
obriens017 - Chuperlika
obriens018 - O Bury Me Not
obriens019 - Loch Lomond
obriens020 - Dubinushka
obriens021 - Waltzing Matilda
obriens022 - Tyrolienne
obriens023 - A Boat From Chios
obriens024 - Ushti, Ushti, Baba
obriens025 - Jerakina
obriens026 - Early One Morning
obriens027 - Dance
obriens028 - Adiós
obriens029 - Russian Melody
obriens030 - Tiritomba
obriens031 - Erinaki
obriens032 - Karapiet
obriens033 - The Wabash Cannonball
obriens034 - Dance
obriens035 - The Lover’s Knot
obriens036 - Auld Lang Syne
obriens037 - Bridal Jig
obriens038 - Come Back To Sorrento
obriens039 - Drink to My Only With Thine
Eyes
obriens040 - Ductia
obriens041 - East Boldon Jig
obriens042 - El Carretero
obriens043 - El Reloj
obriens044 - Fa La Nana, Bambin
obriens045 - Fragosiriani
obriens046 - I Gave My Love A Cherry
obriens047 - Katyusha
obriens048 - Kerfank
obriens049 - La Cucaracha
obriens050 - La Jesusita
obriens051 - Little Fugueing
obriens052 - Mein Hut
obriens053 - Minka
obriens054 - Pancakes
obriens055 - Pat-A-Pan
obriens056 - Pletionka
obriens057 - Portsmouth (Old Air)
obriens058 - Sailor’s Hornpipe
obriens059 - Santa Lucia
obriens060 - Skip To My Lou
obriens061 - Staten Island Hornpipe
obriens062 - The Mudgee Waltz
obriens063 - The Old Bullock Dray
obriens064 - Vdol Pa Ulitzye
obriens065 - The Village Tavern
obriens066 - Waltz
obriens067 - Yankee Doodle
obriens068 - A La Nanita Nana
obriens069 - A Thousand Miles Away
obriens070 - Battle Of Loudon
obriens071 - Bella Bimba
obriens072 - Brandoliña
obriens073 - Bring A Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
obriens074 - Cielito Lindo
obriens075 - Country Garden
obriens076 - Dance From Hessen
obriens077 - Danse
obriens078 - Fais Dodo
obriens079 - Folk Song
obriens080 - Ghialo, Ghialo
obriens081 - The Girl I Left Behind Me
obriens082 - Home On The Range
obriens083 - Julida Polka
obriens084 - Kato Sto Ghialo
obriens085 - Lads of Dunse
obriens086 - Leeds Polka
obriens087 - Love Song
obriens088 - Moreton Bay
obriens089 - O Sole Mio
obriens090 - Oh No, John. No!
obriens091 - Petite Russie
obriens092 - Rocka My Soul
obriens093 - Soldier’s Joy
obriens094 - St. Patrick’s Day
obriens095 - Streets of Laredo
obriens096 - The Dying Stockman
obriens097 - Twa Sisters o Binnorie
obriens098 - Vo Polye Berioza Stoyala
obriens099 - With Sounds of Pipes
obriens100 - A Highland Lad
obriens101 - A Nautical Yarn
obriens102 - Annie Laurie
obriens103 - Arkansas Traveler
obriens104 - Blue Bells of Scotland
obriens105 - Chiapanecas
obriens106 - Every Night When The Sun Goes
In
obriens107 - Foggy Dew
obriens108 - Greensleeves
obriens109 - Helena Polka
obriens110 - La Golondrina
obriens111 - Le Chat à Jeannette
obriens112 - Little Brown Jug
obriens113 - Marianina
obriens114 - Mi Tormento
obriens115 - Midnight in Moscow
obriens116 - O Du Lieber Augustine
obriens117 - Pentozalis
obriens119 - Psaropoula
obriens120 - Red River Valley
obriens121 - Román Castillo
obriens118 - Plaisir d’amour
obriens122 - The Sailor’s Hornpipe
obriens123 - Skye Boat Song
obriens124 - Sweet Maid of Glendaruel
obriens125 - The Wild Colonial Boy
obriens126 - Tinker Polka
obriens127 - Troika
