East Tennessee State University Mandolin Orchestra

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All proceeds from Bandcamp sales of this recording go to nonprofit organizations who are addressing inequality in string band music.

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1.	The Home Town Band 02:01	info	buy track
2.	Bull Frog Blues 02:55	info	buy track
3.	Sobre Las Olas 05:29	info	buy track
4.	Noites Cariocas 03:43	info	buy track
5.	Cold Morning Shout 04:11	info	buy track
6.	Mandolin Rag / Take Those Lips Away 02:53	info	buy track
7.	Black Cohosh 04:12	info	buy track
8.	Duo des Fleurs 02:43	info	buy track
9.	Mandolin Concerto in C major RV 425, Allegro 03:19	info	buy track
10.	Svatbarska Ruchenitsa 03:48	info	buy track

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The ETSU Mandolin Orchestra (founded 2014) is a course offered through the program in Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music Studies (BLUE) that is housed in the Department of Appalachian Studies at East Tennessee State University. Director Lee Bidgood coaches mandolinists from a variety of backgrounds to cover a lot of ground: learning by ear, reading notation, learning about the history of mandolin orchestras, and exploring contemporary ways to continue the this tradition into the future.
The group recorded for this project in 2017 consists of community members, undergraduate majors in the BLUE program, graduate students in Appalachian Studies, as well as students of Exercise Science and Geosciences. Some of the players have been doing it for decades—one started just a year before the recordings were made.
Our orchestra draws from vernacular traditions of the mandolin as well as American and international mandolin orchestras. We adapt older repertoire and make new connections, balancing our musical and technical goals with the legacy of the mandolin orchestra as a social institution. Everyone is welcome in this group; music resonates as we share it.

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released August 17, 2022

The East Tennessee State University Mandolin Orchestra
Mandolin: Digger DeRusha, Delaney Dunlap, Brandon Ladd, Isaac Shockley
Mandola: Clinton Ross, Lee Bidgood
Mandocello: Jim Miller
Guitar: Digger DeRusha, Jim Miller
Bass: Karl Zerfas

Production Credits:
Engineered by Ben Bateson and Dan Boner
Mixed and Mastered by Ben Bateson and Dan Boner
Photography by Dan Boner
Liner Notes and Art by Lee Bidgood
Produced by Lee Bidgood
Many thanks to First Baptist Church in Elizabethton for allowing us to use their building to make these recordings on April 22, 2017.

Recording sponsored by Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Roots Music Studies, The Department of Appalachian Studies, East Tennessee State University

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ETSU Mandolin Orchestra Johnson City, Tennessee

Directed by Lee Bidgood, ETSU Mandolin Orchestra is a part of Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music Studies in the Department of Appalachian Studies at ETSU. We adapt older repertoire and vernacular traditions, and make new connections that balance artistic and technical development with the legacy of the mandolin orchestra as a social institution. ... more

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