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Folias Music GO Series 2021

2021 Go Series Poster

Welcome! Our Folias Music GO Series is a monthly live-streamed concert with Folias Duo alongside musical guests who play fresh, undiscovered, and newly written music for soloists and small groups. We started the GO Series in 2020 to keep connecting with musicians and audiences, and we’re excited about the continued availability of broadcasting technologies for independent artists.…

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Folias Duo May Live Stream “20th Show”

Folias May Live Stream

Folias Duo May Live Stream “20th Show” SUNDAY, MAY 9, 2021 at 4pm Eastern https://www.facebook.com/foliasmusic/live/https://www.youtube.com/foliasmusic Wow, these have been some crazy fourteen months! Thank YOU for listening, spreading the word, and supporting us. This show marks Folias Duo’s 20th live stream concert, and we are so happy to be continuing our artistic pursuits. We have…

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Folias Duo “The Literary Show”

Folias Duo November Live Stream

Folias Duo “The Literary Show” November Live Stream Concert SUNDAY, NOV 8 at 4PM ET https://www.facebook.com/foliasmusic/live/https://www.foliasmusic.com/video/ We will be taking our monthly live stream concert on the road this month. We’ll be live in the stacks at the Hackley Public Library! The show will feature music inspired by the prose of Cormac McCarthy, Ralph Waldo…

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Silver Jack Video in Big Bend

Over the winter break Carmen and I got away from the Michigan grey and went to Southwest Texas. While we were there we made a music video of my composition Silver Jack in Big Bend National Park. With only the cacti and the creosote present we wanted to share this beautiful place with you. https://youtu.be/tzzhnDJxd7g

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Folias Duo Live on Blue Lake Public Radio

Folias Duo Blue Lake Radio

In October Folias Duo had the opportunity to have a conversation and play live on Blue Lake Public Radio. It was our pleasure to return to Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp and be joined by long time announcer Bonnie Bierma. We discussed our newest release Delicate Omens along with our compositional process. In the classical…

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Folias Duo Releases 7th Album Delicate Omens

Delicate Omens - Folias Duo

Delicate Omens Official Release by Folias Duo on October 6, 2019 on the Folias Music label Flutist Carmen Maret and guitarist Andrew Bergeron, the husband-and-wife duo “daring in self-written music” (American Record Guide) continue to carve out their uncommon niche in the classical music world as performers who are also composers. The Folias Duo’s newest release…

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Milongas on the Dreaming to Live Tour

Milongas Dreaming to Live

When we tour we play two different kind of gigs–we play for concerts and we play for tango dances called milongas. The milongas on the Dreaming to Live Tour represented 9 out or 27 performances in 7 states. The great thing about playing a dance is people listening to your music and putting it into motion…

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Composing Residency in Colorado

Rustic Cabin Life

Carmen and I had the opportunity to take 2 weeks off of our busy summer schedule and create a composing residency in Colorado. Rather than stay at home we decided to go distraction free by renting a rustic cabin. The Grizzly Creek Guard Station was our home for 14 days and nights. We had nothing…

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New Piazzolla Arrangements

Carmen and I have been playing arrangements of Astor Piazzolla ever since we met in September of 2002. We have played many different pieces by Piazzolla but recently we decided that it was time for some new Piazzolla arrangements. Escualo The first piece that I decided to arrange, Escualo, was originally written as a violin…

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