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!

Temporarily Out of Action

MMO Friends, I slipped on the ice and broke my ankle last week. After getting some replacement parts installed, the Doc gave me strict orders to remain horizontal for at least two weeks. I'll be missing rehearsal and the MBOTMA weekend. The good news is, this will give me some time to pull together a "MMO Spring Tour".

Japanese songs mp3

I found a recording of "Suite nach japanischen Kinderliedern" in my LP collection, and I made an mp3 file to play along with. The link to the mp3 file is on the MMO "current tunes" page. One thing I learned from listening to the recording is that we should play some parts of the suite faster. Give it a listen.