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# Folias Duo

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- [We're in Voyage Michigan, and Back on the Road Before Great Lakes](https://www.foliasmusic.com/voyage-michigan-feature/) - Carmen sat down with Voyage Michigan on marriage, art, and business. Read the feature, then catch Folias Duo live before Great Lakes drops Aug 14.
- [Great Lakes Tour 2026: West Coast Dates](https://www.foliasmusic.com/great-lakes-tour-2026-west-coast-dates/) - Folias Duo's Great Lakes Tour 2026 brings flute and guitar concerts to 8 states. Intimate venues, new music, and West Coast tour dates.
- [Folias Duo Great Lakes Suite: On the Radio and on the Road](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-duo-great-lakes-suite-on-the-radio-and-on-the-road/) - Folias Duo Great Lakes Suite: we talked with WMUK's Cara Lieurance about the music, our Kalamazoo concert, and the touring season ahead.
- [Folias Duo Great Lakes: New Album & Kickstarter](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-duo-great-lakes-new-album-kickstarter/) - Folias Duo Great Lakes — our ninth album — is recorded and ready. Help us press 300 CDs and 100 vinyl records by backing our Kickstarter campaign..
- [Folias Duo in Local Spins: New Single & Tour](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-duo-local-spins-interview/) - Folias Duo talks touring, composing, and their upcoming album Great Lakes with Local Spins. New single Lake Ontario out now.
- [Folias Duo Releases “Lake Ontario”](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-duo-releases-lake-ontario/) - Folias Duo’s new single “Lake Ontario” previews the album Great Lakes, featuring flute, guitar, and world-influenced chamber music.
- [Two Major Works, One Remarkable Year | Andrew Bergeron Orchestral Works](https://www.foliasmusic.com/two-major-works-one-remarkable-year-andrew-bergeron-orchestral-works/) - Andrew Bergeron orchestral works premiered in Grand Rapids with Folias Duo and the Vintage Parlor Orchestra during a remarkable year.
- [Folias Duo Summer Tour 2025](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-duo-summer-tour-2025/) - Announcing the Folias Duo Summer Tour 2025! We’re thrilled to share our upcoming Folias Duo Summer Tour 2025! This year, we’re headed mostly to the West Coast, and we can’t wait to connect with audiences in some of our favorite places—and a few new ones too. Our tour features intimate venues, gorgeous natural backdrops, and
- [Concerts with the Vintage Parlor Orchestra](https://www.foliasmusic.com/concerts-with-the-vintage-parlor-orchestra/) - On February 9 and 10, we had the unique opportunity to perform two sold-out concerts with the Vintage Parlor Orchestra (VPO), conducted by Thomas Pike. This enriching experience excited us about future collaborations. The journey of learning to play our arrangement of Bach's Double Violin BWV 1043 Concerto for concerts with the Vintage Parlor Orchestra
- [Explore classical music in a new way](https://www.foliasmusic.com/explore-classical-music-in-a-new-way/) - Check out our appearance on Channel 8 Wood TV where we talked with news anchor Tom Hillen and conductor Thomas Pike about how to explore classical music in a new way for the Vintage Parlor Orchestra Concert with Folias Duo. Watch the full segment here.
- [Dragonfly Tour](https://www.foliasmusic.com/dragonfly-tour/) - Announcing the Folias Duo Summer 2024 Dragonfly Tour! As we travel across the country, we will be bringing our unique blend of music and energy to intimate concert stages. This tour is an opportunity for us to connect with fans, old and new, and share our passion for music. You can help us by sharing
- [Canvas Rebel Features Carmen Maret](https://www.foliasmusic.com/canvas-rebel-features-carmen-maret/) - In their latest piece, Canvas Rebel features Carmen Maret, her insights on artistry, owning a small business, and maintaining a creative mission. She discusses the moment she realized she wanted to pursue being a flutist, her role in the Folias Duo, and the mission that drives her creativity. If you enjoy gaining insights from small
- [Dragonfly Tour Thank You](https://www.foliasmusic.com/dragonfly-tour-thank-you/) - A massive Dragonfly Tour THANK YOU to everyone who makes the wonderful endeavor of playing music and touring possible. For the west leg of the tour, we had 17 gigs in 31 days across 5 states (MI, NV, CA, OR, NM), covering 7,793 driving miles, all thanks to our commercial driver, Mr. Bergeron. Our journey
- [Heartdance Reviews](https://www.foliasmusic.com/heartdance-reviews/) - Read what people are saying about our music in these Heartdance Reviews. “Theirs is a music that transcends genre and that ultimately brands itself as Folias Duo music, full stop.” –Textura 2023 // Read More “Five stars: A life-enhancing experience that stays with the listener long after the final note has sounded.” –Fanfare Magazine 2023 // Read
- [Faculty Guest Recital at Jacobs School of Music](https://www.foliasmusic.com/faculty-guest-recital-at-jacobs-school-of-music/) - Folias DuoFaculty Guest Recital Jacobs School of Music October 25, 2024 at 8pm Auer Hall - In-person and live streamed Live Stream Link Here We are thrilled to announce that Carmen Maret has been appointed to teach flute as an associated adjunct for the 2024–2025 academic year at the prestigious Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. To kick
- [2nd U.S. Tango Tour](https://www.foliasmusic.com/2nd-u-s-tango-tour/) - Well, its been 3 years since we "officially" toured for tango and we are almost off for a two week whirlwind of milonga performances across the country. This year's adventure will take us to the southwest! We'll be driving a newly purchased 2004 Ford Focus Wagon that will eventually carry 5 people plus music and
- [First Concert 2017](https://www.foliasmusic.com/first-concert-2017/) - Wow, what a way to start the year! Our first concert of 2017 is sure to stay a highlight. What a beautiful space and acoustics for a gracious listening audience. We feel truly lucky to be in our hometown and to be part of such a well run and enthusiastically supported concert series right down
- [Creative Conversations Podcast Interview with Roger Humphrey](https://www.foliasmusic.com/creative-conversations-podcast/) - This week, we had the absolute pleasure of joining guitarist Roger Humphrey on his Creative Conversations Podcast. Our Journey as a Self-Managed Touring Duo During our chat, we delved deep into our journey as a self-managed touring duo in the world of classical music. We discussed the challenges and triumphs we've experienced along the way,
- [Folias Duo Celebrates 20 Years with Heartdance](https://www.foliasmusic.com/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,
- [Top 20 Ambient Albums Chart](https://www.foliasmusic.com/top-20-ambient-albums-chart/) - Exciting News! Our 2023 album, Heartdance, has reached the #5 spot on the Top 20 Ambient Albums chart on textura.org! We are incredibly grateful for the love and support from each and every one of you. This journey has been truly amazing, and we are thrilled to share this important milestone with all of you. While
- [Musical Journey at Speciation](https://www.foliasmusic.com/musical-journey-at-speciation/) - This autumn, we embarked on a musical journey at Speciation, combining tradition and innovation. We worked with homemade electronic backing tracks and blended them with our original compositions. We created a unique experience that impacted us as musicians and composers, and deeply resonated with our audience. The project began with an adventurous leap into the
- [Folias Duo Heartdance Tour West](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-duo-heartdance-tour-west/) - Welcome to our blog post covering the exciting journey of the Folias Duo Heartdance Tour West! Over a period of 35 days, we traveled a total distance of 9,970 miles, playing concerts in intimate venues and exploring the beautiful landscapes of Nevada, California, Oregon, and Idaho. Here are the highlights of this incredible musical adventure.
