OREGON MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA What: A 30-piece orchestra composed of mandolins, mandolas, mandocellos, string basses and featuring various visiting soloists and accompanists Founded: 2010 in Hillsboro ...

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology collaborated with the National Gallery of Art and other institutions ... entitled Gypsy Woman with Mandolin (circa 1870), by ...

In 17th century Italy, the mandolin was a salon instrument played by “educated young maidens of noble birth”, said Michael Church in The Independent. Since then, it has broadened its appeal ...

Dan Voight became interested in the mandolin at an early age. He not only wanted to play, he wanted to build mandolins that would perform to his high standards. Eventually performance and the art ...

He says his mother played the mandolin and so he "picked it up and ... his creativity with his passion for music to create art. He calls the pieces he builds "musical sculptures." ...

thinking of the mandolin: what did it symbolise for them at that given time, and how they were using that to create their art? As an interpreter, I have tried to put myself in the composer’s position ...

“It’s not a woodworking project, it’s an art,” says Miller, one of the nation’s top mandolin makers. His instruments sell for up to $8,500, those of the world’s best can fetch $ ...

An ancient art brought over from Italy is seeing a resurgence in Bloomfield. The Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra, originally started by Italian immigrants 76 years ago, seeks new members to fill ...

The Kalamazoo Valley Museum is hosting the Kalamazoo Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra for a free performance during the city's Art Hop. On Friday, Dec. 6, the orchestra will perform at 6 p.m. and 7: ...