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Heartdance Tour

Dear music enthusiasts and fellow adventurers, Carmen Maret and Andrew Bergeron here, and we are thrilled to invite you to our musical odyssey this summer with the Heartdance tour. We just released a new record called Heartdance and can’t wait to share our passion for pushing boundaries and exploring the vast landscapes of music. Fusing…

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Folias Duo Celebrates 20 Years with Heartdance

Folias Duo Celebrates 20 Years Heartdance Due Out May 5 via Folias Music Folias Music is pleased to announce the 2023 release of Heartdance, a celebration of the twenty-year artistic and life partnership of flutist Carmen Maret and guitarist Andrew Bergeron, the Michigan-based performer-composer collaboration known as Folias Duo. Asked to explain the album’s title,…

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Concerts with Michael and Olivia

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This October we’re teaming up for concerts with Michael and Olivia, two of our favorite musical collaborators. We’ll feature original works and arrangements for this intimate quartet of voice, flute, and two guitars. The concert explores various classical, jazz, and tango combinations with a new take on the Folias Duo repertoire combined with songs from…

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Summer Chamber Music Concerts

Formally dressed couple playing flute and guitar on a stage

We’re grateful for summer chamber music concerts in Michigan. This July we were invited to play four concerts for the Saugatuck Chamber Music Festival. Curated by mutual colleagues and power couple Jenny Walvoord and Andrew Le, we had a fantastic time playing for their series. We played two evening concerts for the subscription series, an…

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Folias Duo May Tour Stats

Folias Duo May Tour Stats 2022

We’re excited to announce the Folias Duo May Tour stats for the month-long tour we just completed in the western United States. It was incredible to be back touring again after three years of waiting for the right conditions! I think we’ve all been eager for this sense of being able to interact socially. This…

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Celebrating National Poetry Month

Celebrating National Poetry Month

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…

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Folias Music Live Episode 12 Folias Duo Valentines Safari

Folias Music Live Podcast

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!…

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Folias Music Live Episode 10 Folias Duo Open House

Folias Music Live - Podcast

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…

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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 Music Live Episode 9 Finding the Magic in 2020

Folias Music Live - Podcast

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…

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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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Delicate Omens Reviews

Delicate Omens - Folias Duo

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…

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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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