AMGuSS is pleased to announce our 2024 Guest Artist will be Evan Marshall! Evan will give a concert and a workshop for students, as well as coaching one of our small ensembles and playing a concerto with our All-School orchestra, He will also be available for a few private lessons for registered AMGuSS students. For more information email email hidden; JavaScript is required
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Sasha Lisnichuk, 7-string guitarist extraordinaire, died at the end of December of brain cancer. He was 60. He was my friend. In recent years he became a priest in the Russian Orthodox church, but 20+ years previously we performed and recorded together– Brazilian Choro and our original music. At a time when my career was upended, Sasha was one of the friends who stepped forward to right my ship. He was brilliant, funny, charming, exacting as a musician, generous … Read More »
“I’m going to… Kansas City / Kansas City here I come!” I will be manning a vendor table at the Classical Mandolin Society of America meet-up in Kansas City next week. Looking forward to seeing old friends, spreading the word on AMGuSS, selling my music, and eating some BBQ! Since I’m flying I have to limit the number of copies of my 5 books, 15 CDs and 3 LPS I can bring. So if you’ll be there and want to … Read More »
AMGuSS dates for 2024 will be June 17-22! Pictured below is the class of 2023. More information on past year can be found here. Registration will open in late October– check back for updates!
Choro das 3 were our AMGuSS Guest Artists in 2023. During the week they included many of us in their weekly YouTube Live broadcast. After AMGuSS they stayed with me for a bit and included Paul and me in the next week’s broadcast. You can see those two weeks here: AMGuSS w/ Choro das 3 and Choro das 3 at Marilynn’s. The AMGuSS one gives an interesting look at the small ensemble choro groups and some folks from the … Read More »
Marilynn Mair and Enigmatica will perform the opening concert for the upcoming American Mandolin & Guitar Summer School on June 19th at 7:00 PM in the Performing Arts Center of Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island. Open to the public admission free. The program will feature music from Marilynn’s recent CD, Silver Lining of a Quiet Year, and music from Enigmatica’s upcoming CD, due to be released in Fall 2023.… Read More »
Order your copy from Mel Bay, here!In this 3rd volume of The Complete Mandolinist series, Marilynn Mair presents over 60 of her original compositions, works for mandolin solo and duo, mandolin with guitar, Choro leadsheets, and mandolin ensembles.
Pieces range from moderate to advanced, with most lying between those two parameters. Marilynn’s works show her original compositional style: lively, quirky, heartfelt, and colorful. Years of performing, recording, and arranging give her pieces a classical feel but with a … Read More »
What do Benjamin Britten, Rhiannon Giddens, J. S. Bach, and Astor Piazzolla have in common? They’re all on the program for the Enigmatica concert at 8:00 PM Saturday, March 25 at the Bristol State House, 240 High Street, Bristol. You can get advanced tickets here for$15: https://www.communitystringproject.org/…/Enigmatica…
Or $20 at the door. Come join us for a fun evening of great music!… Read More »
It’s time to sign up for my American Mandolin & Guitar Summer School! You can download a registration form and register by mail, or register online via Paypal. Our Gust Artists for 2023 will be Choro das 3, the brilliant and charming Choro trio of bandolim, flute, and guitar from Sao Paulo. They will perform in concert and give workshops, one especially for guitarists.
Check out our AMGuSS page for more information on what your week with us will include. … Read More »
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