THE EAST COAST MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA

About the East Coast Mandolin Orchestra
The East Coast Mandolin & Guitar Orchestra is the brainchild of Mr. Mark Linkins, who currently serves as the Music Director of both the Munier Mandolin & Guitar Orchestra in Philadelphia, PA and the Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra in Baltimore MD.

2022 - A Celebration of Brazilian Mandolin Music
The 46 member ECMO will return in 2022 after two seasons of isolation and will feature an all-Brazilian program, with works by Hector Villa-Lobos and Antonio Carlos Jobim and guest starring Marilynn Mair, accomplished master of the choro style.

2022 Program
Roda de Choro
Chorinho de Gafieira / Astor Silva
Feitico / Jacob de Bandolim
Cochichando / Pixinguinha

Marilyn Mair (mandolin) and Paul Dressel (guitar)
Eu Quero e Sossego / K-Ximbinho

Mandolin Quintet
Garoto / Antonio Carlos Jobim (arr. Margo)

Enrico Granafei (vocals, guitar, chromatic harmonica)
Estate / Bruno Martino

Robert Margo, Minas, and Friends
Girl from Ipanema / Antonio Carlos Jobim (mandola solo intro arr. Margo)

East Coast Mandolin Orchestra
Gavotte, from Suite of Popular Songs / Heitor Villa-Lobos (arr. Linkins)
Gentle Rain / Luiz Bonfa (arr. Linkins) featuring Enrico Granafei (chromatic harmonica)
Acerta O Passos / Pixinguinha (arr. Mair)
So Many Stars / Sergio Mendes (arr.Linkins) featuring Kristine Massari (vocals)
Choro das Estrelas / Patricia King Haddad (arr. Linkins)
Modinha / Antonio Carlos Jobim (arr. Linkins) featuring Antonello Di Matteo (clarinet)
{MAYBE Aquarela do Brasil / (arr. Heller)}
Bachianas / Heitor Villa-Lobos (arr. Kasinskas) featuring Enrico Granafei (chromatic harmonica)
and Antonello DiMatteo (clarinet)
Corcovado / Chega de Saudade / Antonio Carlos Jobim (arr. Zaccagni) featuring Patricia King Haddad
and Orlando Haddad (vocals)
Waters of March / Antonio Carlos Jobim (arr. Zaccagni) featuring Patricia King Haddad and Orlando Haddad (vocals)
Roda de Choro (M. Mair, P. Dressel, A. DiMatteo, J. Gicking, J. Previti, O. Haddad)
Mandolin Quintet (R. Margo, J. Young, T. Norris, J. Hamidi, M. Linkins)
Minas and Friends (O. Haddad, P. King-Haddad, J. Previti, E. Granafei, S. Heller, T. Palmer)

2021

2020

2019 - Woodstock and Beyond: Celebrating the Music of 1969
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Music Festival, the ECMO (now expanded to 110 musicians) performed a selection of music from 1969 from composers as diverse as Joni Mitchell, Michel Le Grand and Stevie Wonder and Alan Wilson of Canned Heat.

2018 - Italian Film Music
Both the Munier Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra (MMGO) and the Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra (BMO) were combined for two collaborations during the 2017-2018 season. Initially called the "Ciao Philadelphia Orchestra", it also included musicians from 10 other mandolin orchestras, performing an entire program of music from classic Italian films. Excerpts from that performance may be found here.

The second collaboration involved the MMGO and various members of the BMO (including five of the senior members of Baltimore’s innovative Mando for Kids program). Selections from that performance may be found here and here.