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Registration is still open for the 2021 CMSA Convention in the Clouds 2.0 — November 12-14, 2021 — hosted online by the Classical Mandolin Society of America.

CMSA is excited to present guest...

Wow! I never heard about this. Sounds great. I have been to a few of the big conventions held near to me but could never afford to fly across the country to go to others. I may try for the November...

Steve is one of the great musicians of our age. As noted, he plays lots of instruments, and all of them better than most people that call those their primary instruments...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyrei7VE0KQ

Ignazio Bitelli (1916): "Conchita" - tango
In: "Il Mandolino", 30 July 2016

This is an Italian tango for mandolin quartet (two mandolins, mandola in G and guitar), written in 1916 in the middle...

I hope y'all enjoy this Pink Floyd cover we did!

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Here's a video (thanks to Michael Tognetti) of a group of 2018 CMSA convention attendees with a couple of generous recorder players (wrangled by Alice Derbyshire) performing the second movement of a...

This is great work.

Thank you soo much

Just received via email, worth sharing for those of you not members, minus a few FAQs at end as it ran long what is allowed here.

At their November meeting, the CMSA board discussed the need to...

Here's the Oregon Mandolin Orchestra performing Brian Oberlin's composition “Northern Waters“:


https://youtu.be/6Y_bgFrDy28


And the third piece the Oregon Mandolin Orchestra performed that...

Hi Everyone,

Philadelphia's Munier Mandolin & Guitar Orchestra will be hosting an "East Coast Mandolin Orchestra" event on Dec. 8 and 9, 2018.

The event is free to participants and will...

Sorry for the lack of notice but no sense in announcing these things to our mind. If your browser is functioning properly and hasn't cached a bunch of old stuff you'll notice there's a new look to...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PubXhxd0Qcs

Well, I would use a bowlback, but any fine player performing the right material will be OK on any mandolin.

"what too many Americans think Italian food is"

I assume you mean American that are...

Historically, a 'mandola' in Europe was just a larger version of a mandolin. The European/American differentiation has caused much confusion in the Cafe over the years. And that is before we get into...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLCg2aoqh9Q

Hour drive or thereabouts from the conference center to the Mandolin Winery headquarters. But of course lots of great vino in that part of the country.

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I'll be there with my Gibson K2 and some new and interesting music for the solo mandocello!
jim

I just booked my rooms!

Hello, classical fans as well as the many other genres represented here!

This is the start of the thread for news on the CMSA's 2018 Convention.

Our destination this year is Santa Rosa...

Luigi Canoro: "Giorni Felici"
Published by Di Bella, New York, 1921

This is an Italian waltz, written by Luigi Canoro (or "Canora", as his name was given on some of his titles), a prolific dance...

This is an arrangement I have been working on this summer, finally got round to recording all the parts today.

The mandolin is a 10 string Old Wave. Beautiful instrument, not the loudest oval...

Need another reason to come to the 2017 CMSA Convention, October 25-29? Wednesday evening, the Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra will host the Welcome Party at the Milwaukee Intercontinental Hotel in the...

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Please click on Link below to see my video:

https://youtu.be/OS3ubRRuVLo

This forum has been a tremendous resource for me over the years. Since I never learned to read music fluently, I've always had to take the time to convert pieces over to tablature. They were made...