- [Folias Duo Announces the May Tour](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-duo-announces-the-may-tour/) - 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
- [Celebrating National Poetry Month](https://www.foliasmusic.com/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
- [Folias Duo May Tour Stats](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-duo-may-tour-stats/) - 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
- [Cabin Composing 2022](https://www.foliasmusic.com/cabin-composing-2022/) - We ventured out for our cabin composing 2022 to three different cabins in Northern Michigan. We stayed in, cooked, wrote music, and practiced for two weeks in the Upper Peninsula. we started off two nights at Indian Lake State Park. Then, four nights at JW Wells State Park on the northern end of the Green
- [Summer Chamber Music Concerts](https://www.foliasmusic.com/summer-chamber-music-concerts/) - 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
- [Heartdance Tour](https://www.foliasmusic.com/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
- [Folias Music Live Episode 13 Folias Duo with Olivia Vargas](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-music-live-episode-13-folias-duo-with-olivia-vargas/) - 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
- [Folias Music Live Episode 12 Folias Duo Valentines Safari](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-music-live-episode-12-folias-duo-valentines-safari/) - 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!
- [Folias Music Live Episode 11 Folias Duo Winter Light](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-music-live-episode-11-folias-duo-winter-light/) - 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
- [Folias Music Live Episode 10 Folias Duo Open House](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-music-live-episode-10-folias-duo-open-house/) - 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
- [Folias Music GO Series 2021](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-music-go-series/) - 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.
- [Journey to the End of Summer](https://www.foliasmusic.com/journey-to-the-end-of-summer/) - 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”](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-duo-may-live-stream-20th-show/) - 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
- [Folias Music Live Episode 9 Finding the Magic in 2020](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-music-live-episode-9-finding-the-magic-in-2020/) - 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
- [Delicate Omens Reviews](https://www.foliasmusic.com/delicate-omens-reviews/) - 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
- [Folias Duo "The Literary Show"](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-duo-the-literary-show/) - 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
- [Dreaming to Live Reviews](https://www.foliasmusic.com/dreaming-to-live-reviews/) - What people are saying about Dreaming to Live... Textura - June 2017 "Maret's sinuous flute, alto flute, and piccolo playing is a constant delight, while Bergeron's deft finger-picking makes as strong an impression. The purity of her tone and the unerring precision of his guitar work are an enticing combination, and both repeatedly show themselves
- [Silver Jack Video in Big Bend](https://www.foliasmusic.com/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.
- [Fanfare Review of Folias' CDs](https://www.foliasmusic.com/fanfare-review-of-folias-cds/) - by ROBERT SCHULSLAPER for Fanfare Magazine Jan/Feb 2009 Carmen Maret and Andrew Bergeron, together known as Folias, here showcase their talents and interests, which include tango (Maret is a dancer as well as a musician and a scholar of all things tango), composition, and improvisation. Titled “Waterway,” Blue Griffin 175 is essentially an extended suite
- [Feature in Grand Rapids Magazine](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-feature-in-grand-rapids-magazine/) - Check out the article by Juliet Bennett Rylah in the December 2009 issue of the Grand Rapids Magazine! Photo by Jim Gebben
- [Solace Mag Feature](https://www.foliasmusic.com/solace-magazine-feature/) - This month our home cooking was featured in Solace Magazine for an article on good food movements in Grand Rapids. Author Kristin Tennant and photographer Ryan Pavlovich captured the intersection of our cooking, travel, and music to a tee. "Between music, food, and marriage, Carmen Maret and Andrew Bergeron have enough projects to keep them
- [American Record Guide Reviews Tango and Snow](https://www.foliasmusic.com/american-record-guide-reviews-tango-and-snow/) - by TODD GORMAN for American Record Guide Jan/Feb 2012 Folias Duo—Blue Griffin 229—47 minutes This is a set of pieces written either by the flutist, Carmen Maret, or the guitarist, Andrew Bergeron; one was co-written. Sources of inspiration are Latin American influences and the outdoors, hence the title combining the two. Besides the obvious, Piazzolla,
- [Fanfare Review of Tango and Snow](https://www.foliasmusic.com/fanfare-review-of-tango-and-snow/) - TANGO AND SNOW • Carmen Maret (fl); Andrew Bergeron (gtr) • BLUE GRIFFIN BGR 229 (44:41) MARET Tango Destroyer. Adequate Conditions Blues. Pajaro Rojo Santo. The Lemon Smugglers. Cumparsita Cats. Whiplash Rides. MARET/BERGERON Algonquin Vals. BERGERON Tango and Snow. Full Long Night’s Moon Through the Rain The husband-and-wife team of Andrew Bergeron and Carmen Maret
- [Folias Duo Live on Blue Lake Public Radio](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-duo-live-on-blue-lake-public-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
- [Folias Duo Releases 7th Album Delicate Omens](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-duo-releases-7th-album-delicate-omens/) - 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
- [Andrew’s Composing Recipe](https://www.foliasmusic.com/andrews-composing-recipe/) - 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
- [Folias Music Live Episode 8 Recording Send Off Concert and Conversation with Christopher Martin](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-music-live-episode-8-recording-send-off-concert-and-conversation-with-christopher-martin/) - 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
- [Folias Music Live Episode 7 Finding Your Voice as a Classical Composer Interview with Jack Perlstein](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-music-live-episode-7-finding-your-voice-as-a-classical-composer-interview-with-jack-perlstein/) - Western Michigan's WMUK radio producer Jack Perlstein talks with composers Carmen Maret and Andrew Bergeron of the Folias Duo about finding their voice as classical composers. They discuss their perspectives on composing in a genre heavily influenced by the performance of "the classics" and creative ways they continue to write and perform original music for
- [Folias Duo 2019 Summer Tour](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-duo-2019-summer-tour/) - 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
- [Folias Duo Debuts Flute and Guitar Concerto](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-duo-debuts-flute-and-guitar-concerto/) - 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
- [Outdoor California Cooking](https://www.foliasmusic.com/outdoor-california-cooking/) - When we're on tour we always love preparing our food outside. This summer we enjoyed some outdoor California cooking as we camped in the Paso Robles and Mammoth Lakes areas. But seriously, it's all about the produce. Once you get to the Central Valley past Sacramento you can find good ingredients at any store, and
- [2018 Tour Feelin' the Love](https://www.foliasmusic.com/2018-tour-feelin-the-love/) - 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
- [Composing Residency Colorado 2018](https://www.foliasmusic.com/composing-residency-colorado-2018/) - For the third year in a row, we've taken time out of our summer performing tour to write music at a "composing residency" in a rustic cabin in Colorado. This year we rented a cabin in the La Garita mountains just outside of the San Luis Valley. The cabin is a forty minute drive down
- [2018 California Route](https://www.foliasmusic.com/2018-california-route/) - This year we started our 2018 California route with a milonga in Sacramento for Tango on Broadway. We continued with a concert in San Francisco and then we played for a milonga in Ventura hosted by our friends Stephen and Deb who curate Quantum Tango, a group we've worked with five times now. We then made
- [Concerts in the Cascades](https://www.foliasmusic.com/concerts-in-the-cascades/) - Concerts Last week we were in Northern California and Oregon playing concerts in the Cascades. We started off the week with our third performance at the Burning Tango Festival playing Saturday night right before the evening Milonga. Many thanks to all of the enthusiastic dancers. After the festival, we drove north to Oregon for a set
- [Desert Mountain Gigs](https://www.foliasmusic.com/desert-mountain-gigs/) - We just finished a week of desert mountain gigs at museums and libraries out in the Chihuahua, Sonora and Mojave deserts. Performing in Flagstaff, AZ, Ridgecrest, CA and the Las Vegas library system, the audiences at all of these places were really warm and the attendance good. One man in the main library theater in
- [New Mexico Gigs 2018](https://www.foliasmusic.com/new-mexico-gigs/) - We just performed four New Mexico gigs during the first week of our tour. We played for a church recital series in Santa Fe hosted by Linda Raney who has been curating concerts every Friday at First Presbyterian Church for ten years! In addition to an incredible Fisk organ, the all wood sanctuary has fabulous acoustics.
