Louisville Mandolin Orchestra

Please visit our "Recordings" webpage on this site where you'll also find links to MidContinent Music to purchase online. Thanks for your interest.
Joe Burch
Louisville, KY - Wednesday, December 12, 2001 at 21:03:13 (EST)

Do you have any recordings?
Ron Ellams
ELLESMERE PORT, CHESHIRE UK - Wednesday, December 12, 2001 at 17:11:27 (EST)

I would like to buy a CD of the orchestra of mandolins. And if possible, tell me where can I buy mandola and mandocello. Thanks a lot.
Joshua Gouveia
Asunción, Central Paraguay - Tuesday, December 11, 2001 at 11:59:01 (EST)

My wife has fallen in love with the mandolin sounds in my bluegrass music. I would like very much to bring her to hear your orchestra. Could you send me a schedule of when and where I could hear you in the Louisville or surrounding area? Keep filling the air with your great sounds...... Regards, Tony1st - tfirst@yahoo.com
Tony First
Louisville, Ky USA - Monday, December 10, 2001 at 11:47:15 (EST)

Heard my first mandolin orchestra concert last night, the Winnipeg Mandolin Orchestra, currently celebrating 80 years of playing in this city. I was amazed at the beauty of the sound, especially when they played medelies of Ukrainian folk melodies. Also heard two local bluegrass players, who are part of the orchestra, perform a series of traditional fiddle tunes. Great stuff. My hat is off to you players of the strings. I'm a keyboard man myself.
S. Sherman
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada - Monday, December 03, 2001 at 20:17:07 (EST)

Dear Friends in Music, This is an invitation for you to join me for a most exciting concert to take place in a beautiful and acoustically wonderful setting. As a continuation of their new Friday Night Classics Concert series, internationally renown virtuosi Tamara Volskaya "The Paganini of the Domra" and her husband Anatoliy Trofimov, master bayan accompanist and arranger, will perform on Friday, November 30, 2001 at 7:30 P.M. in the sanctuary of the First United Methodist Chuch in Westfield, NJ. Intended to provide high quality music and concerts at little or no cost to varied audiences of Westfield and the surrounding communities, this is a free concert with no tickets required. Donations will be accepted to offset concert expenses. This program will feature works by a variety of composers including Vivaldi, Bach, Paginini, Tchaikovsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov as well as traditional Russian songs. For an evening of sheer enjoyment and sparkle, this is one event not to be missed. This concert is intended for the whole family. However, string and keyboard players especially will find this presentation to be both exhilarating and educational. The domra and bayan are rarely heard in a formal setting. A domra is a plucked string instrument similar to the lute or the mandolin and exists in either three or four sting versions. The bayan is similar to the accordion but has buttons instead of keys (like a piano) and is mellower in tone. Plan to attend and speak personally with the performers. Hope to you see there. The First United Methodist Church is located on One East Broad Street. There is plenty of free parking in the church parking lot which can be accessed off Ferris Place, across from the YMCA. For additional concert information, call the church office at (908) 233-4211, from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM. Interesting information regarding Tamara Volskaya and Anatoliy Trofimov, their instruments, performances, and recordings, can be found at www.dreamwater.com/russcarnival/ and www.doremi.com. Best Regards, Annamaria Menconi Menconi Association of Musical Artists
Annamaria Menconi
Clifton, NJ USA - Monday, November 26, 2001 at 13:13:12 (EST)

I'm an amateur lutenist & Mandolino player Interested in music for plucked strings.
Robert Gray
London, UK - Saturday, November 24, 2001 at 17:12:10 (EST)

Antonina i love you still!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
peter desmet
roeselare, belgium - Thursday, November 22, 2001 at 09:38:47 (EST)

this site is quite good aye!! Psy Trance
psy trance <http://www.psy-trance.seo.com.au/>
sydney, nsw australia - Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 22:24:49 (EST) Do you have a schedule of upcoming concerts? Please send me one if you do. Thanks
mary pike
louisville, ky USA - Tuesday, November 13, 2001 at 12:51:52 (EST)

Hello from New Orleans.
The Wizard
New Orleans, La. USA - Wednesday, October 31, 2001 at 01:11:17 (EST)

Excellent site. Thanks.
Anime Bose
New York, NY USA - Tuesday, October 23, 2001 at 14:49:09 (EDT)

Just got my first Mandolin! Looking forward to sitting on the porch in 10 yrs and actually being able to hear a SONG from it! lessons start next week! Thanks for the local interest / information...
Kimberly
Pekin, IN USA - Monday, October 22, 2001 at 16:15:16 (EDT)

