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Click here to see the newest AMO Photos
Beloved
mandolin player
Gino Pellegrini
dies at 90
“The Country, the Bay Area and the world of music has suffered a loss with the death of Gino Pellegrini, much-loved player and renowned mandolin player and longtime director of the Aurora Mandolin Orchestra, February 24, 2006.”
Click
to read article by
correspondent,
Joan Aragone
The
Aurora Mandolin Orchestra
(AMO), the largest orchestra
of its kind in he San Francisco Bay Area continues to perform many
concerts to thousands of audiences at festivals and organizations
throughout the area. Gino Pellegrini was a member of the Aurora Mandolin
Orchestra of the 1930s and represents the thread of continuity to
the present organization which he reformed in 1970. He was
Photographer:
Joe McDonough
Photowall
Designer
Josephine
Pellegrini
ginopell@aol.com
the Director and Concertmaster and “heart and soul” of this orchestra for 35 years until his passing in 2006.
Josephine Pellegrini, known as Jo, assumed the role of Director and Conductor after Gino’s passing and has successfully preserved his legacy of bringing the vibrancy and passion of the mandolin orchestral repertoire to new audiences throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
The Aurora Mandolin Orchestra consists of up to thirty professional and amateur musicians (mandolin, mandola, mandocello, guitar, string bass, accordion, flute and percussion) from various parts of the Bay Area. The uniqueness of this group is its varied repertoire including traditional and semi-classical Italian, Spanish, Russian, specialty ethnic and contemporary orchestral compositions. They have given public performances to thousands of music lovers and are especially proud to have played Davies Hall at San Francisco Symphony’s festive opening night in 1984, the Academy of Sciences at Golden Gate Park, Santa Clara University, and the annual San Francisco Mandolin Festival.
In 2006, the Aurora Mandolin Ensemble (AME), a subset of the orchestra was formed allowing the group to perform for venues ranging from the concert hall and outdoor festivals, to restaurants, clubs and private parties.
For more information or booking, please contact:
Jo Pellegrini at ginopell@aol.com.
Carole
R. Brown
Webmistress
Rio Vista Graphics
riovi@sbcglobal.net
January 15, 2008