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(Elderly Instr.) Brian Oberlin - A Trip Around The Mandolin World
Brian Oberlin presents: A Trip around the Mandolin World
Elderly Instruments House Concerts
Saturday, December 8 (6:00 – 8:00)
Tickets - $15/each
Michigan’s Mandoliner, Brian Oberlin, presents a solo concert and history lesson in one. Brian will play music written for the mandolin from the 1700s to 2018. He will show the audience specific techniques from Baroque and Romantic Italian mandolin music that are rarely used today in the United States. Next is a visit to Italian “parlor” music and then onto American early swing music and rags for mandolin, bluegrass and jazz. Brian’s original music will evince how these genres have influenced him throughout his 20+ year career.