Tunes for April 6

Here's a preliminary tune list for our April 6 gig at Ramsey County Care Center:

The X-Town Interchange Rag

Because

Day Tripper

The Waltz Lesson

Wedding March Set

The Italian Suite

Goldfinger

Joropo de Lara

Entry of the Gladiators

Crystal Ship Waltz

Suite nach japanischen Kinderliedern

Where No Mandolin Has Gone Before

LMO plays Fucik

I found a YouTube video of the Louisville Mandolin Orchestra playing Entry of the Gladiators.  It was recorded in 1993 and led by a young and bouncy Jim Bates.  Here's the link, for your entertainment and play-along practice:  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp_WLlB2MYs

There's also a link to the video on our "current tunes" page.

mandobass player

What is more cool than a mandocello? Maybe a mandobass? Well, we might have a mandobassist join us! Right before our Sunday gig, a guy asked me if our MMO included mandolas, mandocellos, etc., then he mentioned mandobass. My eyes widened because I thought about playing a mandobass at one point, but 3 reasons prevented me: (1) I don't think there's much volume in a mandobass; (2) a mandobass is hard to hold in your lap; (3) a mandobass is hard to transport, not to mention I'd have to buy one. So I gave up that dream. But this guy, who said he doesn't OWN a mandobass, might join us. He was in a hurry and had to leave, so I directed him to our website and let him know that our rehearsals are on Monday nights. We'll see if he joins us!

Nice playing today, ladies and gents. There was some good listening going on, good dynamics! Onward and upward!

Gigue from Bach Partita

If anyone wants to give a try on the gigue Caterina LIchtenberg and Mike Marshall played last night, I found the partita on IMSLIP and cut it down just to the gigue part. You'll have to contact Mike Marshall if you want the mandocello part.

Look in my MobileMe public folder under Scores. It's the one entitled IMSLIP01307-BWV1004-Gigue.pdf

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free ticket to marshall concert

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Marshall, Lichtenburg, Ostroushko at the Cedar

The Cedar is hosting a concert featuring Mike Marshall, Caterina Lichtenburg, and Peter Ostroushko on Friday, March 6.  For more information, see

http://www.thecedar.org/mike_marshall_big_trio

Sebastopol Mando Ensemble

This might sound familiar. They have few others posted, including La Paloma.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxH5d2fSLUo

Summer Camp

I'm planning to attend the Mandolin Symposium again this summer at the University of California Santa Cruz. They are doing pre-registration now. The total cost of the symposium is $1185 and includes housing and food. it begins Monday June 22 and ends Saturday June 27th.

I was very impressed with the value this symposium has - a full scale concert every night, morning discussions with the instructors about their influences, and a full set of classes every day, plus a small ensemble workshop and a full orchestra workshop. And did I mention jam sessions (these don't even start until after the evening concert, and run until late in the evening?

They have two classical instructors this year - Carlo Aonzo and Caterina Licthenberg. Last year, I selected the Symposium because of the variety of instructors, but found myself blown away by Caterina and ended up attending most of her classes.

In addition, this year instructors also include Peter Ostroushko, Rich DelGrosso (blues), Emory Lester and the choro guys Dudu Maia and Danilo Brito. Oh yeah, and Mike Marshall and David Grisman.

It'd be fun to see other MMO folks this year. Ronda and I attended last year and really had a great time!