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Providence Mandolin Orchestra
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2015 - PROVIDENCE MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA
8:00 pm, doors open at 7:30pm
$12 advance, $15 at the door
For information email: sandywoodsmusic@gmail.com
Sandywoods Center for the Arts
43 Muse Way, Tiverton, RI
www.sandywoodsmusic.com
OUR MISSION
The Providence Mandolin Orchestra is a group of amateur and professional musicians united by the love of performing a unique style of music. We are committed to carrying on the rich tradition of the American mandolin orchestra while actively promoting original, new pieces. We welcome new members and take pride in introducing audiences to our unique sound and instruments. We strive to enrich our community with our cultural presence and have become a major contributor in the international field of plucked string music.
OUR HISTORY
The Providence Mandolin Orchestra was formed, as clearly as we can tell, in 1914. News articles and historic programs tell of PMO performances in the first decades of the twentieth century with Giuseppe Pettine and William Place Jr., both premier mandolin virtuosos in the United States during the instrument's "Golden Age". The current version of the PMO dates from 1971, when it was revived by Hibbard Perry. Mark Davis, who has conducted the Orchestra since 1989, succeeded Perry as Music Director. Since 1989 the PMO has one of the leading American mandolin ensembles with regular performances throughout the eastern United States and Western Europe. The PMO is dedicated to the performance of both traditional and contemporary music, including pieces written for the ensemble. In the past several years the PMO has given US or world premieres of new works by Clarice Assad, Betty Beath, Richard Charlton, Jim Dalton, Owen Hartford, Victor Kioulaphides, Annette Kruisbrink, Stephen Lalor, Olaf Naslund, Michael Nix, Robert Schultz, Emile Stopler, Caroline Szeto, Francine Trester, Frank Wallace, and August Watters. Also over the past several years the PMO has embarked on an ambitious program of joint performances with leading European mandolin ensembles, including Het Consort (Netherlands); the Ensemble a Plectre de Toulouse (France); the JZO-NRW (Germany); the Orchestra of the International Mandolin Academy (Italy), and the Saarländisches Zupforchester (Germany). PMO Music Director Mark Davis Mr. Davis is a guitarist and mandolinist, conductor, teacher and performer. He and his wife Beverly Davis run the North Meadow House Concert Series, and perform regularly as a duo. Mr. Davis began his guitar and mandolin studies with Hibbard Perry, and continued his studies with the pioneering German guitarist/conductor/composer Siegfried Behrend from whom he inherited his fascination with contemporary forms of musical expression. For the latest news and general information about the orchestra and its activities, find the Providence Mandolin Orchestra on these sites:
PMO website:http://www.providencemandolin.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Providence-Mandolin-Orchestra
ReverbNation:http://www.reverbnation.com/#!/providencemandolinorchestra
PRACTICE PLACE / TIME: Park Place UCC, 71 Park Place, Pawtucket, RI Tuesday nights, 7:30 - 9:30 PM, from Sept. 1 - June 1. Membership in the orchestra is by audition, and all inquiries should be addressed to Mark Davis.
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LocationSANDYWOODS CENTER FOR THE ARTS (View)
53 Muse Way
Tiverton, RI 02878
United States
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