Friday, July 23, 2021

Suzuki MD-4 round-back mandola for sale

 Penn Boris, from Faribault, has a round-back mandola (and a few other instruments) for sale. He's asking $235. Details on facebook marketplace:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/251063279885880/

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Subgroup (BYNRIE?) to play at Greenhouse Village


At rehearsal last night, I mentioned an invitation to play at Greenhouse Village. I'm proposing that BYNRIE play either Thursdays October 14 or 21 at 4:00 or 6:30pm at the BYNRIE RSVP site.

Are you interested in playing during any of those slots, and more generally in an Irish or Celtic ensemble? As incentives, Sherry has offered to arrange (and compose?) new music for us; and since we've last performed together, I've found Evelyn Tiffany-Castiglioni's trios, about half of which are Irish-ish with a different sound than Sherry's works.

I'll let Allison describe Sherry's offer, but you can get free Winter's Tales Vol 1-3 by ETC from Mandolin Cafe. Winter's Tales, as far as I can tell, are drafts of ETC's Big Book of Mandolins series.

Slán,
Jonathan

Thursday, July 1, 2021

Availability to Play the Landmark Center?


I'm looking ahead to schedule Fall and Spring performances for the orchestra. There seems to be some pent-up performance supply and slots at venues are filling fast.

We've been invited to play at the Landmark Center Sunday 1-3pm April 10, February 27, and January 23. The April schedule fits our normal performance schedule better than the rest, so I'm inclined to book the orchestra.

Would you either mark your availability at the RSVP site or email me with your thoughts on the date by July 5, please? I'm sorry that the date is so far in the future and I recognize there is uncertainty in planning that far ahead in the best of times.

We've played at the Landmark Center twice before. Sherry works upstairs and made appearances from the balcony. It's been good exposure for us in that we get a different audience from our usual setting and the Landmark Center Cortile Atrium is visually striking.

If you have other thoughts on holiday shows, venues, or the spring schedule, please let me know or continue the discussion here.

Enjoy the holiday weekend,
Jonathan