- [Folias Duo 2018 Summer Tour](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-duo-2018-summer-tour/) - Folias Duo will be back on a U.S. tour this summer. With a mostly west itinerary we'll be playing 20 + shows in eight states: New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Wisconsin and Illinois. In addition to features from our 2017 release Dreaming to Live, we'll be presenting some new music inspired by our
- [ABQTango Fest 2018](https://www.foliasmusic.com/abqtango-fest-2018/) - We just returned from the first ever all live music tango festival in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was organized by our friends Erskine Maytorena (bandoneón) and Olga Tikhovidova (violin). They invited seven different U.S. groups to play as well as other guests from around the world to fill out a Grand Orchestra. Andrew and I
- [Canadian Holiday Recipes](https://www.foliasmusic.com/canadian-holiday-recipes/) - Andrew and I spent Christmas and New Year's in a rustic cabin in the Quetico, an Ontario provincial park that sits just above Minnesota's Boundary Waters. Combined, the two parks have thousands of kilometers of wilderness lakes that people canoe, mostly in the summer. Our goals for the trip were to find solitude, relax, write music
- [Folias Music Announces Artist Series Sheet Music Releases December 11](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-music-announces-artist-series-sheet-music-releases-december-11/) - Folias Music announces the debut of their Artist Series sheet music on December 11, 2017. Known for their championing of original concert pieces for flute and guitar, Carmen Maret and Andrew Bergeron of the Folias Duo each present a multi-movement sheet music publication from their 2017 album release Dreaming to Live: Bergeron's Phoenix Trilogy and
- [Milongas on the Dreaming to Live Tour](https://www.foliasmusic.com/milongas-on-the-dreaming-to-live-tour/) - 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
- [Live at Chicago Botanic Garden](https://www.foliasmusic.com/live-at-chicago-botanic-garden/) - On the Dreaming to Live tour we had the opportunity to play a Tuesday morning concert at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Thanks to our friend Debbie Crosser we got a great video of the performance. It was great to play our music in such a beautiful setting. There also was a great appreciative audience. Here
- [Picnic Table Practice Room](https://www.foliasmusic.com/picnic-table-practice-room/) - One of the more difficult things for a couple of touring musicians to find is a good place to practice on the road. Moving to a new place everyday doesn't leave a lot of options for a quiet focused environment. So, on Dreaming to Live tour we invented the picnic table practice room formula: Start the
- [Dreaming to Live Tour Eats](https://www.foliasmusic.com/dreaming-to-live-tour-eats/) - Here it is, the Dreaming to Live Tour Eats. Lots of picnic tables on this tour. The most memorable foods? The greens and the berries. Not to mention the local bread and artisan cheese. Northwest Oregon Pinot Noir and Salad Flashy trout lettuce from Oregon City Mexico tomatoes Local radishes Dressing: olive oil, lemon, salt, and
- [Dreaming to Live Tour Stats](https://www.foliasmusic.com/dreaming-to-live-tour-stats/) - Dreaming to Live Tour Stats 27 gigs in 76 days (11 acoustic, 16 amplified) 10 states 14, 500 miles 270 hours in the car (25 hrs/week) 35.8 MPG trip average 23 nights tent camping 21 nights rustic cabins 27 nights home stays 3 hotels 2 airbnb 5 state parks: Davis Mts TX//Pablo Duro TX//Cape Perpetua OR//Castle
- [Power Food for Musicians](https://www.foliasmusic.com/power-food-for-musicians/) - Like most musicians, Andrew and I have many "jobs" and wear many "hats:" performers, composers, instrumentalists, teachers, promoters, editors, administrators, writers, mangers, designers, not to mention being our own maids and cooks! Here are two homespun powerhouse recipes that got us through a busy year of teaching and performing. Rabbit Chili We bought a whole
- [Dreaming to Live Tour 2017](https://www.foliasmusic.com/dreaming-live-tour-2017/) - Here we go on the Dreaming to Live Tour! Come and join us for a concert or a dance and celebrate performances in 24 cities across the country. Check us out west in May and June for some milongas, concert series, and library shows. Then, in July and August we'll be back in the beautiful
- [Joshua Tree](https://www.foliasmusic.com/joshua-tree/) - After driving 4,000 miles with 9 gigs in 12 days, it is time for a break in Joshua Tree National Park. We rented a small cabin on the edge of the park for four nights through airbnb. We are taking a rest now and plan to practice, cook, exercise, eat food and most importantly stay
- [Folias Music Releases Folias Duo Dreaming to Live 2017](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-music-releases-folias-duo-dreaming-to-live-2017/) - Folias Music releases Folias Duo’s Dreaming to Live album on April 15, 2017. With thirteen tracks of original compositions and arrangements performed by flutist Carmen Maret and guitarist Andrew Bergeron, the album points to their passion for tango, classical music, and Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla. Dreaming to Live will be released digitally and on CD. Pre-orders are now available in the Folias
- [Mama of Spelt - Best of Folias Fall Recipes](https://www.foliasmusic.com/mama-of-spelt-best-of-folias-fall-recipes/) - Our local farmers have provided me and Andy with some incredible ingredients to cook with this fall. Here are a couple of the most memorable things we prepared from Michigan ingredients! Mama of Spelt Pasta Fresh Emmer Wheat Noodles We purchased these at a farmer's market in Sutton's Bay, MI. (Emmer is an old world
- [Redefining Road Food](https://www.foliasmusic.com/redefining-road-food/) - Luke said that he ate better “roughing it” on the tour than he does at home. Between our own car and camp cooking and home stays we were graced with delicious food for the past two weeks. We certainly know musicians who include a detailed description of food requirements in their performance agreements, however this
- [Tour Fish Recipes](https://www.foliasmusic.com/tour-fish-recipes/) - Grilled Lingcod on a Bed of Pancetta Morel Udon With a beautiful sunny day in the Kluane National Park and a generous fire grate, I decided to go all out for dinner. Here is a recipe based on some lingcod that we found from a guy from the Queen Charlotte Islands (across from Prince Rupert,
