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M ANDOLINE  A FFAIRE Until July 2010 Mandoline Affaire  (Penny Ross mandolin and John Jooste  guitar) were one of Perth's busiest performing duos.   They made regular concert appearances in and around Perth and Fremantle and appeared at countless weddings, corporate functions, private parties etc.  Unfortunately, owing to a life changing accident with a garden mulcher Penny suffered the loss of two and a half fingers on her left hand and the performance career of this duo came to an abrupt end.   We have kept our website open to allow people to continue to share our music by listening to sample tracks from our four Cds. These Cds are all still available and can be bought online or direct from Mandoline Affaire through our email contact page (click on menu at left).    We also have some music scores available and these too can be purchased by either of the methods above.

PENNY ROSS is the only person to have graduated from The West Australian Conservatorium on mandolin. For 12 years she was a full time member of the popular group 'Stringy Bach' She was leader of the West Australian Mandolin Orchestra for several years and has performed   with mandolin orchestras from around the world at various festivals in Australia and overseas. She has appeared with the West Australian Symphony as well as the Singapore Symphony orchestras on various occasions.

JOHN JOOSTE migrated to Perth from South Africa in 1974. Since then he has perfomed in numerous concerts both as soloist and in various ensembles. His experience ranges from stints with cabaret and rock bands in the early seventies to classical concerts in Perth and around Australia. He spent three years as leader of the guitar section in the W.A.Mandolin Orchestra and wrote several works for them. In 2000 he co wrote and performed the music for Barking Ghekko Theatre Company's production of the play 'Tiger Tango'.

 

Scores available for Mandoline Affaire arrangements. Click here to find out more.