Under the direction of maestro Enrico Granafei, the Bloomfield Mandolin
Orchestra, will open its Concert Season on Sunday, November 22, 3:00
P.M. at the Oakeside Cultural Center.
The orchestra will perform popular Italian songs and various works
by Johannes Kok, a prolific 20th century Dutch composer for the mandolin.
General admission will be $10.
Oakeside Cultural Center is located at 240 Belleville Avenue in Bloomfield.
For additional information, call the Center at 973-429-0960 or orchestra
President, Carol Franz, at 973-746-3203 and visit the website http://nj.mandolins.home.att.net.
This performance is part of a year round concert series and is sponsored
by the Bloomfield Federation of Music, under the auspices of the Bloomfield
Recreation Commission, Anthony Nesto, Director.
The Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra is dedicated to preserving the
tradition of mandolin playing and welcomes players of all levels to
join.
Rehearsals, which are open to the public, take place every Tuesday
evening from 7:30 P.M. to 9:30 P.M. in the basement of the Bloomfield
Civic Center, located at 84 Broad Street.
Rehearsals start the first week of September and end the second
week of May. In particular, the orchestra is looking for additional
players of the lower instruments of the mandolin family (mandola and
mandocello), acoustic guitar, and woodwinds.
For more information on how to join the Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra,
please contact Maestro Enrico Granafei at enrimus@aol.com
