Come and experience some world class mandolin music performed by the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble in the sanctuary of Blakemore United Methodist Church, 3601 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37205 (Just two blocks west on West End Avenue off the I-440 West End exit).
After the concert refreshments will be served in Blakemore's Fellowship Hall.
Tickets for the concert are $10.00 each or 10 for $95 and can be purchased at the door or reserved by e-mailing soundartrecordings@comcast.net. For additional information, you may call Sinclair Baldassari at 615-292-0324.
Butch Baldassari, of the Blair School of Music, founded the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble in 1991, and they have made some amazing music through the years including four recordings. With its scintillating contemporary qualities, the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble has been hailed for revitalizing and reshaping mandolin ensemble music that enjoyed nationwide popularity at the turn of the 20th century.
Butch died this past January and the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble, which swelled to 24 players for the occasion, played at his Blakemore UMC memorial service. Some musicians worried that this might be the group's final performance; however, the players involved with the Ensemble made a long-thought-out decision to go on. They have decided that their first public appearance since Butch’s passing will be on Sunday, May 17th, 7:00 p.m., in the sanctuary of Blakemore United Methodist Church.
You can hear music by the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble and download individual numbers on the MySpace Music profile for the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble
http://www.myspace.com/nashvillemandolinensemble
To catch a video segment featuring the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble via Google click on the address below
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1310453621476447041
To order recordings by Butch Baldassari and the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble
http://www.soundartrecordings.com/allproducts.shtml
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