Since its founding in 1991, the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble has remained this country's only large, professional touring mandolin group. With music ranging from Bach to the Beatles to Bill Monroe, its performances are as eclectic as its instrumentation. The group uses all the members of the mandolin family, including the alto mandola and the tenor mandocello, coloring them with the addition of guitar, fiddle, and bass, along with an occasional clarinet or soprano saxophone lick by the group's conductor, Paul Zonn.