Hi, everyone! I am a mandola player at a "newborn" mandolin orchestra in Porto, Portugal: The "Orquestra de Plectro do Porto". I also play a number of portuguese instruments, such as "cavaquinho", "viola braguesa" or "guitarra portuguesa" (all fretted). It's never too late to learn (or teach) something. So anyone interested in exchanging information about mandolas, mandolins, or just curious about typical portuguese instruments, please feel free to contact me.
Eduardo Coelho
Porto, Portugal - Friday, October 19, 2001 at 08:42:11 (EDT)

Nice to find your web site, I get to Louisville now and again and will keep in touch. I have 5 mandolins, the best being a 1930 Enbergher which I've had for the last 40 years. I play every day and never travel anywhere in the world without a mandolin. I also have a tenor mandola and a rather nice French violin. Next time I'm in town I'll make contact. There are few mandolin orchestras in the UK so it's good to know of your existance. Do you tour? Best Wishes Laurie Phillips
Laurie Phillips
Andover, Hants UK - Wednesday, October 17, 2001 at 09:21:40 (EDT)

I just received a new Gibson Mandolin from my wife as a birthday present, and would love to get with a group that could help me learn to play. I am anxiously looking forward to exploring your site, and getting to know about your organization. A local picker, and Bluegrass fan.
Jeff Steen
Louisville, KY USA - Tuesday, October 02, 2001 at 21:35:29 (EDT)

YOU ALL SOUNDED GREAT OUT AT THE CRAFT SHOW, SEPT. 22, 2001. I WANT TO BUY A CD, PLEASE TELL ME HOW?
NICOLE LYNINGER
LOUISVILLE, KY USA - Monday, September 24, 2001 at 17:44:57 (EDT)

Hi Folks I am a member of a mandolingroup from germany called Hessisches Zupforchester. Our location is near by Frankfurt. If anyone is interested so contact us under www.hzo.de. We would like to have contacts to mandolinorchestras all over the world. Have a good time and a lot of fantastic concerts :-) Klaus
Klaus
Offenbach, Germany - Saturday, September 22, 2001 at 16:54:27 (EDT)

hello we have a stahl mandolin. 97 years old. any comments would be appreciated. it is fully restored. beautiful sound. interesting to see songs by stahl on your site. thanks for writing.
suzanne smith
seattle, wa USA - Tuesday, September 18, 2001 at 22:29:37 (EDT)

love the site, and so will our members, great to see you guys over there leading the field in the resurgence of the mandolin as a mainstream instrument...also all the thoughts and best wishes of the whole nation over here is with you all, and we back you absolutely 100%
jamie from da capo alba of scotland
glasgow, scotland - Tuesday, September 18, 2001 at 06:54:43 (EDT)

bought a cd of yours in wagga wagga today. just love it. where can i get more. are you cming to oz anytime soon.
glenn jones
sydney, nsw australia - Tuesday, September 18, 2001 at 06:17:51 (EDT)

you are a great orchestra and I love 2 hear you
katie
USA - Monday, September 17, 2001 at 12:28:52 (EDT)

hey you area great orchestra
jamie
USA - Monday, September 17, 2001 at 12:27:21 (EDT)

just stumbled across an gospel instrumental album by the "NEW TRADITIONS" COULDN'T FIND A WEB PAGE FOR THEM, i AM ASSUMING THEY ARE NO LONGER TOGETHER? ANY WAY WHAT A GROUP! I WOULD LOVE TO E MAIL ANY OR ALL THE MEMBERS TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR THEIR EFFORT ON THIS ALBUM BY BRENTWOOD RECORDS CALLED "OLD TIME GOSPEL JAMBOREE" MAN THESE GUYS CAN PICK!danny roberts,ritchie dotson,ray caldwell, and especially KEN WHITE. I HAVE PLAYED IN COUNTRY BANDS FOR YEARS AND NOW I THINK I HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO GRASS...BY THE WAY CAN SOMEONE LOAN ME ABOUT $2000 FOR A MARTIN :0)
Randy
Arcola, il USA - Wednesday, September 05, 2001 at 13:55:38 (EDT)

hi my name is don stanley 2nd cousin to the stanley brothers my dad was there 1st cousin and he could play anything with strings on it,but the only thing i learned to pick was my nose dad could not read music so he could not teach.he played by ear.i just got my first mandolin dad traded a young rooster for his first one at age 4 and tought himself. can anyone tell me a good book as a learners guide.thank you don
don stanley
wilmington, nc USA - Saturday, September 01, 2001 at 10:12:22 (EDT)

i'd like to know how to contact whoever is now in charge of the orchestra. i am a mandolinist and am hoping to get involved somehow. any response to this would be greatly appreciated. sincerely, Dustin baron
Dustin Baron
louisville, ky USA - Saturday, September 01, 2001 at 00:19:59 (EDT)

