One of the ways through which I support mandolin education is producing new compositions or arrangements of pieces that I love.
Here below you can find an excerpt of Asturias by Isaac Albeniz, the opening prelude to my Mandolin Partita, as well as an introduction to my arrangement of Bach’s Toccata & Fuge in D minor. 
Each one of these works can be ordered directly from me, quick and easy in digital form, just write me a couple of lines with the piece that you wish and chip in with € 12,- via PayPal.Me/alonsariel

***Now also online!***
While touring the world, I enjoy meeting young players and sharing any advice and guidance that I may. Now I'm also happy to serve as faculty at the Arpeggiato Online School, where you can easily book your lesson.
Contact me for any questions or to book a slot.

Over the past years, I have led dozens of children’s concerts in a wide variety of formats and themes. I strongly believe in interactive musical education and regard it as the very branch upon which all professional musicians ultimately sit.

As part of the Praetorius anniversary celebrations in 2021, I participated in the Musikland Niedersachsen project Early Music in the Classroom, introducing Renaissance music and culture to schoolchildren throughout Lower Saxony. The collaboration continued in autumn 2023, when the mandolin was named Instrument of the Year in Germany.

Further engagements in the field of family and educational concerts have included appearances for the Göttingen Händel Festival, the Barockfestspiele Sanssouci, Gezeiten Konzerte (Ostfriesland), Musiktage Goslar (Harz), the Braunschweig City Museum, and many others.

As a member of the organisation Rhapsody in School and a former scholarship recipient of Yehundi Menuhin - Live Music Now, I have visited numerous classrooms to introduce my instruments and classical music more broadly to young audiences. My aim is simply to awaken curiosity, inspire questions, perhaps plant a few small seeds, and encourage children and young people to imagine a creative life for themselves.

While on tour, I've always enjoyed meeting students and visiting educational institutes around the world, sharing my passion for music and art. Whether it was mandolin majors at Trinity Collage of London or a mass orchestra of over a hundred mandolinists at the CMSA convention in Toronto; chamber ensembles at the Lilla Akademien in Stockholm or a young Czech string orchestra whom I've introduced certain oral music traditions and folk music at the ZUŠ Nová Paka; highly gifted guitar students of the National University of the Arts (UNAM) in Mexico City or young Russian virtuosi on Domra and Balalaika at the Kazan Conservatory, where I had the pleasure to be a member of the jury.

During the years of my own education in Germany, I was privileged to serve as musical director in Göttingen, both at the Youth Symphony Orchestra and at the Camerata Medica. I've always found it interesting to work also with youngsters and non-professionals, which sometimes requires completely different qualities than my usual work. Above all it was a great pleasure to open some doors of inspiration into the world of orchestral music, rhythm, intonation, teamwork, leadership and communication.