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The Complete Mandolinist is out!

The Complete MandolinistMy method book is out! It's a gorgeous 224 pages with a 70-minute CD and retails for only $24.95.

Mel Bay is the publisher and you can get it on their website or Elderly or Amazon or elsewhere online. Or request it at your local music store.



The new Água no Feijão CD is out!

Marilynn's Brazilian band has released their debut CD, "Roda no Rio". A mix of traditional choro and new works by Mauricio Carillho and Marilynn herself, the lively disc is a party waiting to happen. You can buy the CD here.

For more information on the band, and to preview tracks from the CD, including Marilynn's "Por que Nao?" [Why Not?] go to: myspace.com/aguanofeijao



Upcoming Concerts

Marilynn has a busy fall planned, performing solo, with guitarist Bob Martel, and directing her octet Enigmatica. Check out her schedule, as well as upcoming dates for her Live/Whirled Series, Brazilian events she is presenting, and the 2009 AMGuSS.

» View all of Marilynn's Upcoming Concerts


Marilynn's Live/Whirled Series announces its 3rd season

Marilynn's 4-series interactive concert series 2 Perishable Theatre gets underway November 16th, with the Gillen Street Project. Also featured on the series are The Pegheads (December 7), Choro Democratico (February 1) and Marilynn herself (March 1). Marilynn's concert will feature the premiere of her interactive music-photo-poetry piece "Rio Luz". For more information download the series flyer.

Marilynn on YouTube!

"Marilynn Mair on music, the mandolin, and the love of an inanimate object." This 3-minute video interview was produced by students at Roger Williams University for "The Feed," a weekly video news project.



Brazil Log & Photo Gallery

Marilynn has been spending alot of time in Rio lately. Check out the logs and photos she has sent home – Brazil Log.



Marilynn's recent solo CD – Leave Something Unexplained

Leave Something Behind CD cover"Leave Something Unexplained" sends Marilynn's music into new territories and forges new musical alliances along the way. Featuring Adam Larrabee, Radim Zenkl, Paulo Sa, and Enigmatica, as well as solo performances, this CD writes a new page in the history of an American mandolin icon.

The Providence Journal says, "On all the tracks her commitment to the Baroque, classical, and Brazilian shines through, whether it be complex harmonies and unisons with Larrabee, the precision of Bach with Enigmatica, or the romanticism of her work with Sa and Zenkl." The Providence Phoenix calls the CD "shimmering," and writes,"Mair's a superb mandolin player who has previously brought the instrument to unexpected places [and] she makes the disc's broad curatorial choice all sound like they belonged together in the first place."

» Listen to audio samples and purchase this CD.

» Hear sound samples from all her albums and fill your online shopping cart.

» Read the full reviews.


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Marilynn on Mandolin is a periodic newsletter to keep you up-to-date on Marilynn's latest concerts, articles, cds, and workshops. The next edition will be out soon — . Read previous issues of the newsletters in the newsletter archive.


Articles & Interviews

Marilynn in All Frets MagazineRead about Marilynn in her cover story from Frets Magazine, or other media interviews. Also read over 30 articles she has written on mandolin and Brazilian choro, and download music examples she has arranged for you. Check out the articles and interviews page.



"Marilynn Mair on mandolin...touches the deepest and most engaging reaches of the ancient and passionate 'Latin soul'."

Carlos Agudelo
Billboard Magazine


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