WELCOME TO VENICE Here Vivaldi wrote his Mandolin Concertos! THE MANDOLIN ACADEMY Concerts and Seminars in Venice THE MANDOLIN ACADEMY IN VENICE We organise Concerts and Holds Seminars in Mandolin Playing in the Extraordinary Italian City of Venice. CONCERT TOURS TO VENICE Concert Tours for Mandolin Orchestras & Soloists. We offer exciting and unique opportunities for both mandolin soloists and plucked string orchestras to perform in the magnificent churches and palaces of Venice. THE MANDOLIN ACADEMY  is part of Venice – we know how to make it happen. CONCERTS IN VENICE You perform in the enchanted world of Italian art and music. The MANDOLIN ACADEMY  welcomes mandolin lovers, both professional and amateur, from all over the world. MANDOLIN SEMINARS We offer teaching activities for all mandolin players. The only requirement is that you love the mandolin and share our enthusiasm and joy about it. Our mandolin seminars are for players of every level and ability. VENICE  The city of Venice is our headquarters. You stay in premises right in the historical centre of this unique and magical place, dating from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance... TRANSPORTATION AND ACCOMODATION We recommend that you visit websites about accommodation - hotels, apartments etc. in Venice. Everything remains in your hands, and you pay directly. The seminar fee covers course and concert activities organised by the MANDOLIN ACADEMY, and you take care of transport and accommodation separately. CONCERT TOURS TO VENICE A model for a tour THE EDUCATIONAL TEAM Keith Harris at the Mandolin Academy KEITH HARRIS DIRECTOR OF MANDOLIN STUDIES AT THE MANDOLIN ACADEMY IN VENICE We are proud and happy that Keith Harris, with his long experience and huge knowledge in every area relating to the  mandolin, will be part of the team at the MANDOLIN ACADEMY in Venice. We remember Keith when he first held a seminar in 1983 in Vadstena, Sweden, with our former mandolin orchestra Musica Festiva. We remember his virtuosic mandolin playing, and also both his rare insight into the problems of anybody learning the mandolin, and gentle yet exacting way of guiding his students. This combination of high personal skill and understanding for people who seek his help, makes it a great pleasure for us to welcome him to Venice as Director of Mandolin Studies at the MANDOLIN ACADEMY. WOULDN’T YOU LIKE TO HAVE A CONCERT TOUR WITH YOUR MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA TO VIVALDI’S HOMETOWN OF VENICE? It could look like this: 1. Your mandolin orchestra performs one, two, three or even four concerts in the beautiful churches and palaces of Venice, surrounded by magnificent masterpieces by the great Venetian Renaissance and Baroque painters and with superb acoustics for concerts and recordings. 2. In addition to playing beautiful music, we can help you with the touristic side of your visit to Venice. For example, we can arrange excursions, boat rides on the canals of Venice and dining in typical Venetian restaurants. Please ask us for details. 3. We recommend that you visit websites about accommodation - hotels, apartments etc. in Venice. Everything remains in your hands, and you pay directly. As we said before, the seminar fee covers course and concert activities organised by the MANDOLIN ACADEMY, and you take care of transport and accommodation separately. WE ORGANISE IN VENICE We organise concert tours to Venice for both mandolin orchestras and soloists. You will benefit from the extensive experience we have acquired since we started in the field in 1982. Since then, we have successfully arranged tours for all kinds of ensembles, choirs and soloists throughout Scandinavia, Europe, the UK, Japan and the USA. So we know our way around... THE EDUCATIONAL TEAM Marina Eckhardt at the Mandolin Academy MARINA ECKHARDT A LEADING MANDOLIN SOLOIST AND TEACHER FROM THE NETHERLANDS Marina is the other half of the educational team. Marina and Keith have been friends and colleagues for two decades, and share many views on music, the mandolin, and life. Follia, hier et demain, a recording Marina made some years ago with the guitarist Leo van Rutte, has become a collectors’ item in insider circles – because it is so good! The MANDOLIN ACADEMY very much looks forward to welcoming Marina as well!