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  1. Gean Vincent Almendras: Junior Mandolin Recital

    Hello everyone. I'd like to extend an open invitation for anyone in the area to attend a FREE Mandolin recital. Please join myself and other artists in a celebration of mandolin music for my Junior...
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    Re: Flatwound mandolin strings

    Has anyone tried flatwound strings with a nylon/nylgut core or non-metal core? Or even non-metal core strings? I'm referring specifically to G & D strings in the set. I purchased two sets of Savarez...
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    Re: Flatwound mandolin strings

    Thanks for the info. I looked up the strings on the Strings by Mail site but could only find the Optima Flatwound Mediums... didn't see the Soloist line offered. Maybe they took it off their shelves....
  4. Re: New Ann Arbor (area) Mandolin Orchestra

    Hi there,

    Thanks for your interest and sorry I haven't had the chance to reply sooner.
    We would love to have you! We currently have a Facebook group going as well as a page:

    Ann Arbor...
  5. Re: New Ann Arbor (area) Mandolin Orchestra

    Hi Bob,

    Thanks for your well wishes and advice on grant funding. It would be a big help in possibly giving a honorarium to our director/instructor, Francesco, as a token of thanks for sharing his...
  6. Re: New Ann Arbor (area) Mandolin Orchestra

    I spoke with my instructor and based on everyone else's responses, I think a date in early-mid April would be the best time to have our first rehearsal / meet & greet. Until then I'll work to...
  7. Re: New Ann Arbor (area) Mandolin Orchestra

    I’m very excited for the amount of interest we have now. I’d like to have our first rehearsal some time at the end of the month or maybe the beginning of April once it gets a little warmer and safer...
  8. Re: New Ann Arbor (area) Mandolin Orchestra

    Hey Jared,
    I think I’ve seen you around the Moore building before but never had the chance to say hi. I’m an Ethnomusicology student under SMTD and the UM Center for Southeast Asian Studies. Sorry...
  9. Re: New Ann Arbor (area) Mandolin Orchestra

    Nice to hear from all of you. The group can be found on Facebook under “Ann Arbor Mandolin & Guitar Orchestra”. Here is the link to the group as well: https://m.facebook.com/groups/189064908213526
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  10. New Ann Arbor (area) Mandolin Orchestra

    Hey friends. My instructor and I are very interested in resurrecting the University of Michigan’s Mandolin club as the new Ann Arbor Mandolin & Guitar Orchestra (much like our friends in the already...
  11. Re: NEED ADVICE: College (best ones for mandolin?)

    I, too, play devil's advocate with myself from time to time especially in this field. It's true that it's a risky business but I've sorted out a career plan that is definitely worthwhile. It is...
  12. Re: NEED ADVICE: College (best ones for mandolin?)

    Probably a little late to this thread but the University of Michigan offers a degree program in music performance and music education with mandolin as a principal instrument on one of it's campuses....
  13. Re: I'm a Music Major in Mandolin Performance. Find out more...

    Sweet! Please let them know, I'm always in the area and up for a get together with other musicians of the sort. The campus would be a great location for rehearsals and I know my instructor,...
  14. Re: I'm a Music Major in Mandolin Performance. Find out more...

    Thank you, Mark! Yes, I am very much enjoying my time here! I am only a first year student butthe amount of repertoire I have played in the short time I have been attending this school is amazing!...
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    Re: Scholarship

    Probably a little late to this thread but the University of Michigan offers a degree program in music performance and music education with mandolin as a principal instrument on one of it's campuses....
  16. I'm a Music Major in Mandolin Performance. Find out more...

    If you are passionate enough about the mandolin and have given some thought to majoring in music with mandolin as a principal instrument but could not find a school offering a degree program, well...
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    Re: Mandolin Scholarships

    Probably a little late to this thread but the University of Michigan offers a degree program in music performance and music education with mandolin as a principal instrument on one of it's campuses....
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    Re: Mandolin, University, and me

    Probably a little late to this thread but the University of Michigan offers a degree program in music performance and music education with mandolin as a principal instrument on one of it's campuses....
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    Re: University Mandolin Program?

    Probably a little late to this thread but the University of Michigan offers a degree program in music performance and music education with mandolin as a principal instrument on one of it's campuses....
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