The San Francisco Public Library is pleased to host the Aurora Mandolin Orchestra for their 12th consecutive performance in the Koret Auditorium on November 10, 2019 at 2pm.
The original Orchestra played in the 1930s. Gino Pellegrini was a member then and restarted the group, as its Director in the 1970s. After his passing in 2006, Gino's wife, Jo took on the role.
The Orchestra consists of more than 30 members with professional and amateur musicians playing mandolin, mandola, mandocello, guitar, string bass, accordion, flute and percussion, who travel from various parts of the Greater Bay Area for a weekly rehearsal. Their repertoire includes creative arrangements of folk music, semi-classical Italian, Spanish, Russian songs, popular "oldies", contemporary pieces (some taken from familiar musicals), excerpts from operas, and classical orchestra compositions written specifically for mandolin.
In addition, Belle Sorella, the soprano duo, Susie and Nova Jimenez will also perform.
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