Concert Season Highlights
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The Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra, Enrico Granafei, conductor, delighted its audience with an afternoon of Mandolin Melodies, featuring guest conductors/arrangers Tom Lleshaj and Daniele Brenca

 

Enrico Granafei, conductor of the Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra, congratulates guest conductor Daniele Brenca after a performance of his arrangement of Franz Lehar's Tu che mi hai preso il cor. Seen in the left foreground is concertmaster Franco di Gangi.
Photo by: John Meixner.

The first mandolin section of The Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra, led by concertmaster Franco di Gangi (front lower right). Orchestra member Barbara Bivin is seen in back row.
Photo by: John Meixner

Bloomfield resident and mandolist David Bauer (front lower right) with The Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra members Front Row: Peter Longo, mandola and Back Row: Arthur Coppola, guitar, Michael Lemma, guitar, and Vito Foti, mandocello. Photo by: John Meixner.

The Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra's longest current member Peter Longo, mandolist, poses with his daughter, mandolinist Patty Bolles. Peter is one of six original members who founded the orchestra in 1941. Patty is the principal player of the orchestra's second mandolin section. Peter Longo is a longtime member of the Bloomfield Federation of Music Hall of Fame. Pictured in the background is guitarist Ben Larkey.
Photo by: John Meixner