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A big thank you to Joe for fantastic workshops last week while he was in LA. I think I can speak for everyone in saying that Joe's playing was inspirational and his his musical insights valuable. I...

While in LA Joe will also be on the radio live on KPFK on Thursday, May 9th, at noon. (90.7 FM in Los Angeles and 98.7 FM in Santa Barbara. It also streams live on the internet-- just go to...

Wow, top-notch musicianship and interpretive detail. Nicely done.

Here is my recording of piece for mandolin and guitar that I composed last year for Mark and Beverly Davis. Titled "Nocturne" I wanted to write a piece that fit into their repertoire, which was an...

Hello strings8. Yup, it's a good ole' Collings MT

It has already been posted in the workshops section, but in case you missed it I wanted to let everyone know that my music school in Los Angeles, the Santa Monica Academy of Music, will be hosting...

Truth is indeed stranger than fiction. Never thought I was going to learn for the first time about the "brony" sub-culture when I clicked on this thread. He is earnest in his efforts. As with all of...

Those poor ducks.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLwKX30E8ew

Here's another video from the same concert. Playing a movement of a Vivaldi Trio Sonata for violin, lute, and continuo, arranged for our instrumentation.

Victor,

Your goodwill is amazing. I'm honored your interested. The only "new pieces" are a set of eight short pieces from the late Theodore Norman, the founder of UCLA's guitar department and my...

Just some LA cats ;)

I'll chime in. I had seven recitals this year that featured the mandolin, either solo or in a chamber music setting. All in university settings and all in southern California.

ready...set...Go Go Boogie




Jim, to answer your question-no, Peter doesn't play the cello. It's interesting, the arpeggione is much closer in sound and technique to the viola da gamba than...

Not referring to a specific piece but, rather, to a trio consisting of guitar, mandolin, and arpeggione. Me and two fellow collegues, Peter Yates and Walter Marsh, have recently been exploring this...

Is there any word on where the 2013 CMSA convention will be held?

Thanks for your generosity! Looking forward to printing it out and playing through them.

Really well done!

Nice job Emaluele! Glad to have another Krenek advocate and another recorded version of the piece. You should email the Krenek archive about it, if you have not already.

I am excited to announce the inaugural concerts of my new trio, Ensemble Fret, that heavily features mandolin:

Ensemble Fret is a performance collective founded in 2012 by Buzz Gravelle, Walter...

Thanks for posting the link Brad. Also, nice to see Chihara represented as an arranger. I was actually his graduate teaching assistant for a music theory class when I was a grad student way back...

Where are the CNC machines? :) Actually, my favorite part of the rustico nature of the workshop is the bottle of wine on the worktable shown at 2:20. What isn't better with a little vino?

Interesting video I stumbled across. For those of us that don't speak Italian (or read Arabic) who is the maker? Who is mohaddy?

Jim is right on, your pick is just part of the overall desired tone you want. Instrument, strings and right hand technique are also, obviously, important parts of this equation. But they should all...

The Allemanda from the same Partita.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-QT_3NwKVc&list=UU14JGQm_BNJB6xd8yg1Z1LA&index=1&feature=plpp_video

That damn Zappa! Who did he think he was, Varese? ;)