At Eileen Hagen Studios, students have been learning to play the accordion since 1961.
PORTLAND, Oregon — Diane Hagen doesn’t remember a time when she didn’t either play the accordion, or recognize the sound of one.
“I think it was because I was in my mom’s stomach for nine months and she was teaching!” said 65-year-old Hagan.
Hagan owns Eileen Hagen Studios at on Northeast Tillamook Street. Her mother, Eileen, opened the studio in 1961, though she had been teaching the accordion since she was 17. Hagen owns the studio now and carries on her mother’s legacy.
“She was kind and she
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