I STARTED TAKING VIOLIN LESSONS LAST MAY. AS A RESULT I HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO BLUEGRASS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE AND I AM OBSESSED WITH THE SOUND OF VIOLIN AND MANDOLIN TOGETHER. THERE IS NO ONE IN MY AREA WHO HAS A MANDOLIN I CAN HOLD. NOT EVEN AT MY MUSIC SCHOOL. I'VE NEVER EVEN SEEN A MANDOLIN IN REAL LIFE BEFORE CAN SOME ONE SEND ME SOME INFO?? DOES ANY ONE KNOW WHERE I CAN GAIN EXPOSURE TO BLUEGRASS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA??? (SAN DIEGO COUNTY TO BE EXACT)I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS WISE OR POSSIBLE TO UNDERTAKE TWO INSTRUMENTS AT ONCE AS A BEGINNER, BUT I WANT TO FEEL A MANDOLIN.
MICHELLE MARISCAL
SOLANA BEACH , CA USA - Saturday, August 25, 2001 at 13:30:58 (EDT)

I have inherited a Taka Mandolin but I cannot find any info about the company after talking to many of my guitar friends, music store owners, and accoustic folks. Any help...please e-mail them to me at jmacaneta@hotmail.com .....thanks
JC
CA USA - Monday, July 30, 2001 at 21:07:03 (EDT)

Good webpage you have here, .. Yes You Are --> WELCOME
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Reykjavik, ICELAND - Saturday, July 28, 2001 at 08:11:28 (EDT)

I read the article online which discussed the Keith Harris seminar in Cleveland in 1986. I attended that seminar and was for many years was a member of the Cleveland Heights Mandolin Ensemble, which was the impetus behind Keith coming to Cleveland. In recent years I have given up playing but every now and then pick up one of my instruments. Classical mandolin music is my true interest and I am glad to see others sharing in the same interest.
Brian DiFranco
Dayton, OH USA - Monday, July 09, 2001 at 16:36:24 (EDT)

I am a LONGTIME fan of bluegrass/acoustic music!! I just recently started a little webpage of my own, would love some suggestions, some stop by and leave em :-) http://kneedeepinbluegrass.homestead.com/kneedeep.html
Shannon
Athens, Oh USA - Saturday, June 09, 2001 at 19:20:53 (EDT)

I have only recently discovered something new in my life and that is my love for acoustic music and thanks to 98.1 blue ridge backroads for having a radio station and a bela fleck tape i bought i have started to try and imitate what all the greats have been playing i am 24 now and i wish i had found it when i was younger(12-14), but it is never to late. thank you for this web site.
Mert McGuire
Cascade , VA USA - Monday, May 21, 2001 at 14:17:40 (EDT)

hi guys, i am a mandolin player from italy. very nice your web site! a play mandolin since i was 8, now i am 22. i wold like to come in usa to play mand or to hear some american conzert, can you help me?? i know my request is a little bit too strange but... i have no money! i say you bye and.. good luck anyway! antonio
antonio fiori
savona, italy europe - Monday, May 21, 2001 at 13:18:23 (EDT)

I would like to know more about the records of LMO. I am classical guitarrist in Brazil and my friend Marco de Pinna is a great brazilian mandolinist that would like to know more about the LMO. Thank you very much.
valter guedes
Rio de Janeiro, RJ BRASIL - Monday, May 21, 2001 at 09:16:07 (EDT)

Hi, good to find your site. The Fretful Federation Orchestra of Brighton & Hove greets you http://www.fretful-federation.freeserve.co.uk I am trying to find some biographic details on John B Kok for our concert on 29 May 2001, where we too will be playing Benvenuto Any suggestions? Joe Wilkinson
Joe Wilkinson
Brighton & Hove, UK - Tuesday, May 15, 2001 at 07:49:37 (EDT)

The Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra, Gabriel L. Nevola, director, will present its 59th Annual Spring Concert on Sunday, May 6, beginning 3:00 P.M., in the sanctuary of the Bloomfield Presbyterian Church on the Green. Maintaining its tradition of programming excellence, the Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra will feature internationally reknown virtuosos Tamara Volskaya, “the Paganini of the Domra,” and her husband Anatoly Trofimov, “the greatest bayan accompanist in the world,” performing Kreisler's Schon Rosmarin, Tchaikovsky's Neapolitan Dance, and Kalman's Play Gypsy, Dance Gypsy. The orchestra will perform a variety of music from classical favorites such as von Flotow's Overture to Martha, Rameau's Tambourin Dance, Anitra’s Dance from Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite, and Jos Kok's Nar Buten to traditional Italian songs. Also, the program will include the New Jersey State premiere of “Na Sera T’Aspettavo,” a song specially dedicated to the orchestra by local lyricist Mario Grasso. The Bloomfield Presbyterian Church on the Green is located on 147 Broad Street (across from Bloomfield High School) in Bloomfield, New Jersey. A donation of $3.00/person is requested. For more information about this special performance, please call Filomena Peloro at (973)743-8828 or e-mail the Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra’s publicist Annamaria Menconi at: annamariamenconi@cs.com Also, please visit the Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra’s new website at: http://community.nj.com/cc/nj.mandolins
Annamaria Menconi
Clifton, NJ USA - Saturday, April 28, 2001 at 18:04:45 (EDT)

MANDOLIN DEGREE At this point in mandolin history most of the finest Classical Mandolinists are coming from Sydney, Australia. One of the reasons is the superb full time degree offered by the University of Sydney. Under the world leading mandolin tuition of Mr Adrian Hooper, and vast resourses of the university, a performce degree to Phd level is offered. Eg in 2001 a Mandolinist is undertaking a M Mus.in the performance of Avant Garde Mandolin Music. University of Sydney Music Department web site address: http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/Arts/departs/music/MusicHome.html
Sydney, NSW Australia - Wednesday, April 18, 2001 at 03:17:02 (EDT)

I am from VietNam. I have played mandoline since I was 6 years old. Now I have 16 years in playing mandoline. I love it,and studied it in HoChiMinh City Istitute of Music, but now in this mandoline department has not existed. So I hope that I will have a chance to study mandoline more and I can play mandoline again. Thank you
Wing
HoChiMinh, VietNam - Sunday, April 15, 2001 at 02:33:04 (EDT)

I really enjoyed your site. I've been trying to compile a list of mandolin repairpersons to add to the Mandolin Cafe site, and in doing so I have no one for Northern Kentucky. Can you suggest any candidates? Where do you folks go for repair?
Mando Medic
Stayton, Oregon USA - Saturday, April 07, 2001 at 11:18:58 (EDT)

How yall doin i,m learin to play the mando and would be thankful for eney Info. I used to live in Louisville and I miss it . Well Happy Pickin.
Brock Johnson
SEATTLE , WA USA - Friday, April 06, 2001 at 18:56:54 (EDT)

Dear mandolinfriend, I'm the conductor of a Dutch Mandolin Orchestra and we made last year a CD. You can find the following compositions on it: - Ouverture Nr. 1 in A major (Konrad Wölki) - Chaconne a minor (Hermann Ambrosius) - Lieder ohne Worte (Konrad Wölki) - Moskva Petuski Suite (Erik 't Hart) - Sieben Studien für Zupforchester (Fred Witt) The critiques untill now are very positive. Interested? You can order it by e-mail to cor@roozendaal-5.myweb.nl The costs are Dutch Guilders 35,00 exclusive of forwarding-charges. Greetings and lots of mandolin-pleasure, Cor Roozendaal
Cor Roozendaal
Tilburg, Netherlands - Sunday, April 01, 2001 at 16:18:52 (EDT)

I'm a member of the Welland Ukrainian Mandolin Orchestra. We have 34 members. The Orchestra was founded in 1926 and we have 2 original members still with us. Inspite of our name most of our members are not Ukrainian. Our repertoire has traditional classical & contemporary music. I'm delighted to know that there are Orchestras from all corners of the world that feature such a wonderful instrument.
Wayne Hosick
Fonthill, Ont Canada - Friday, March 30, 2001 at 21:45:52 (EST)

Am a fan of mandolin music, both Bluegrass and Classical. Ran across the very last minute or two of a concert of yours on KET a year or two ago. Do you have concerts on any sort of regular basis? Are there CD's available anywhere. I would be very interested to see your group at our RiverPark Center here in Owensboro. If you would be interested in coming, let me know and I will see if I can start a dialogue with some of our local folks. If you could include some kind of calendar of your activities on you web site would sure be helpful. Keep up the good work.
Cordell Day
Owensboro, KY USA - Friday, March 30, 2001 at 11:11:48 (EST)

