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Stories can convey truths that are difficult to express in other ways. By this time, I imagine there are many stories that we could share about music making during and after COVID - please...
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Stories can convey truths that are difficult to express in other ways. By this time, I imagine there are many stories that we could share about music making during and after COVID - please...
Thanks to the Cafe for featuring our group, and this recording!
Thanks again for looking over the snakehead H-2, James1. It's in the mix with other instruments, but you can hear the Centaur on the recently released ETSU Mandolin Orchestra recording - the Cafe...
Here's a live performance of some of the material from the album (in the space it was recorded...), with photos of the group.
I am still in wonder that some of these folks had never played the...
Thanks, Jim,
About notation - I can ask - which in particular are you interested in?
Hi, folks, here's the bandcamp release of the ETSU Mandolin Orchestra album:
https://etsumandolinorchestra.bandcamp.com/releases
Eager for other folks who like this kind of music to hear the...
Hi, folks - Again, my thanks for the suggestions and corrections. The document is in much better shape with your (and others') contributions. I am grateful for community! Here's the current state...
[QUOTE=joh;1875159]A very naive question: are there mandolin orchestras that don’t play classical music?
To joh -
Well, if our group counts, then yes! Curious to hear what others would say,...
I appreciate your thoughts, Mick! The class issues here are fascinating. I just ordered the Mignano book - thanks for the reference.
...and maybe we can sway you to liking mandolin orchestra...
Thanks so much for the reading, thinking, and suggesting, folks! The essay is in much better shape due to your help!
...and this thread has shifted to the Orchestra genre area.
Robert,
Thanks so much for the careful reading and substantive reply. I will work the historical information in as I am able -- but certainly can give the conclusion a wider scope, and at least...
Thanks so much, Dotty! I appreciate the reference, and the call to action on mandolin orchestra activity!
Hi, folks -
I've attempted to summarize the history of the mandolin and mandolin orchestras for an upcoming recording by the East Tennessee State Mandolin Orchestra. In my line of work, I am called...
...was really most interested in hearing about the essay on Mandolin orchestras - I imagine there are folks here who could spot any major gaffes in the story I spin...
Hi, folks - I might be opening up a barrel of monkeys here, but I figured some folks here could offer timely and constructively critical suggestions/corrections for this text that I am working up for...
... you know, thinking about this, I remembered that our local mandolin (chamber) orchestra undertook the crazy task of re-interpreting Fela Kuti's "Water he no get enemy," with some spanish-language...
Thanks for this list, Joel - of course I should have thought of ILAM!
Among Malagassy players of tsapiky there seem to be instruments referred to as "mandolins" but I'm still not sure what they are, exactly - anyone know more about this territory / style? ...
Great, David! Can't wait to hear it!
Hi, folks - since listening to Afropop Worldwide as a kid growing up, I have had a mix of afropop guitar styles in my head. anyone else have the crazy idea to play (something like) these styles on...
Here are two documentaries with sights and sounds of string band music from overseas: Far Western - http://www.farwesternmovie.com/ and Banjo Romantika - www.banjoromantika.com (stream on demand...
Hi, folks - just wanted to share this recording that my students and I put together at the end of the past Spring semester - it's finally ready to go. There will be at least one more soon- and I...
August - I found this arrangement on IMSLP - https://imslp.org/wiki/Tangos_argentinos_tradicionales_(Brugger%2C_Hans-J%C3%B6rg)
I comb through that site a lot , since it is free and open. If we had...
I know there is a small audience for this kind of ensemble, but I figured I might find it here !
Here's a recording that my students and I made as part of our Mandolin Orchestra course at East...