- [Oregon Feast](https://www.foliasmusic.com/oregon-feast/) - We were staying a few days on the Oregon Coast and after being sent from Idaho with half my mother's garden and then way over buying at the Eugene health food store we needed to make a feast! Fennel Rice Noodles with Seared Tuna Strips, Maitake Mushrooms and Pepper Cherry Tomato Salad 1 cup vermicelli
- [Alpine Food](https://www.foliasmusic.com/alpine-food/) - We spent the last few nights in the Austrian alps making great food and taking even better hikes. Here is an example from our last night. This recipe is basically nothing...but it is so flavorful and so nutritious! Pasta with Scarlet Runner Beans and Ricotta 1 pound of whole wheat
- [Rustic Thanksgiving](https://www.foliasmusic.com/rustic-thanksgiving/) - Rustic Thanksgiving Recipes MENU Turkey, Stuffing, Potatoes, Cranberries Day before Pick up fresh turkey from Rakowski farms. Rinse turkey, then salt. Separate wings from the rest of the turkey. Wrap body and wings separately in plastic. Make Cranberry sauce with 2 lbs fresh local cranberries, cinnamon, ground nutmeg, and ground cloves. Put all ingredients in pan and boil until berries pop. Sweeten
- [Sourdough](https://www.foliasmusic.com/sourdough/) - What better thing to do in this crazy winter than try my hand at some sourdough? Here is the story: Last fall I used the wild yeast off of our grapes to start my own sourdough. I mixed 125 ml flour and 125 ml water in a sterilized bowl and covered it loosely with
- [Roadside Pasta Recipe in New Mexico](https://www.foliasmusic.com/roadside-pasta-recipe-in-new-mexico/) - It is time for a roadside pasta recipe and it's super simple. Andy made this in less than 20 minutes at a roadside stop a few miles away from where our gig was in Taos, NM. We got the spices from Fernandez Chili Co, an amazing local business in Alamosa, CO that has the best
- [Shelly's Gulaschsuppe](https://www.foliasmusic.com/shellys-gulaschsuppe/) - What better way to be greeted after a sleet-laden drive to Detroit at night then by this wonderful, simple, flavorful, warming soup? Thanks to Shelly Rouse-Freitag for hosting us and for taking all day to simmer this Hungarian recipe of gulaschsuppe. It certainly charged our batteries for the next day's concert at the Southeast Michigan Flute Festival! Gulaschsuppe
- [Working Hard Eating Well](https://www.foliasmusic.com/working-hard-eating-well/) - Potatoes with octopus and lemon. Steamed white and purple potatoes from Visser Farms. Add chopped octopus and calamari poached two hours on low in olive oil. Topped with lemon, basil, and parprika. We just completed 17 CD release concerts since August and while we performed and traveled nearly every weekend this fall, we certainly made up
- [Folias Music Live Podcast Episode 1 Chamber Concert at Aquinas College](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-music-live-episode-1-chamber-concert-at-aquinas-college/) - We talk about three pieces from the chamber concert at Aquinas College: our co-composed "salsa" piece Scotch Bonnet ("what if J.S. Bach ate a habenero?"); Black Warrior, Andrew's piece from our artist residency in the North Cascades, and Sotres, Andrew's flute, violin, and guitar piece inspired by the Picos de Europa off the coast of Northern Spain in Asturias.
- [Folias Music Live Podcast Episode 2 Piazzolla Tango Relay](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-music-live-podcast-episode-2-piazzolla-tango-relay/) - This interdisciplinary tango event in Michigan combined art, music, and dance all about the legendary Argentine composer and bandoneónist Astor Piazzolla. We talk about the place of Piazzolla in the history of tango, the new trio arrangements we did for the event organized by Jorge Broggio, the nature of improvising both dance and music, and present
- [Folias Music Live Podcast Episode 3 KUNM In Studio](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-music-live-podcast-episode-3-kunm-in-studio/) - The Corazón Tanguero show on KUNM 89.9 at the University of Albuquerque, NM hosted by Cristina Baccin featured Folias on June 21, 2014 playing our own compositions live in the studio. We talked with Cristina about combining the experience of playing concert chamber music with Argentinian folk and tango, and discussed our connection to nature
- [Folias Music Live Episode 4 On Being a Touring Musician Interview with James Hughes](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-music-live-episode-4-touring-musician-interview-james-hughes/) - A conversation with bassist, arranger, and Triumph Music Academy owner James Forrest Hughes on how Folias approaches booking, touring, and what keeps entrepreneur musicians going. Subscribe and Review on Itunes Visit Triumph Music Academy
- [Folias Music Live Episode 5 Live at the GRAM](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-music-live-episode-5-live-at-the-gram/) - Folias performs live at the GRAM Grand Rapids Art Museum from a January 18, 2015 concert featuring Andrew's Folias Variations for flute and guitar, a trio piece about blue cheese piece Cabrales, and a transcription arrangement of Pedro Laurenz's Quejas de bandoneón. Subscribe and Review on Itunes Folias thanks violinist Christopher Martin, audio engineer John Jansen, and photographers David McGowan and
- [Madison Milonga](https://www.foliasmusic.com/madison-milonga/) - We had a great time playing with bandoneonist Bob Barnes this weekend for a Madison Tango Society Milonga. Thanks to Jen and Tony for making it such a weekend and great event!
- [Audiophile Audition Review](https://www.foliasmusic.com/audiophile-audition-review/) - by Lee Passarella for Audiophile Audition May 18, 2012 My reaction to Tango and Snow convinces me even more that I’m not so averse to the tango as I am to the tango done up in black tie and tails. I’m much happier with tangos done by modest performing forces, tangos that remember their dancehall
- [Milonga in Austin](https://www.foliasmusic.com/milonga-in-austin/)
- [St. Cecilia Music Center](https://www.foliasmusic.com/st-cecilia-music-center/) - Here's our duo performance of Quejas de Bandoneon that was part of a collaboration concert we did with the Grand River Winds at the St. Cecilia Music Center. Thanks to Jennifer for the video.
- [Scotch Bonnet](https://www.foliasmusic.com/scotch-bonnet/) - Composition by Bergeron/Maret Performance at the Grand Rapids Art Museum Sunday, February 10, 2013 Carmen Maret, alto flute Andrew Bergeron, guitar
- [Stockholm Musik Valvet](https://www.foliasmusic.com/stockholm-musik-valvet/) - Here is a video from the first gig of our Europe tour. It is at a really nice venue in Gamla Stan (old town) Stockholm called Musik Vavet (music vault) and the acoustics are really nice! We were just told to watch our heads on the way down. Thanks to Viktor for the footage here.
