We're an established plucked orchestra that's been in Brighton for about 15 years and we've won national competitions many times, in this country.
We're approx 25 to 30 strong, but that ain't enough.
We have mandolins, mandolas, guitars and mandobass players, but we have no mandocello players, and we even have mandocellos to loan to a prospective player.
The instrument has 4 pairs of strings, tuned like a cello, and is shaped and played like a guitar. It also has frets. You can see me holding it, at the front of the group picture, in this ad.
It would be a suitable task for a cellist who can also play guitar, or a guitarist who is willing to learn a new tuning and clef.
It's also a lot of fun, as testifies by our being together for the last 15 years!
We play from written music. We play plenty of contemporary modern compositions, from around the world, as well as classical and traditional pieces.
We're like a string orchestra except violins = mandolins, violas = mandolas, mandocello = cello and bass = mandobass.
We perform about 6 to 8 concerts a year and rehearse every Tuesday at 7.30pm, at St George's Church, in Kemptown.
Come and check us out, at our rehearsals, if you want to.
http://www.myspace.com/thefretfulfederationmandolinorchestra

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