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We will be welcoming Chris Acquavella to Brighton, UK over the weekend of 21/22 October 2023. He will be running a workshop on Saturday afternoon and play the concert on Sunday at 3.30 pm. As well as...

The premiere performance of this piece took place in November 2018 and was the result of an enormous amount of rewarding work by composer, Esmeralda Conde Ruiz, the Fretful Federation mandolin...

We now have a video version of this on YouTube if you would like to view it.


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Here is our version of the lovely Sinfonia in G Maj as recorded live recently by the BBC.

https://soundcloud.com/fretfed/sinfonia-in-sol-maggiore-carlo-cecere-1706-1761

This is an arrangement...

Here is an update on this project. The music has now been written and takes the form of 7 short movements which we will perform accompanied be decriptive film archive material provided by the Screen...

Here is the first blog about this project from musical director, Lindsay Stoner. More to follow.

https://www.makingmusic.org.uk/news/nothing-fret-about

A very lovely piece indeed. Thanks for posting this.

Ah well, as I understand it, Creative Scotland provided some additional funding so that one of the groups could be chosen from Scotland. This year it was the Edinburgh Concert Band who are paired...

The Fretful Federation Mandolin Orchestra is thrilled to announce that they have been selected for the Adopt a Composer Scheme 2017/2018. One of seven groups to have come through the competitive...

Written by Barry Mills and recorded in Brighton, UK. Evocative, atmospheric piece.

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I have downloaded too, Andy. Interesting piece which I look forward to trying out.

This may be easier to view:-

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We used to play this quite a lot as the Mango Trio. This is the first movement. It's fun to play. I have to say we tend to play the first and last movements a little too quickly for dancing!...

I would like the parts for this Andy if that's possible. Great piece of music!

That's lovely. I've always loved this piece which I first heard played by John Renbourn on guitar. My trio recorded an arrangement I made a few years ago -...

I was lucky enough to see the Nic Jones Trio at Sidmouth this year and also to get to talk to him afterwards. It was a huge thrill for me because I had loved his early albums so much and had never...

The Fretful Federation have played many of Eileen's works. One of our favourites is probably Farthing Down which you can hear recorded live here :-...

Very nice. Do you happen to have an arrangement for 2 mandolins, tenor mandola and mandocello? I'm sure our quartet would like to have a go if you do.

Hi Viv,

I did this with Ali at Dartington one year and have the parts she gave us. They are No. 48 Aubade (act 3) M1&2 and M3&4. Plus No. 25 (Dance with Mandolins) with parts for M1 and M2. Let me...

Yes - we are in the early stages of this project but, if possible, the aim is to make Eileen's compositions much more easily available. I have had an e-mail from someone who had met Eileen who told...

A project is just getting underway in the UK to collate all Eileen's compositions of which there are many. It may take a little while but it will be very worthwhile.

Sorry, no, I don't have the notation available and am not sure where it originated.

http://youtu.be/mZtAJsgbRY4

Bonny at Morn is a lovely English folk tune from the north-east of the country. (The photos however, are from the south-east just to confuse)

Thanks so much for the comment, Nigel. No, we don't play much in public and when we do it is usually for residential homes or day centres which we do for our own enjoyment as much as anything. The...

This is a recording of Alloa House made by the Mango Trio and played on 2 mandolins and a mandola.
This song was first published in 1740 by James Oswald after the melody had been adapted by Rev. Dr...