will pluck tangos, rags, marches, polkas and some light European classical from the 1880s-1920s era of the mandolin orchestra craze. “Mandolin orchestras, like brass bands, were extremely popular a ...

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Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X When classical guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Joseph Todaro moved from Lansdowne, Delaware County, to Shillington ...

This time Woods appeared as concert master and conductor of the Mandolins in Brisbane ensemble; a group of enthusiasts drawn from a number of mandolin orchestras in Brisbane, who present about six ...

Americans were once mad for mandolins. Yet today, most have disappeared. We visit one of the remaining mandolin orchestras, which is celebrating its 90th birthday. Mandolin fever swept the United ...