Thanks John, sorry I missed seeing folks at CMSA this year!
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Thanks John, sorry I missed seeing folks at CMSA this year!
I'm saddened to share the news that our friend, composer, harpist, accordionist, professor of neuroscience, and beautiful person Evelyn T. Castiglioni passed over to the other side early this...
Hey there all, I wanted to report on an amazing new piece called Songs For Muska by Jocelyn Hagen scored for choir, violin, cello, harp, 2 percussion, and mandolin!
The work is 25 movements and...
I'm wondering if anyone is familiar with these arrangements?
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After an Austin Mandolin Orchestra gig yesterday, someone in the audience came forward and gave me a big box of vintage...
Hi Jerry:
We don't currently have a way to distribute the t-shirts outside of convention registration, however we are looking into it. Stay tuned. After the convention, hopefully we will have...
Great idea! We've created an online visitor's guide with points of interest near the convention hotel, but I had forgotten about Quality Seafood, which is very nearby. Definitely recommended!
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Hey thanks everyone for watching and the kind words!
If you missed it or want to watch again, an archive of the livestream video is now available and also we've posted the program notes and...
Excellent news!
We do plan to live stream the debut concert at:
www.ustream.tv/channel/blackerby-live
Also, I'm hoping that we can make a good archival audio recording for the composers.
We're really...
Friends, are you ready for your fifteen minutes of fame?
Vox Novus is calling for one-minute pieces composed for Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Austin Mandolin Orchestra to be premiered March 2015 in...
At long last, I've finished the Opus Twelve recording process and the digital album has dropped at Amazon, CD-Baby, and iTunes! The recording is 21 pieces, 26 tracks and over 77 minutes of music.
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The program for the recital is posted online at:
http://amandolinorchestra.com/images/opus12Program.pdf
UPDATE: In the end, I've written 20+ pieces and over 1 1/2 hours of music. Tonite, June 22nd, you can watch the Opus Twelve Recital live at 7pm CST, featuring the Austin Mandolin Orchestra with...
The Austin Mandolin Orchestra practices (almost) every Wednesday night at Fiddlers Green Music Shop in central Austin Texas from 7-9pm. We are a community orchestra that welcomes beginning to...
Hey Mitch:
Interesting question. I direct the Austin Mandolin Orchestra and we do a couple of different things. Many things I arrange in detail and provide written parts (standard notation or...
Thanks Eugene:
I do have Paul Spark's book, but I haven't seen Neil Gladd's "Three centuries...", I'd buy it but it looks like it's out of print.
Regards,
Joel Hobbs
Help me kickstart Opus...
Hey Andrew:
I've arranged the 1rst Gymnopedie and performed it a few times with the Austin Mandolin Orchestra. What sort of instrumentation are you looking for exactly? I could probably whip up...
Thanks for the tip, I've ordered this score and looking forward to studying it. From the partial online preview I saw, it does look like a treasure trove for extended techniques!
Thanks Chris, I have some of these resources, but will make a point to check them all out.
- Best, Joel
Agreed Jim, I'm not sure where to draw the line between good technique and extended technique. When teaching though, I spend a lot of time with beginning/intermediate mandolinists on 'basic' things...
I'm starting an ambitious project to write a collection of 12+ new pieces mandolin; solos, duos, trios, one quartet, plus one epic work for mandolin orchestra. I'm hoping to write music that will...
This fall I'm going to write a batch of new pieces for mandolin; solos, duets, trios, a quartet, etc. Recently I've written a some modern works for various instruments (such as bass clarinet,...
I had the joy of performing this piece in May with the Austin Symphony Orchestra for Ballet Austin's production of Romeo and Juliet. I had a few thoughts to share about it.
First all the entire...
I'm hoping I can get some advice/help on a repair issue. #Here is my dilemma.
I have an F4 Style, #8, mandolin from Douglas Unger. #It's a really nice mandolin that he built using vintage Gibson...
A few #friends have joined together #to organize a benefit for the Paul Glasse family . #They were in a terrible car wreck Thanksgiving weekend — a person driving a large pickup truck crashed into...