Festival of the Mandolins
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Join us for the 16th annual San Francisco Festival of the Mandolins. At the 1PM concert,there will be six diverse mandolin performances ranging from classical to bluegrass by some of the world's finest mandolin artists. The concert will be preceeded by public workshops by the performers at 11AM. Performers will include: Aurora Mandolin Orchestra, SF Mandolin Orchestra, Gravenstein Mandolin Ensemble, Joe Walsh with Grant Gordy, La Familia Pena-Govea,and the Mandorian Candidates. Bulgarian food by chef Hristo Kolev.
The music of Grant Gordy and Joe K. Walsh arises from and expands upon the great tradition of guitar and mandolin duets. Drawing heavily from bluegrass and string band music while folding in sounds from influences as varied as Jerry Garcia, Bill Frisell, David Grisman, and Django Reinhardt, their sound is an exciting romp through many acoustic styles, all tied together with their deep improvisatory communication.
The Aurora Mandolin Orchestra - the largest orchestra of its kind in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The San Francisco Mandolin Orchestra, a plucked string orchestra with 20-25 members, playing instruments of the mandolin family (mandolin, mandola and mandocello), as well as guitar, and double bass. The orchestra formed in May, 2005, and rehearses in San Francisco's Mission district on Sunday afternoons.
La Familia Pena-Govea: Miguel Govea and Susan Pena and their two daughters, Rene and Cecilia, continue a legacy of family music making that encompasses the Chicano/Mexican/American traditions of love songs, rancheras, cumbias and more.
The Gravenstein Mandolin Ensemble is the only mandolin orchestra in the North Bay, consisting of mandolins, mandolas, mandoccellos, and bass. Under the musical direction of Gus Garelick, the ensemble's eclectic repertoire includes music from George Frederick Handel to Scott Joplin with some musical excursions to Brazil, Italy, Ireland, and Brooklyn along the way.
$20, $15 in advance, children free.
Presented by Croatian American Cultural Center