Presenting a musical celebration of European cultures with The Auckland Mandolinata Orchestra live at Holland House
Saturday, 27th October
Holland House, 123 Rockfield Road, Penrose
Doors open 1:30pm
Concert 2:00 – 4:30 pm with intermission
Tickets $10 including afternoon tea
Soon after arriving from Holland with her family, Doris Flameling (1932-2004) started teaching guitar and mandolin in West Auckland. In 1969, she formed a small ensemble for her pupils. This ensemble eventually developed into a full size mandolin orchestra. Doris was the musical director and conductor of this orchestra for many years. Read the full story.
The orchestra has an aim to foster an interest in, and to encourage the playing of, the mandolin family and related instruments. The size of the orchestra ranges from twenty to thirty members playing mandolins, mandolas, mandocello or Liuto, Mandolon (bass mandolin), guitars, contra-bass, flute, and accordions.
The orchestra recruits new players of any level of musical skills and has a training scheme in place for any of the instruments.
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