Concordia is an orchestra of 20 musicians who love bringing the magic of mandolin music to audiences in Victoria, Australia.
We play mandolins, mandolas, guitars, double bass and sometimes mandocello. If you have never heard this combination of instruments, you will certainly be surprised and delighted.
Events
Mar 5 (Wed). Free Workshop ‘Mandolins and Merlot’, Malvern East
May 4 (Sun). Concert at Clayton Community Theatre
Jun 29 (Sun). Concert at Mitcham
Aug 23 (Sun). Concert at Corinella Hall
Sep 21 (Sun). Concert at Airlie, Ivanhoe (Private concert for residents)
Oct 3 (Fri). Concert at Vasey, Bundoora (Private concert for residents)
Dec (date TBA) Christmas concert for family and friends at our rehearsal venue, Malvern East
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Concordia Events 2025
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Happy new year to all Concordia’s friends and family and welcome to our new website! We are looking forward to a busy year. Here is our schedule of events with further information to come. And please read about our free workshop ‘Mandolins and Merlot’. It will be a fun evening, so do tell your friends…
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Mandolins and Merlot
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Free Mandolin Workshop With Wine Come and try playing mandolin with an ensemble… If you play violin, your left hand will know what to do: the fingering’s the same. 7.30pm Wednesday, March 5, 2025 Concordia Mandolin and Guitar Ensemble is a performing orchestra of plucked-string musicians. We rehearse on Wednesday evenings and perform about six concerts…
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This is the date Sun 3 Nov 2024: Peninsula Folk Club
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Sun 3 Nov 2024 Concordia Mandolin & Guitar Ensemble performed at the club night of the Peninsula Folk Club after enjoying the ‘jam’ and ‘blackboard’ acts.
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Mandolins Victoria Combined Ensembles concert
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Sat 12 Oct 2024 Concordia Mandolin & Guitar Ensemble combined with Mandolins D’Amour and Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra for this concert under the auspices of Mandolins Victoria. Mandolins Victoria is an organisation made up of members of mandolin ensembles in Victoria and welcoming of any players or teachers of mandolin and related instruments. It was established to…
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FAME Festival Brisbane
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Jun 30 to Jul 7 2024 Members of Concordia Mandolin & Guitar Ensemble joined 70+ musicians from around Australia for a week of rehearsals, workshops social events and more, culminating in a concert at the beautiful Brisbane cathedral. The festival conductor was Richard Charlton who composed the festival piece. FAME – the Federation of Australasian…
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Mandolins in May
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Sat 4 May 2024 At the beautiful Clayton Community Theatre Concordia Mandolin & Guitar Ensemble performed under the musical direction of Basil Hawkins with solo performances by Juliette Maxwell (piano accordian) and Michelle Wright (mandola).
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Concert in Corinella
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Sun 10 Mar 2024 Concordia Mandolin & Guitar Ensemble performed at the Corinella Community Hall featuring music by Nelson, Faure and Pakenham and solo piano accordian performance by Juliette Maxwell in Piazzolla’s Libertango.
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Eclipse in Cowes
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Sun 17 Sep 2023 Concordia performs in the Bass Coast area annually. This concert featured soloists Will Hardy (recorder) and Darryl Barron (mandola) performing the new composition by Michelle Nelson, Bishop’s Spell. This and other compositions by resident composer and lead guitarist, Michelle Nelson are on our latest CD, Eclipse.
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Eclipse – Concert and CD Launch
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Sun 23 Jul 2023 At the Maroondah Federation Estate, Concordia launched its latest CD, Eclipse. This CD features all new compositions by Michelle Nelson, our resident composer and lead guitarist. Will Hardy (recorder) and Darryl Barron (mandola) were the soloists in Bishop’s Spell both in the concert and on the CD. Bishop’s Spell was commissioned…
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Mandolins Victoria Combined Ensembles Concert
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Sat 10 Dec 2022 Concordia Mandolin & Guitar Ensemble combined with Mandolins D’Amour and Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra for this concert under the auspices of Mandolins Victoria. Mandolins Victoria is an organisation made up of members of mandolin ensembles in Victoria and welcoming of any players or teachers of mandolin and related instruments. It was established to…
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Peninsula Folk Club – Sun 4 Sep 2022
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With the President of the Peninsula Folk Club having joined the ranks of Concordia’s first mandolins, we were invited to play at their club night after their ‘jam’ and ‘blackboard’ performances. A fun night was had by all! Thanks, Evan Webb.
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Concert in Cowes – Sun 1 May 2022
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This was Concordia’s first public concert after Melbourne’s long Covid lockdowns. We were delighted to return to the Bass Coast and feature local guitarists Tania Ravbar and Michelle Nelson as soloists.
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