Announcements, News, Performances, etc
Welcome to our blog, where we share insights into our musical journey as a plucked-string trio. Stay tuned for updates on our performances and new arrangements that we are excited to share with you!
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Mandola Exuberance
It’s not a common experience to see an acknowledgement of mandolas beyond mandolin-orchestra performances or advertisements in high-end stores, but I was amazed this morning to see that IMSLP has a category for Scores featuring the mandola! — Jonathan
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CMSA 2025 – Sway
We signed up again this year to play during open-mic at CMSA’s annual convention, in Portland, Oregon. Our setlist was “Sway”, arranged by Andrew Boden, and the first movement Joel Hobbs‘ Memories from the Future, “Astride My Velocipede.” Here’s Sway.
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CMSA 2023 – Oblivion
For CMSA’s 2023 annual convention, this time in Kansas City, we performed a short set of “Oblivion” and “Canta Mais.” Robert Margo provided us with an arrangement of Astor Piazzolla’s “Oblivion” for mandolin, guitar, and g-mandola. Jonathan lightly edited the arrangement to accommodate c-mandola in place of g.
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CMSA 2023 – Canta Mais
We followed up “Oblivion” at CMSA’s 2023 open-mic session with “Canta Mais” by Antonio Carlos Jobim. Again Robert Margo provided us with the arrangement, also lightly edited the arrangement to accommodate the c-mandola. We’ve not explored the site much, but the Jobim Institute freely provides a lead sheet for “Canta Mais” in its archives.
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2023 Selby/Fairview Arts Pop Up
We performed a set while patrons browsed neighborhood artists’ pottery, photography, woodwork, and other work. The Mall of St. Paul, Peter’s, Old Stuff, and Eastwood Gallery were just around the corner for you to browse, enhancing the Saturday’s junk treasure finding. Program Boden Interlude: Andrew Boden, from North Shropshire, U.K, is a retired music and…