NAME Concert dates - Spring 2014

[MMDavis]

THE NEW AMERICAN MANDOLIN ENSEMBLE
“Contemporary classical music for plucked string instruments reflecting folk, jazz and world music influences”

SPRING CONCERTS 2014

DEBUT PERFORMANCE:
Sunday, April 6, 2014. 3:00 PM
THE TANG PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
The Rectory School, 528 Pomfret St., Pomfret , CT 06258
$15.00.
Friday, May 9 7:00 PM

GREAT FALLS COFFEE HOUSE
The Discovery Center Great Hall
2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA 01376
(413) 863-3221
Sliding fee $6-12, children free.
http://greatfallsdiscoverycenter.org/home

Saturday, May 10 8:00 PM
THE BING ARTS CENTER
716 Sumner Ave., Springfield, MA
(413) 731-9730
Tickets $15
http://bingartscenter.org/
For tickets call 413-731-9730 or write to brian@bingartscenter.org

The NEW AMERICAN MANDOLIN ENSEMBLE will be performing at the invitation-only EUROFESTIVAL 2014 in Bruchsal, Germany, in May of this year. Their tours will include dates in Saarland and the Netherlands. The purpose of the tour is to present the best of new original compositions for plucked strings from the USA. In their spring concerts, NAME will be featuring works by Chris Acquavella, Owen Hartford, Frank Wallace, Clarice Assad, Michael Nix, Mark Davis, and others.

The New American Mandolin Ensemble is directed by Mark M. Davis. The members are:
Mandolin: Bob Asprinio, Mark M. Davis, Mark Levesque, David Miller
Mandola: Robert A. Margo, August Watters
Classical guitar: Beverly Davis, Judith Handler
Bass: Jim Bates

Visit NAME on Facebook
(https://www.facebook.com/NewAmericanMandolinEnsemble )
or at its website
http://www.namandolinensemble.com/

[MMDavis]

David Miller just put together this very entertaining musical collage of excerpts from the New American Mandolin Ensemble's upcoming concert at the Tang Center - the same program we will be presenting in Europe at the Eurofestival 2014 in Bruchsal. The video highlights the energy and rhythmic vitality of this repertoire. Note that it ends with Chris Acquavella's very cool "Yutuma"! (We love that piece, Chris!).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfGP...ature=youtu.be