This Saturday we return to the Hackley Public Library for an in-person and live-streamed concert celebrating National Poetry Month. With guest vocalist Olivia Vargas, Folias Duo shares a concert of original compositions for flute, guitar, and voice inspired by the beauty of the earth and a love of poetry. The concert takes place in the…
Folias Duo announces the May Tour as we return to the western United States for concerts and new music. With concerts in intimate settings, we’ll share our instrumental compositions inspired by life on the road and impressions left by the natural world. Coming out of the pandemic, we can’t tell you how thrilled we are…
Listen to this special concert of trios and duos from the Folias Duo With Olivia Vargas March Live Stream on March 13. We premiered the collaborations of Soon and Air Drop Queen along with the original trio version of Andrew’s Emerson. Program: Air Drop Queen (2022) – Maret/Bergeron Soon (2022) – Vargas/Bergeron Self Deprecating Love…
For our February live stream concert, we take you on a musical safari! Folias Duo Valentine’s Safari. We start the show off with two pieces from the Folias cellar, the 2012/13 hits of Scotch Bonnet and Cabrales. After that, you’ll hear about the creatures of the safari with bulls, praying mantis, snakes, foxes, and locusts!…
Join us for our first live stream concert of 2022 Folias Duo Winter Light! We will be playing all of Andrew’s new suite The Way Through along with a set of Carmen’s music, including the second performance of Locust Storm. SUBSCRIBE! Apple http://bit.ly/FMLonAppleAndroid http://bit.ly/FMLonAndroidStitcher http://bit.ly/FMLonStitcher
Each December we hold a Folias Duo Open House featuring a concert and a display of our merchandise. In this year’s virtual version of the event, we present the music we’ve been working on this last year at home including a performance of Andrew’s full Dragonfly and the world premiere of Carmen’s new piece Locust Storm. Subscribe and…
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.…
For this month’s live stream concert we have created a multi-media program called “Journey to the End of Summer.” Alongside some of our newer flute and guitar compositions, we will feature animated videos of artworks in our collection by Alynn Guerra, David McKie, Gregg Bruff, and Alina Poroshina. The story read by Andrew is about…
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…
Carmen Maret and Andrew Bergeron of the Folias Duo talk with flutist and composer Svetlana Djirackor about finding the magic in 2020. Maret and Bergeron discuss composing and performing their own music, their musical inspirations, how they model music after their favorite composers, and how the challenges of 2020 brought new ways of performing and…
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…
What people are saying about Delicate Omens… Delicate Omens, “These two artists are top talents, almost singular within contemporary flute and guitar ensembles.” Flutist Quarterly – Fall 2020 “The recording exudes a magnificent clarity” “Immersing themselves in such manner fostered connection and contemplation in equal measure, the outcome compositions of genuine, elemental character.” “Maret’s flute…
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
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…
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…
Once a year Carmen and I take a break from our usual everyday life of teaching and performing. During our break we take advantage of our extra time to write some new music. Unlike our modern 21st century contemporaries we like to go back 100 years or so by renting a rustic cabin. This year…
Carmen Maret and Andrew Bergeron of the Folias Duo talk with their colleague Christopher Martin about the music for their upcoming album release. They discuss the process of musical recycling in composition, the intersection of tango, and musical inspiration from literature. Check out the concert and conversation. Subscribe and Review on Itunes http://foliasmusic.com//wp-content/podcasts/FMLChrisM.mp3Podcast: Play in…
Flutist Carmen Maret and guitarist Andrew Bergeron of the Folias Duo celebrate their 2019 summer tour marking sixteen years together as music and life partners. We’re hitting the road again this 2019 summer tour with 20 + shows in the western U.S. including concerts and milongas (tango dances) in New Mexico, California, Nevada, Oregon and…
Andrew and I have been talking for years about writing a flute and guitar concerto and we finally did it! Folias Duo Debuts Flute and Guitar Concerto Garita on October 4, 2018 at the GRCC International Guitar Series. Read the full program and notes right here: Naturaleza Suite (2016) Carmen Maret I. Octopus Fantasma (chacarera) II. Zamba…
2018 Tour Feelin’ the Love Check out our tour stats and thank you’s to all the folks that make this great endeavor of playing music possible. 26 gigs in 70 days in 13 states 15 nights in Colorado 10 nights in California 9 nights in Wisconsin 8 nights in Nevada 5 nights…
