Yes, that’s right — mandolins were all the rage from about 1894 to 1924. Mandolin clubs popped up at high schools, colleges and cities all over the country. The club at RPI evolved out of the Banjo and Guitar Club in 1892 – it was called the Banjo, Guitar and Mandolin Club.
When mandolins outnumbered the [...]
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back when mandolins were cool
Posted in RPI Trivia, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History, tagged mandolins, music clubs, RPI Glee Club, RPI students, student clubs on June 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Campus Carols
Posted in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History, tagged Campus Carols, concerts, Houston Field House, RPI Glee Club, RPI Orchestra, Russell Sage Glee Club on December 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The annual Campus Carols holiday concert was a Rensselaer tradition for many years. The genesis of the event dates back to 1944 when it was called the “Christmas Candlelight Program.” In early December, the RPI Glee Club led the campus community in the singing of Christmas carols at the RPI Clubhouse. In 1948, the event [...]
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