- [Cumparsita Vals Milano](https://www.foliasmusic.com/cumparsita-vals-milano/) - Here is a fun arrangement of La Cumparsita from bassist Pablo Aslan that we adapted for flute and guitar and played for a nice audience in Milano, Italy.
- [Videos from Spain](https://www.foliasmusic.com/videos-from-spain/) - We are in Spain this month, and yesterday we hiked to a hermitage outside of Falset, Catalonia that is built in the side of a rock. We recorded Andy's Border Trilogy, a set of three new pieces that will be on our next CD! Enjoy the scenery.
- [Aquinas College Folias Chamber Concert](https://www.foliasmusic.com/aquinas-college-folias-chamber-concert/) - Tuesday, September 24, 7:30pm Kretschmer Recital Hal, Art and Music Center Aquinas College (map) Carmen Maret, flute, alto flute, tambin (West-African flute) Chris Martin, violin, viola Andrew Bergeron, guitar Flutist Carmen Maret and guitarist Andrew Bergeron of the duo Folias combine with Grand Rapids Symphony violinist and Aquinas faculty member Christopher Martin for a chamber
- [Chicken Ginseng Udon Soup](https://www.foliasmusic.com/chicken-ginseng-udon-soup/) - Here is a nice recipe for a cool fall that has super nutritious and healing ingredients. Chicken Ginseng Udon Soup with Spinach and Mushrooms The Stock: 1 stewing hen (makes a nice rich, brown broth) some chicken feet (ask your local farmer to bring these to the market) 2 dried ginseng roots 1 onion 1
- [Chamber Concert at Aquinas College](https://www.foliasmusic.com/chamber-concert-at-aquinas-college/) - Here is a nice video we got from our dress rehearsal for a chamber concert at Aquinas College last week of Andrew's new piece Mariscal Mines.
- [Oblivion Demo with Carolina y Donato](https://www.foliasmusic.com/oblivion-demo-with-carolina-y-donato/) - Oblivion from Carmen Maret on Vimeo. This video is from the Piazzolla Tango Relay organized by Jorge Broggio in the Detroit/Ann Arbor area. At the milonga, dancers Carolina del Rivero and Donato Juárez did an impromptu demo to our arrangement of Oblivion.
- [Duck Pozole](https://www.foliasmusic.com/duck-pozole/) - Duck Pozole Roast one fresh duck from Rakowski Farms. Make stock out of duck gizzard with onion and bay leaves. In a large stock pot saute onion, garlic, cumin seeds, and oregano. Add drained and rinsed HUGE can of hominy. Drain stock and add to hominy with a lot of chopped cilantro, and salt. Simmer
- [Milongas in Omaha and Boise](https://www.foliasmusic.com/milongas-in-omaha-and-boise/) - For the Christmas holiday we traveled out west and played for two different milongas. In preparation for the dances, we decided that we needed to do some new transcribing of some sweet classic licks (D'Agostino, D'Arienzo, Canaro, Troilo) from the golden era tangos. We also decided that it was time to learn not only one
- [On the Road Out West Part 1](https://www.foliasmusic.com/on-the-road-out-west-part-1/) - On the Road Out West Part 1 We just completed the first 11 days of our tour which includes 3,000 miles with 8 gigs in 6 states. We played for 3 milongas, in 4 cafes and 1 church performance. Our tour has been of course masterminded my Andy, who drives and also keeps close tabs
- [On The Road Out West Part 2](https://www.foliasmusic.com/on-the-road-out-west-part-2/) - On the Road Out West Part 2 We left Boise Monday morning with a long drive to southern Utah. All was well until we had trouble with our tire. One of our lug nuts flew off on the highway, but thanks to a gracious mechanic at Les Schwab in Burley, Idaho we had our tire
- [Folias Celebrates 10 Years With Viewpoints](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-celebrates-10-yrs-with-viewpoints/) - FOLIAS CELEBRATES 10 YEARS WITH CD RELEASE OF VIEWPOINTS On September 15, Carmen Maret and Andrew Bergeron collectively known as the Folias Flute and Guitar Duo will celebrate the official release of their fifth album, Viewpoints, a set of adventurous original chamber music that marks ten years of collaborating together as both performers and composers. The
- [Folias on the Appalachian Trail](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-on-the-appalachian-trail/) - Here is an impromptu video of Cabrales that we made during a few days break hiking on the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania.
- [Folias at MTango Milonga Ann Arbor](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-at-mtango-milonga-ann-arbor/) - We always love playing in Ann Arbor! Thanks to all the MTango folks, Dennis, Lisa, Avik, and to Silvio for the fantastic food!
- [Burning Tango](https://www.foliasmusic.com/burning-tango/) - There was an extra special performance for Folias on our 2016 summer tour. We were invited to play a set of music at the Burning Tango festival in Northern California. The festival takes place in the small town of McCloud at the base of Mount Shasta. Dancers from all over the country get together for
- [Composing Residency in Colorado](https://www.foliasmusic.com/composing-residency-in-colorado/) - 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
- [Concert of New Music at Hope College](https://www.foliasmusic.com/concert-of-new-music/) - As a musician it is always nice to play a concert of new music. It is not only important that you are playing new songs but that you feel comfortable presenting the new material. This was the case in November when we played a concert at Hope College. The concert was held in Hope College's beautiful
- [Libertango GoPro](https://www.foliasmusic.com/libertango-gopro/) - Thanks to Pat for grabbing this video for our first time playing at Blackrocks Brewery in Marquette, MI.
- [Folias for Traverse City Milonga](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-for-traverse-city-milonga/) - Thanks to Marilyn for this quick clip from the Traverse City Tango Co-op Monday night milonga!
- [West East U.P. Tour Recap](https://www.foliasmusic.com/west-east-u-p-tour-recap/) - West East U.P. Tour Recap from Carmen Maret on Vimeo. 30 gigs in 12 states in 64 days. 9,388 miles. 13 milongas. 11 bars. 3 theaters. 1 church. 1 house concert. And 1 boat. mile 1,000: Packed house at The Monkey. Gourmet dinner plus dance in Lincoln. Sleeping at Grandmas. Smart crowd in Boulder! Eating in Denver with good
- [Alfonsina y el mar](https://www.foliasmusic.com/alfonsina-y-el-mar/) - Here is a video of one of our favorite Argentine songs, Alfonsina y el mar. We created this arrangement for a lovely gig in Marion, Iowa at the Campbell Steele Gallery. Folias - Alfonsina y El Mar from Carmen Maret on Vimeo.
- [Folias Live on IPR](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-live-on-ipr/) - Here we are - drove seven hours from Michigan, got out of the car and voila! Folias live on Iowa Public Radio. Thanks to Elias and Barney for helping out with this one.
- [Scotch Bonnet on Classical Guitar Alive](https://www.foliasmusic.com/scotch-bonnet-classical-guitar-alive/) - Here is a nice interview about our piece Scotch Bonnet that was part of a Classical Guitar Alive episode on KMFA Austin hosted by Tony Morris. Carmen talks about how the piece Scotch Bonnet came about and then Tony played the cut from our new "Viewpoints" release.
