Lisa Haley and The Zydekats


Gigi "Gee" Rabe - accordion and vocals

"Gee" Rabe (Rob-bee) is on fire!

She is our "L.A. Accordion Diva!"




Performances and recordings: Micky Dolenz (Monkees,) Never Shout Never
Haberdashery Ensemble, Hollow Trees, Tonia Bern-Campbell, The Vignatis, Extreme Klezmer Makeover, Pangea
Featured on Disney films "Toy Story" and "Hotel Transylvania," "Klutter": Fox 11 cartoon soundtrack

Musicals include Tug of War, Fiddler on the Roof, Carnival, Le Miracle de Piaf,
Le Cage aux Folles, performed at the Bourgas International Folk Festival, Bulgaria

Guest Soloist with Symphony Orchestras
 
Radio and TV:
YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, Paris Episodes and New Year's Eve Episode
FRIENDS, 10th Season, "Phoebe's Wedding" character Marjorie
KTLA Morning News
Pirate Radio
KLON

Awards:
11 college scholarships and grants, including:
UCLA's Fine Arts Trust Award and Inter-ethnic Studies Grant
Accordion Federation of North America's Virtuoso champion in classical and jazz music,

Teaching: UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology
Music classes (preschool to college) since 1984;
Music Lecturer and Steel Drum Band Director at CSU Northridge since 1995;
Music Faculty, Santa Monica College in 2007-2008

Education:
Ph.D. Coursework, M.A. in Ethnomusicology, UCLA
B.M., Performance (Commercial), CSU Long Beach

Gigi is a protoge of: Frank Marocco, Sunny Sauceda and Otoño Lujan, Robert Greenidge, Marcel Loeffler, Ivan Milev, and Petar Ralchev for accordion;
Len "Boogsie" Sharpe on steel drums;
Francisco Aguabella on congas

Gee is also a fine Steel Drum player.




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