Picante - Ely Karasik’s 100th Birthday Video
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- čas přidán 27. 04. 2024
- This video was a special edition video to celebrate Ely Karasik’s 100th birthday. He was born in New York City on April 28th 1924. He was an excellent musician and founded the Denver Mandolin Orchestra. He recieved a lifetime achievement award from the Classical Mandolin Society of America. He passed away in. September of 2015. This piece is a Tango Ely wrote for Mandolin Orchestra call Picante.
The musicians in this video are:
Emily Wilson on the first mandolin part. She is curator of the Karasik Mandolin Project. The purpose of the project is to preserve the Karasik January 5th 1923 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson #71839, while also keeping in in the hands of musicians.The Karasik mandolin project is currently seeking investors to be able to continue. For more information on the project check out its website karasiklloydloar.com. Or contact Emily at mandofiddleem@gmail.com.
Mike Schroeder is on the second mandolin part. He is the founder of the Louisville Mandolin Orechestra. lmo.org He also plays with the Louisville Bluegrass Band. He is playing on a March 31 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson.
Shari Claus is on guitar. She is accompanies Emily at various music events and is an accomplished guitar player.
Kristy Whiteside is holding down the bass. She plays with various groups
Karasik Mandolin Project shirts and hats are now available. Email Emily at mandofiddleem@gmail.com to purchase one.
The Future of the Karasik Mandolin Project
Having Ely Karasik’s Lloyd Loar signed Gibson has been an amazing opportunity for me both professionally and personally. Recently the Karasik family has decided that the mandolin needs to be sold. To continue this project I will be needing help.
The cost of a Lloyd Loar signed Gibson is beyond what I can finance without assistance so the project will be transitioning to an LLC with investors. This method of financing is commonly used by violinists. Violins can cost in the millions of dollars and the concertmaster of the Colorado Symphony acquired the violin she plays on this way. She has been helpful by putting me in contact with her attorney who is helping me set up the business. The Llc will last 10 years and after 10 years the mandolin will be sold at its new appraised value.
There are four ways people assist in continuing this project. First is by investing in the mandolin. If you are interested in doing this please email me at mandofiddleEm@gmail.com. Second is by donating to the projects gofundme gofund.me/abfb8314. The go fund me will help cover some of the legal expenses incurred and also allows people who do not want to invest in contributing. The third way you can help is by sharing the mandolins gofundme link. The fourth way to contribute to this project is by subscribing to the Karasik Mandolin Project on youtube. / @thekarasikmandolinpro... .
I am looking forward to continuing this project in the future with the goal of continuing to get the Karasik Mandolin into the hands of deserving players of all levels and styles. If you are interested in participating or have an idea of a mandolin player to be featured in this series please reach out to me via email. MandofiddleEm@gmail.com.
Thank you so much. Ely would've been so proud.
thanks Randy. This was fun to put together.
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thanks!
Beautiful - haunting; love the key changes. Wish I could play my bass like that!
Kristy rocked it.
Wow. You should be proud of your rendition. Very nice
thank you!
wow great job! having struggled with the piece I know how challenging it is (not to Ely, though!). If I'm not mistaken, you did a little variation near the end of the middle section -- it was very nice.
not a variation but…. there’s a melody on the mandola part that makes the syncopation in the c part of mandolin 1 make sense so Mike covered it I’ll text you the dots
@@thekarasikmandolinproject1195 got it. (yes, I did notice - no Mandola!)