- [Gourmet Food in Austin](https://www.foliasmusic.com/gourmet-austin/) - The best parts of touring are really the food and the people. Our stop in Austin last summer was no exception. Besides playing two nights in a row for milongas, we stayed with an amazing couple Denis and Dena, who love to cook three gourmet meals a day!! It was such an inspiration to me,
- [Live in Holland MI](https://www.foliasmusic.com/live-holland-mi/) - Thanks to Joan Conway for having us at her Free@3 Chamber Music Series at Central Reformed Church in Holland, MI. Nice audience! Nice acoustics! This is Carmen's tango piece Cumparsita Cats.
- [Chamber Music at the Scarab Club](https://www.foliasmusic.com/chamber-music-scarab-club/) - We ended our Viewpoints CD release tour this month at a really wonderful chamber music series in Detroit called Chamber Music at the Scarab Club. The series is curated by two women, Velda Kelly and Nadine Deleury, who have nurtured the series for the past 17 years! There were two great things about being part of
- [Golden Era Tango Arrangement](https://www.foliasmusic.com/golden-era-tango-arrangement/) - Here is a golden era tango arrangement I did of Pedro Laurenz's version of Quejas de bandoneón. The more well known to the tango world is the Anibal Troilo version which have performed a lot. However, with this one I am really excited to bring to you the fills, transitions, counterlines and a different variación that Laurenz
- [Folias with Christopher Martin](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-christopher-martin/) - In January we once again had the privilege of having violinist/violist Christopher Martin join us for one of our performances. It has been great to add another instrument into our ensemble in many different ways. As composers and arrangers it really opens up the possibilities with adding another instrument. As performers it is great to
- [Sunday Classical Series at the GRAM](https://www.foliasmusic.com/sunday-classical-series-gram/) - Sunday, January 18, 2015, 2pm Grand Rapids Art Museum Carmen Maret, flute and alto flute Christopher Martin, violin and viola Andrew Bergeron, guitar Program Bergeron/Maret: Scotch Bonnet Bergeron: Folias Variations (world premier) Vähi: To His Highness Salvador D. Bergeron: Sotres Bergeron/Maret: Cabrales Maret: Buenos Aires Cab Ride Troilo/Laurenz/Maret: Quejas de Bandoneón Notes by Carmen Maret
- [Viewpoints Tour](https://www.foliasmusic.com/viewpoints-tour/) - The summer of 2015 marks the thirteenth year of touring for Carmen Maret and Andrew Bergeron collectively known as the Folias Flute and Guitar Duo. This May 20, they set off again from their home in Grand Rapids, MI for a two month tour of the western United States. With their “daring in self written
- [Campsite Practice Room ](https://www.foliasmusic.com/campsite-practice-room/) - One of the more difficult things for a couple of classical musicians to do on tour is to find a good place to practice. Moving from town to town and campground to campground everyday doesn't leave a lot of options for a quiet focused environment. What we have found to be one of the options
- [Gigs in California](https://www.foliasmusic.com/gigs-in-california/) - We just spent a lovely 11 days playing gigs in California: San Diego, San Pedro, Ventura, Altadena, Sonoma, and Oakland. We played for milongas hosted by local organizers who had us also give musicality workshops for dancers. Along the way we also played some concerts where we featured our original music from Viewpoints. We would like
- [Sea Bass with Pixie Tangerine Glaze](https://www.foliasmusic.com/sea-bass-with-pixie-tangerine-glaze/) - Wow, wow, wow. Here is an impromptu sea bass recipe we made using local California fish, veggies, and fruit from the central coast. The culmination of local shops, veggies and spices we've been carrying around from the Southwest mixed with treats given to us as gifts from hosts made this possible. Thanks to Stephen and Deb
- [Oregon Coast Pinholes](https://www.foliasmusic.com/oregon-coast-pinholes/) - We camped a couple of nights on the Oregon coast near the town of Yachats and went exploring the shore at low tide. It was a few days before the solstice and right at dusk. I've been experimenting lately with the Pinwide cap for digital pinhole photography.The Pinwide has a wide angle cap that fits
- [Planet Tango Portland](https://www.foliasmusic.com/planet-tango-portland/) - We had a great time playing a Planet Tango Portland event during a milonga at Alex Kreb's studio Tango Berretín. It was part of a 24 hour broadcast of live tango in cities around the world: Melbourne, Tokyo, Taipei, Moscow, Istanbul, Prague, Montevideo, Minneapolis, and Buffalo. Alex wasn't there, but we did get to dance in Portland to his
- [Viewpoints Best of the West](https://www.foliasmusic.com/viewpoints-best-of-the-west/) - Viewpoints Tour: Best of the West 30 gigs in 60 days 17 states 12,500 miles 46 MPG trip average 29 nights in a tent 31 nights home stays Hottest Temp 110 F Walla Walla, WA Lowest Temp 45 F Champaign, IL Highest Point - Mount Sniktau Peak 13,240 Furthest North: Stehekin, WA//South: Austin, TX//East: Champaign,
- [Folias at Wayne State University](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-wayne-state-university/) - Last month we had the privilege to give a concert and a lecture on how we have made successful careers as DIY musicians at the Wayne State University Music Department. Over the years we have done many things as a duo, from playing tango music for milongas, to playing concerts. Also making CD's, and booking international and national tours.
