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Lynn Ewing was born and raised in San Diego, California, where she started playing accordion at age seven. Later, Lynn directed five accordion bands and taught more than a hundred young children play accordion with the Robert Mitchell Accordion Studio. Lynn received certification in the Orff Method of Music Instruction and taught as the Music Specialist at El Granada Elementary School until recently. Currently Lynn teaches private accordion students and plays and entertains with two accordion ensembles, the Accordion Chamber Ensemble and AbsolutAccord.

Joe Simoni has been playing accordion for almost fifty years and has studied with San Francisco’s own Michael Corino and Professor Giovanni Vitale, an accomplished and highly respected accordion instructor from Lucca, Italy. Joe is the leader of the JPS Band, which has been entertaining audiences from Napa to Monterey. Joe is also proud and honored to be one of the three original accordionists in AbsolutAccord.

Sharon Walters Greyhosky began playing the accordion at age six. In addition to playing bass accordion in AbsolutAccord, Sharon is a member of the Accordion Chamber Ensemble (ACE), plays with Goat Hall Productions, San Francisco's cabaret opera company and accompanies poetry presenters at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley. Sharon is a member of the Accordion Teachers Guild; she resides and teaches accordion in San Francisco.

Richard Yaus studied with the German accordion virtuoso Georg Schwenk, while winning music competitions in the solo, duo and orchestra categories during the 1980’s and 90’s. Richard attended conducting classes held at the conservatory in Munich and in Trossingen, led his own accordion orchestra, played accordion parts in opera and musical theater in and around Munich, and later joined his teacher’s accordion ensemble and orchestra. The avid accordionist founded AbsolutAccord seven years ago using many of his teacher’s arrangements. Richard recently performed music by Astor Piazzolla as part of the chamber music series with the Palo Alto Philharmonic, and with the Redwood Symphony in Shostakovich's Suite for Variety Orchestra.

Norma Zonay is originally from Southern California. Norma has entertained since her teens, was lead singer and accordionist touring with her own trio for a number of years, playing in clubs, shows and radio. Norma teamed for several years in a violin/accordion duo with a noted violin impresario in Salt Lake City, doing POPS Concerts and a weekly variety TV show. Norma now teaches in her studio in San Jose and performs with Bellows and Bow, a violin/accordion duo, and with AbsolutAccord.