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The Classical Mandolin Society of America, or CMSA was founded in 1986 to promote knowledge and interest in the mandolin, its family (mandolin
Mandolin

A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It is descended from the Mandora, a soprano member of the lute family. It has a body with a teardrop-shaped soundboard, or one which is essentially oval in shape, with a soundhole, or soundholes, of varying shapes which are open and are not decorated with an intricately carved grille lik...
, mandola
Mandola

The mandola or tenor mandola is a fretted string instrument musical instrument. The mandola has four double courses for a total of eight strings....
, mandocello
Mandocello

The mandocello is a plucked string instrument of the mandolin family. The mandocello is played with a plectrum and is fretted. Mandocello construction is similar to that of the mandolin....
, mando-bass
Mando-bass

The mandobass is the musical instrument of the mandolin family with the lowest range. It is tuned EADG ....
) and guitar. The Society actively sponsors mandolin education and instruction for children and adults in the United States and currently has a membership of over 400, worldwide. CMSA has an annual Convention at a site that alternates around the United States and Canada.






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The Classical Mandolin Society of America, or CMSA was founded in 1986 to promote knowledge and interest in the mandolin, its family (mandolin
Mandolin

A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It is descended from the Mandora, a soprano member of the lute family. It has a body with a teardrop-shaped soundboard, or one which is essentially oval in shape, with a soundhole, or soundholes, of varying shapes which are open and are not decorated with an intricately carved grille lik...
, mandola
Mandola

The mandola or tenor mandola is a fretted string instrument musical instrument. The mandola has four double courses for a total of eight strings....
, mandocello
Mandocello

The mandocello is a plucked string instrument of the mandolin family. The mandocello is played with a plectrum and is fretted. Mandocello construction is similar to that of the mandolin....
, mando-bass
Mando-bass

The mandobass is the musical instrument of the mandolin family with the lowest range. It is tuned EADG ....
) and guitar. The Society actively sponsors mandolin education and instruction for children and adults in the United States and currently has a membership of over 400, worldwide. CMSA has an annual Convention at a site that alternates around the United States and Canada. Among other functions, the CMSA Convention hosts the En Masse Orchestra, which for its brief existence every year is the largest mandolin orchestra
Mandolin orchestra

A mandolin orchestra is an orchestra consisting primarily of instruments from the mandolin family of instruments, such as the mandolin, mandola, mandocello and mando-bass....
 in the United States, numbering over 150 musicians.

CMSA also serves as a locus of information about how to find or create mandolin ensembles around the United States, Canada and the world.

CMSA was founded by Norman Levine.

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