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May 15, 2007 | Joseph and Bryce Milano
You hear a lot about the musician child prodigies, their stories about inspiration, opportunity and hard work, but sometime the stories of their parents can be just as interesting. We met Joseph Milano a couple years ago when he was chaperoning his young (13 at the time) prodigious son, Bryce Milano, at Rigelfest in Vermont, October of 2005. Turns out Joseph actually grew up not far from JazzMando headquarters west of Lincoln, Nebraska, so we already had a lot in common, much to talk about late into the night.
A successful artisan in his own right, Joesph owns Philadelphia based Joseph Milano Glassworks, a specialty stained glass operation that not only handles local building restorations, he's done some custom work for several Hollywood productions. (You can read more about this on his website.) His work is brilliant, and worth the time viewing his online slideshow.
While hauling Bryce around, he hooked up with several "name" artists, including Mike Marshall who took the young mandolinist under his wing, and Darol Anger, jazz educator/pioneer violinist. It was the meeting with Anger that inspired what would later become String Nation, a two-day festival and workshop of cutting edge modern acoustic string music from styles around the world. The premier players included Grammy winning folk singer Tim O'Brien, Darol Anger's Republic of Strings, Celtic artist Seamus Egan, French guitarist Stephane Wremble and his Trio, mandolinists Mike Marshall and Brazilian bandolim master Hamilton de Holanda, and Sweden's Vasen featuring world champion nyckelharpa player Olov Johannson.
Their dream came true last weekend and you can read about it in the following News of Delaware County article:
String Concert Goes Global
View Joseph Milano's Glassworks
Visit String Nation website
Posted by Ted at May 15, 2007 8:07 PM
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