I have Eric's email address. Contact me off list and I will forward it. I also would love to direct everyone on the list to the web page for his group Beyond The Pale (http://www.beyondthepale.net/ ) . There are some wonderful video's including a few with Josh Dolgin.
Mel. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 3:41 PM To: World music from a Jewish slant Subject: Re: Looking for Music for Mandolin Quartet (for Bar Mitzvah) you should contact Eric Stein who is a klezmer musician and plays in the toronto mandolin orchestra. I don't have his email on me but I am sure someone here does. he had a pritty good romaninan arangment at klezkanada jeremy www.jeremyb.com > I'm relatively new to the list and I have a question. I play > mandocello in the Pittsburgh Mandolin Orchestra, along with several > other musicians who play mandolin, mandola, guitar, bass, in addition > to one other mandocello player. The orchestra includes between fifteen > and twenty players. As you know, the pitches of the mandolin family > instruments (mandolin, mandola, mandocello) correspond to their string > equivalents (violin, viola, and cello). (At this moment I'm listening > to the exquisite playing of the Israeli mandolin quartet, the Kerman > Mandolin Quartet). > > I wondered if anyone out there knows of a Klezmer/Jewish-inflected > score that would be appropriate for mandolin orchestra or mandolin > quartet. A score with parts for traditional string quartet would fit > the bill. And if the music in question is available on disc so much > the better. The performance context for this music will be my son's > Bar Mitzvah in March. I'm hoping to locate the music in time for the > orchestra to adequately rehearse the piece and then we'll play it at > some point during the ceremony. Many thanks for your help. > > James Abrams > Johnstown, PA > > ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ * * FREE JEWISH LEARNING * * Shamash invites you to join MyJewishLearning.com, a comprehensive, objective, authoritative and interactive learning resource in all areas of Judaism. Free membership via http://www.myjewishlearning.com/shamash ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------=