- [The Winery Picnic Viewpoints Tour](https://www.foliasmusic.com/winery-picnic-viewpoints-tour/) - We enjoyed some great winery picnics in California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho last summer. Visiting wineries give us the opportunity to see the land and geography of a place, as well as the agriculture. They are almost always in beautiful setting as well and we continue to choose to drive out of the way to
- [Piazzolla's Angel Suite](https://www.foliasmusic.com/premire-of-angel-suite/) - In January we had the privilege to be featured on the Chamber Music at the Scarab Club concert series with the premier of our arrangement of Astor Piazzolla's Angel Suite for flute, guitar and string quartet. It was a great opportunity for us to work on our arranging skills and to play with great string players from
- [Bialys in Ojai](https://www.foliasmusic.com/bialys-in-ojai/) - Here is another recipe from the Viewpoints tour. We had the pleasure of eating homemade bialys made by our tango dancer friend, teacher and host Stephen Bauer in Ojai, CA last summer. Stephen is also known for his "Tango Chef" workshops which teach people about how to make "kinetic concoctions for tastier tango." His is a
- [Sabores de Chile](https://www.foliasmusic.com/sabores-de-chile/) - Our two weeks stay in Chile this last May was definitely framed by eating. We had a spectacular time just being tourists in the grocery store. We shopped almost everyday at the local Jumbo in central Santiago and made feasts for our friends when they came home from work. The most typical ingredient? Avocados! I
- [2016 Summer Tour Haikus](https://www.foliasmusic.com/2016-summer-tour-haikus/) - We have finished our 2016 summer tour and as a way to pass the time on the long drive home we composed 38 tour haikus for the different days of the tour. Illinois Day 1 Packed car in the rain Drive to the Cowboy Monkey Tango in Champaign Kansas Day 2 Six hours of sleep Twelve
- [Dance Under the Red Moon](https://www.foliasmusic.com/dance-red-moon/) - Every spring there is a great gathering of guitar ensembles called the Mid-America Guitar Ensemble Festival. This year it was in our home town of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The festival always features a mass guitar ensemble to play a premier composition written for that year's festival. This year I was asked to write the composition! The piece
- [Folias for Fontana](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-for-fontana/) - This winter we had the pleasure of playing for a Fontana Chamber Arts "Crybaby" concert. Fontana is a series that both Andrew and I not only attend regularly but also respect and admire for its adventurous programming and super high quality performers. The Saturday morning that we played was a typical blistery Michigan day in January. We
- [Central Chile in Mono](https://www.foliasmusic.com/central-chile-mono/) - Andrew and I just returned from two weeks in central Chile. We travelled there to visit some friends, play a couple of gigs, taste wine, hike, learn more about Chilean food, and take advantage of understanding a little bit more Spanish. We stayed in Santiago but also enjoyed the coastal towns for Valparaiso (where we
- [2016 Summer Repertoire](https://www.foliasmusic.com/2016-summer-repertoire/) - Every summer we set off to spend our lives on the road playing concerts and milongas. Each year we add a few pieces to our summer repertoire and I thought that it would be nice to document what we played this year. This year we did not only have one concert worth of songs but
- [New Mexico Gigs 2016](https://www.foliasmusic.com/new-mexico-gigs-2016/) - We just performed four days of gigs in New Mexico. On Friday we played for a church recital series in Santa Fe. On Saturday we played for a museum concert in Albuquerque. On Sunday we played in Santa Fe for a milonga. On Monday we played a library concert in Albuqerque. The recital in Santa
- [Folias Live on KUNM](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-live-kunm/) - Yesterday we did a radio interview on KUNM with Cristina Baccin on Raíces Collective of KUNM. Raices, meaning roots, plays a variety of Latin themed music. We popped over to the studio after our library gig and had a chance to play three of our new pieces. First we played Milonga Gris, an arrangement of a composition
- [Shaggy Mane Recipe](https://www.foliasmusic.com/shaggy-mane-recipe/) - Shopping and eating California is always a revelation. Yesterday we made a quick stop at the Sacramento Food Co-op, which happened to be right off the highway on our commute from Venice in Southern California to the Burning Tango Festival in Northern California. The food here has a much higher quality of flavor and a
- [Solstice Swordfish Recipe](https://www.foliasmusic.com/solstice-swordfish-recipe/) - We were lucky enough to have a day off on the solstice this year in Southern California. We spent the day hiking to Cerro Alto with views of the coast and the hills of Paso Robles, visiting one of the best wineries in the world, Tablas Creek and getting fresh swordfish right off the dock
- [New Piazzolla Arrangements](https://www.foliasmusic.com/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
- [Debut in Chile](https://www.foliasmusic.com/debut-in-chile/) - This May Andrew and I had the opportunity to play for two lovely milongas in central Chile, one in Valparaiso and one in Santiago. Valparaiso is an a amazing city with spectacular views of the coast, a hopping nightlife and great food, including seafood. The bar we played at La Piedra Feliz was really cool
- [New Music Premieres Concert](https://www.foliasmusic.com/new-music-premieres-concert/) - After a great summer of touring and a composing residency in Colorado it was time for a new music premieres concert. I get asked all of the time, "Since you wrote the piece then can't you already play it?". The answer to this question is, not really. Just because I came up with the composition
- [2016 Tour Thanks](https://www.foliasmusic.com/2016-tour-thanks/) - Wow, this summer was our best tour yet. So productive and so fun. We have a big tour thanks here! To everyone who supported the Folias tour by their generosity and camaraderie, who agree to help put on great events, or take us into their homes, or miraculously cook for us or spend their time
- [Folias Music Live Episode 6 Reno Tango Interview](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-music-live-episode-6-reno-tango-interview/) - Folias talks with T.S. Zak Brown and Victoria Randlett in their studio VZ Tango in Reno, Nevada. From an interview on the summer tour in 2015, they reveal the full story about how they got into Argentine tango music and dancing and what keeps them going with this beautiful art form. Subscribe and Review on
- [Summer Tour 2016](https://www.foliasmusic.com/summer-tour-2016/) - Here we go! Off for another summer tour. We'll be out west in June for some milongas, concert series, museum, and library shows. Then in July we'll be back in the beautiful upper midwest for some of our favorite stops in the great lakes. Full venue and time information here: Summer Tour 2016 Schedule 6/1|Tango Night
- [Tribute to People's Cider Co](https://www.foliasmusic.com/tribute-peoples-cider-co/) - Last weekend we played for a May Day/Anniversary celebration at People's Cider Company here in Grand Rapids. We have shopped at Fulton Street Farmers Market for the past couple of years for our weekly Saturday morning groceries, and along with getting our vegetables, cheese, and meat we have filled up our empty jug with the greatest
- [Idaho Whitewater Park](https://www.foliasmusic.com/idaho-whitewater-park/) - We started off our concert week in Idaho at a whitewater park of all places. What a cool venue! Here is a sample of Carmen's African flute piece Mamba Guinee. https://youtu.be/AcmXwTDlKo8
- [North Cascades Return](https://www.foliasmusic.com/north-cascades-return/) - During the Viewpoints tour we went to the North Cascades National Park for a nice one week break from the road. We left the car behind on the shores of Lake Chelan and got on a boat named The Lady of the Lake. It was a 55 mile ride to the town of Stehekin -- population 80. After
- [Southwest Recipes Viewpoints Tour](https://www.foliasmusic.com/southwest-recipes-viewpoints-tour/) - We cooked and ate some amazing food during the first 11 days in the southwest on the Viewpoints Tour. Prepared in homes or in state parks and national forests in Texas, New Mexico, Utah, and Nevada these southwest recipes were made mostly with local ingredients and with some substantial equipment limitations. We've included some of
- [New Mexico Tango 2015](https://www.foliasmusic.com/new-mexico-tango-2015/) - For the first full week of the Viewpoints Tour - West we spent five nights in New Mexico playing four gigs. We had the opportunity to play for milongas in Las Cruces, Santa Fe, and Albuquerque. The New Mexico tango community was supportive of live tango music all around. It was so great to play
- [Tour Send Off in Champaign and Austin](https://www.foliasmusic.com/tour-send-off-in-champaign-and-austin/) - We had a sucessful start to the Viewoints West tour with enthusiastic milongas, great company, and delicious food in Champaign and Austin. Thanks to Sahand for getting up at 6am in the morning to make us buttermilk pancakes from scratch and the Denis and Denna for cooking us their gourmet food made with love and
- [Ramp Risotto](https://www.foliasmusic.com/ramp-risotto/) - It was a beautiful afternoon in west Michigan to hunt for some ramps out in the woods, so Andrew and I went out to gather this wild forest delight that has a delicate flavor somewhere between a green onion and a leek. Here is the nice little recipe that we came up with for
- [Madison and Milwaukee Tango](https://www.foliasmusic.com/madison-and-milwaukee-tango/) - Wow! What a great way to spend Carmen's birthday weekend. Thanks to all the organizers and to the dancers who came out for our workshops and for live music at the milongas. We can't wait to be back dancing and playing for Madison and Milwaukee tango.