Keep the good music going forever, I play in the Aurrora Mandolin Orchestra, in Redwood City Ca. I would like to attend a concert if you have one sheduled in the area of July/September.
Jim Forsythe
Cupertino, Ca USA - Friday, March 30, 2001 at 10:03:47 (EST)

Keep the good music going forever, I play in the Aurrora Mandolin Orchestra, in Redwood City Ca. I would like to atten aa concert if you have one s heduled in the area of July/September.
Jim Forsythe
Cupertino, Ca USA - Friday, March 30, 2001 at 09:44:27 (EST)

Having grown up listening to the mandolin as a solo instrument, its gatifying to know that people like yourselves (and others) who are taking time out to play in an orchestral fashion. I must confess to not having heard very much music in this style and look (i.e. listen) forward to buying any c.d.s in the future. Are any available now? I always thought that a mandolin quartet, using the musical ranges of a string quartet would sound greta, but having a whole orchestra with four to six "first" mandolin, and the same number of "second" madolins etc. is not nly good for listening to, but more importantly, to attract new players to this idiom. Well done. I wish you every success.
Peter Wilkinson
Peterlee, U.K. - Sunday, March 25, 2001 at 10:56:16 (EST)

Great site ! Please update all the links when you get a chance -changes in Old Wave,Red Diamond,Georges,Smith,LMI etc are needed. Mikes' recent workshop over in Pekin, pushed me over the edge and I've bought my first mando. Practicing when I can. Ever seen this quote from the 1947, 7th edition of the Oxford Music dictionary??: " Mandolin: An instrument of somewhat the same type as the lute, but much less artistically valuable, being now in use for the most part by people who wish to paly simple music without trouble." Hey - I'm one of those ! Enjoyment and me at the center of it, playing mandolin ! Peace, g.
Gerald Ashby
Louisville, KY USA - Saturday, March 17, 2001 at 16:10:49 (EST)

LMO...it is great to know that such wonderful music is being kept alive. I'm fiddle player and only just begining to play mandolin, discovering LMO and the repretoire of the mandolin. Louisville is not far and prehaps I can come visit a rehearsal or hear a concert. (One point for your web site links page... you've omitted listing a link to the Modern Mandolin Quartet! I discovered LMO by the link on MMQ's website to your site.)
Charlie Pool
St Louis, MO USA - Tuesday, March 13, 2001 at 04:14:48 (EST)

Hastings and Tower don't have your new CD. Who does?
Shawna R Kimball <shawna.kimball@home.com>
Murfreesboro, Tn USA - Saturday, March 10, 2001 at 18:17:05 (EST)

I heard your orchestra on Public TV years ago and have always wanted to know if I could get recorded music? Do you have any CDs. Please let me know. thank you, Eileen Leedy
Eileen Leedy
Indialantic, fla USA - Saturday, March 03, 2001 at 21:55:01 (EST)

L.M.O. rocks. 'nuff said.
Tim Faith
Louisville, KY USA - Friday, March 02, 2001 at 15:30:57 (EST)

Just bought tickets to your next concert. See you there.
Sean Heitkemper
Louisville, KY USA - Thursday, March 01, 2001 at 17:59:01 (EST)

Enjoyed the page.
ron
ok, ok USA - Sunday, February 11, 2001 at 08:27:56 (EST)

Practiced with you a couple of times. Still practicing. Maybe someday I'll catch up with you.
Bettina Larimore
louisville, KY USA - Saturday, February 10, 2001 at 20:05:33 (EST)

I am the Director of Entertainment for the 2001 Celina Lake Festival, held on the shores of Grand Lake St.Marys in beautiful Celina, Ohio. I am interested in music groups that wouldlike to be considered for entertaining during the July 27-29 festival. If you are interested please contact me ASAP at: (419) 586-1255 days Fax (419) 586-1355 or e-mail. Thanks for your consideration.
Kevin Smith
Celina, OH USA - Monday, February 05, 2001 at 18:35:12 (EST)

I enjoyed your site very much. It was very helpful and informative. Thanks!
Will Ferret
San Francisco, CA USA - Friday, January 19, 2001 at 17:02:14 (EST)

Nice to see this site. I am a former member and sometime manager of the New York Mandolin Orchestra where I played mandola and first mandolin. Currently i am playing for my own enjoyment and colecting sheet music. If anyone has duets and duostyle solo pieces from turn of the 19th century to trade for copies of the same, let me know. I also have quite a few old method books i can copy from.
Jim Garber
Westchester County, NY USA - Thursday, January 04, 2001 at 23:10:57 (EST)