obriens128 - Valse è Delsay
obriens129 - What Shall We Do With A Drunken
Sailor
obriens130 - A Bushman’s Song
obriens131 - As I Went Out
obriens132 - Bagpiper’s Carol
obriens133 - Bielbie’s Hornpipe
obriens134 - Björnborgarnes Marsch
obriens135 - Carnival of Venice
obriens136 - Click Go the Shears
obriens137 - Jenny Lind Polka
obriens138 - My Last Farewell to Stirling
obriens139 - Shenandoah
obriens140 - Take This Hammer
obriens141 - Worried Man Blues
obriens142 - Danse Deux
obriens143 - John Peel
obriens144 - March Of The Kings
obriens145 - O Soldier, Soldier
obriens146 - The Queensland Drover
obriens147 - With My Swag All On My Shoulder
obriens148 - Garryowen
obriens149 - Irish Washerwoman
obriens150 - Kesh Jig
obriens151 - The Sailor’s Hornpipe
obriens152 - Scottish Whistle
obriens153 - St. Patrick’s Day
obriens154 - Wearing Of The Green
obriens155 - Die Musica
obriens156 - Muss I Denn
obriens157 - On The Bridge Of Avignon
obriens158 - Samiotissa
obriens159 - Schwesterlein
obriens160 - Vive La Compagnie
obriens161 - Talk To Me
obriens162 - Tarantella-Napolitana
obriens163 - Tiritomba
obriens164 - Vieni Sul Mar
obriens165 - Wild Mountain Thyme
obriens166 - Windmiller Polka
obriens167 - As I Went Out
obriens168 - Bagpiper’s Carol
obriens169 - Carnival of Venice
obriens170 - Cicirinella
obriens171 - Hopak
obriens172 - I Maccheroni
obriens173 - Kalinka
obriens174 - La Bamba
obriens175 - La Tumba
obriens176 - Las Mañanitas
obriens177 - Laughing Polka
obriens178 - O Du Lieber Augustine
obriens179 - Butcher’s Hornpipe
obriens180 - J’ai Du Bon Tabac
obriens181 - Morning Has Broken
obriens182 - Still, Still, Still
obriens183 - The Minstrel Boy
obriens184 - Die Latern
obriens185 - Du, Du Liegst Mir Im Herzen
obriens186 - La Cárcel de Cananea
obriens187 - Le roi d-Yvetot
obriens188 - Passacaglia in c minor for Accordion
obriensxmas189 - Deck The Halls
obriensxmas190 - Ding Dong! Merrily On High
obriensxmas191 - Go, Tell It On the Mountain
obriensxmas192 - God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
obriensxmas193 - Good Christian Men, Rejoice
obriensxmas194 - Good King Wenceslas
obriensxmas195 - Angels From the Realms of
Glory
obriensxmas196 - Angels We Have Heard On
High
obriensxmas197 - As Lately We Watched
obriensxmas198 - Away in a Manger
obriensxmas199 - Carol of the Bells
obriensxmas200 - Come, Thou Long-Expected
Jesus
obriensxmas201 - Hark! The Herald Angels
Sing
obriensxmas202 - Here We Come A-Caroling
obriensxmas203 - I Heard the Bells on Christmas
Day
obriensxmas204 - I Saw Three Ships
obriensxmas205 - I Wonder As I Wander
obriensxmas206 - It Came Upon The Midnight
Clear
obriensxmas207 - Jingle Bells
obriensxmas208 - Lo, How a Rose E're Blooming
obriensxmas209 - O Christmas Tree
obriensxmas210 - O Come, All Ye Faithful
obriensxmas211 - O Come, O Come Immanuel
obriensxmas212 - O Little Town of Bethlehem
obriensxmas213 - Once in Royal David's City
obriensxmas214 - Silent Night
obriensxmas215 - The Boar's Head
obriensxmas216 - The First Noël
obriensxmas217 -The Friendly Beasts
obriensxmas218 - The Holly and the Ivy |
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