Kalamazoo Mandolin & Guitar Orchestra in Concert

The Kalamazoo Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra presents holiday music old and new, at the Kalamazoo Valley Musuem for the December Art Hop. The Kalamazoo Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra is a plucked string ensemble consisting of mandolins, mandolas, mandocellos, guitars, and bass. The KMGO was founded in 2003 to revive the mandolin orchestra tradition in Kalamazoo. Under the direction of conductor Philip Rugel, the orchestra enjoys performing a wide variety of music, including classical, ethnic, and “golden era” mandolin orchestra music.