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Hi MMO Folk! As mentioned in my email, here is the place to post your thoughts on potential performers or workshop presenters you think would be great attractions for our upcoming convention in Minneapolis.
I don't want to offer any specific guidelines. Yes, the CMSA is classically focused, yet workshops and performances have included jazz and choro in the past. Also, don't forget guitarists in your considerations.
A few candidates have presented themselves already - please add to this list by replying to this post.
On December 1st, I'll gather all your replies and we'll do a survey of the MMO to see which performers get the most "votes" to permit us to provide Lou with a prioritized list.
Current list:
Peter Ostroushko
Marilyn Mair
Carlo Aonzo & Rene Izquierdo
Seasons Quartet (from Bulgaria)
Thursday, November 17, 2011
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I think Phil Rukavina would be a good choice. He led the orchestra for several years. He is mostly a purist concentrating on early music, but recently gave a very interesting talk about some guitar history, so he isn't one-track. When he led the orchestra he played guitar and basically started us off and closed the tunes, rather than conducting (we were a much smaller group). Phil is also an excellent teacher.
You also may wish to consider something with some other former players, Doug and Emily Wright, who currently live in Montevideo. They have a ukulele group, and Doug has become quite a connoisseur of the ukulele (he had to quit the mandolin because of tendinitis). Emily used to play guitar with the group, and is still playing that.
I'll add Simon Mayor to the list. He and Hillary James played at the 1999 convention. If you're not familiar with Simon, you can find information here:
http://www.mandolin.co.uk/
Chris Thile?
Linda, would you recommend Phil as a workshop leader? A Performer? A conductor (given the size of the en masse orchestra today?)
Lon - Simon is awesome!!! Great suggestion!
Hey Anne - there was a push to get Chris Thile in Baltimore, due to its proximity to his present home base (NYC). Lou and I shook hands with him last December when he and Punch Brothers performed here at the Fine Line. Lou gave him his card and reached out to him several times afterwards. Chris is a busy guy and EXPENSIVE to book. But we can and will add him to the list and see what we see!
RE: Phil, I recommend him as a performer and as a workshop leader, not as conductor.
Mark Kreitzer is a very talented and versatile musician. He can play about any stringed instrument you put in front of him and most styles of music. He is also experienced in leading workshops at MBOTMA. I would like to see him lead a workshop on Gypsy swing.
http://www.markkreitzer.com/
Mark is currently playing with the fabulous Harmonious Wail (based out of Madison, WI). I've been bugging him about bringing HW to the TCs to play. If we could get Mark to lead a workshop maybe we could also get HW to play the convention - I bet they would be a good draw. Check out the video on their web site. This is pre-Mark but the mando playing is swinging! http://wail.com/
I know Mark and could talk to him about this if you wish.
Would a roundtable session on band/orchestra business would be of interest to certain attendees? I'm thinking of an informal discussion of issues like promotion, booking, venues, performance fees, logistics, etc.
I'm sure most of the folks that book the groups are like me and don't do this for a living. But there are also some professionals in the CMSA. It might be good to have a forum for the non-pros to bounce ideas off one another and to learn from the pros.
I could possibly make myself available to lead a roundtable.
Or maybe we could get Sims, HW's mando player to do a workshop. His bio says he studied with Jethro. Mark lives here though, and is a talented mando player himself, though I think he mostly plays guitar in HW.
Rich DelGrosso--he's known as a blues mandolin player but is really quite versatile and is a great teacher!
I'll nominate Radim Zenkl, too.
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