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Aug-17-2008, 12:01am
You can find two mp3 recordings by mandolinist Michael Hooper at his web page:
www.hoopermusic.com
then go to sound.
The first is Michael Smetanin's:
"Ancient Melodies in Converging and Diverging Lines" for solo mandolin. Smetanin is Head of Composition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
The other is Andrew Robbie's:
"of their own loveliness" for plectrum quartet (mandolins, mandola, guitar), all instruments performed by
Michael Hooper.
Robbie is a composer at Harvard University.
Both are available (in high quality)
on CDs on the JADE CD label:
Smetanin - JAZZWAVES (JADCD 1118}
Robbie - FADING LIGHT (JADECD 1104)
www.hoopermusic.com
then go to sound.
The first is Michael Smetanin's:
"Ancient Melodies in Converging and Diverging Lines" for solo mandolin. Smetanin is Head of Composition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
The other is Andrew Robbie's:
"of their own loveliness" for plectrum quartet (mandolins, mandola, guitar), all instruments performed by
Michael Hooper.
Robbie is a composer at Harvard University.
Both are available (in high quality)
on CDs on the JADE CD label:
Smetanin - JAZZWAVES (JADCD 1118}
Robbie - FADING LIGHT (JADECD 1104)