- [Folias with Marissa Peak, bassoon](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-with-marissa-peak-bassoon/) - https://youtu.be/Sw_t71JZswc https://youtu.be/AMF1S5H45_o We have started a new collaboration for Folias with bassoon. Marissa Peak formed a trio with us which performed four concerts together in Michigan. Andrew arranged his Folias flute and guitar pieces "Border Trilogy" and "Cabrales" for flute, bassoon, and guitar. It was really great to add such a rich low timbre to
- [Spring Snow Live at Hope College](https://www.foliasmusic.com/spring-snow-live-hope-college/) - In early March of 2013 it was way past time to get started and finish a solo guitar piece for a recital at Hope College of all Michigan guitarist composers playing their own pieces. In order to get myself in a place of solitude required for the task I rented a cabin in the Porcupine
- [Premier of Andrew Bergeron's Folias Variations](https://www.foliasmusic.com/premier-andrew-bergerons-folias-variations/) - On January 18th we had the pleasure of being part of the Grand Rapids Art Museum's Sunday classical series. Our program featured the premier of my piece "Folias Variations" which uses the famous 16th century melody in d minor from La Folía, which is one of the oldest remembered themes in western classical music. I had
- [Folias Winter Retreat](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-winter-retreat/) - Over the winter break Carmen and I got the chance to get away and get some great relaxation in nature. We rented a rustic cabin in the U.P. of Michigan just south of Lake Superior and the town of Munising. The cabin had no running water, or electricity and was heated with a wood stove.
- [Hope College Guest Artist Concert](https://www.foliasmusic.com/hope-college-guest-artist-concert/) - Thanks to Dave Martin for having us on the Hope College Guest Artist Series. Here are a couple of videos that capture this lovely evening where we featured music from our new release Viewpoints.
- [Cabrales Video](https://www.foliasmusic.com/cabrales-video/) - I got busy with my pinhole camera while we are on the road and captured a nice scene for "Cabrales," the piece Andrew and I wrote together in Asturias, Spain. Folias - Cabrales from "Viewpoints" from Carmen Maret on Vimeo.
- [Viewpoints Trailer](https://www.foliasmusic.com/viewpoints-trailer/) - Thanks to Gregg Bruff for the oil painting on the cover of our new CD! Also to David McGowan and Sergei Kvitko for the digital photos here. Viewpoints Trailer from Carmen Maret on Vimeo. Get a copy of the CD directly from Carmen and Andrew
- [Texas Zinfandel Okra Pasta Breakfast](https://www.foliasmusic.com/texas-zinfandel-okra-pasta-breakfast/) - We finished our final morning of camping after three days at Enchanted Rock State Park outside of Fredericksburg, Texas and were down to a lovely assortment of local ingredients: a bottle of Becker Vineyards hill country Zinfandel, a quart of okra, a shallot and some spaghetti. It was an unlikely combination that we never would
- [West East U.P. Tour](https://www.foliasmusic.com/west-east-u-p-tour/) - GRAND RAPIDS, MI - 2014 marks the eleventh anniversary of the Michigan based Folias Flute and Guitar Duo. Folias is flutist Carmen Maret and guitarist Andrew Bergeron. Called “daring in self-written music” by American Record Guide, the husband and wife duo’s United States “West East U.P.” tour this summer includes 29 performances in 12 states
- [Pickin at Luckenbach](https://www.foliasmusic.com/pickin-at-luckenbach/) - We met some lovely musicians by accident who were playing for a food and wine event at Becker Vineyards last week. They are called ShAnnie, a multi-instrumental composer/performer duo made up of Shan Kowert and Annie Acton. We hit it off immediately and they soon invited us the next day to the famous Luckenback pickers
- [MSU Alumni Mag Feature](https://www.foliasmusic.com/msu-alumni-mag-feature/) - Thanks Robert Bao and MSU for the shout out in the 2012 winter issue of the Alumni Magazine. Download the PDF of the MSU Alumni Magazine Feature here.
- [Oblivion](https://www.foliasmusic.com/oblivion/) - Here is a nice example of live tango music and dance that go together. Performed on a concert featuring Oscar Acebrás. Folias Flute and Guitar Duo. Carmen Maret, Guillermo Moreno, Pat Moreno at The Kalamazoo's Wellspring Theater at the Epic Center. Patrocinado por Jorge Broggio & Tango Argentino Club in Michigan. — August 2012.
- [Tango Tour Stats for 13 Days, 8 Gigs](https://www.foliasmusic.com/tango-tour-stats-for-13-days-8-gigs/) - Miles Driven: 5366 Miles Driven by Andy: 5366 Time in the car: 86 hours Times Carmen did a full pack of the car: 13 Days without driving: 1 States visited: 13 Average driving per day: 6.6 hours Average sleep per night: 6 hours Total hours in the car with 5 people: 22 Profit made: decent
- [Kansas to Denver ](https://www.foliasmusic.com/kansas-to-denver/) - After our gig in Champaign we made a nine and half hour drive to a campsite in central Kansas. So far, Carmen is the self appointed Tetris master of car packing. Her goal is to get at least 2 inches for Andy to see out the back window. In the car, we entertained our self
- [Whirlwind End of the Tour](https://www.foliasmusic.com/whirlwind-end-of-the-tour/) - It has been difficult keeping up with the blog during the last five days of the tour. We have been driving an average of 6.6 hours a day and sleeping only 6 in addition to playing gigs, camping, and cooking along the way. After our gig in Ventura, CA we drove through the parking lot
- [Lake Superior Provincial Park Trip Report ](https://www.foliasmusic.com/lake-superior-provincial-park-trip-report/) - Andy and I took a three night mind clearing trip to Canada's Lake Superior Provincial Park, located two hours north of Sault Ste. Marie, MI. Day 1: When we arrived the lake was like absolute glass! Barely any movement at the shoreline. Sunny. 70 degrees during the day...50 at night. Day 2: The guy at
- [The 80/90 Sandwich](https://www.foliasmusic.com/the-8090-sandwich/) - A day's drive through Gary, Chicago, and Milwaukee needs a good sandwich!! Why not make one yourself? In the car! Here is our improvisation made en route to Madison on the second part of the Great Lakes tour. The 80/90 Sandwich 1 loaf 5 seed bread (whole wheat base w/ pumpkin, poppy, sesame, flax and
- [Flaming Gorge Salad ](https://www.foliasmusic.com/flaming-gorge-salad/) - Andy and I camped at the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area on our way through Utah yesterday. Our campsite was 30 feet away from a 1300 foot drop off overlooking the red rock canyon walls with the Green River below. Although Ed Abbey would probably want to take down the dam that make this reservoir
- [Rocky Mountain Tango House Party](https://www.foliasmusic.com/rocky-mountain-tango-house-party/) - Last night we played for a lovely tango house party in Hailey, a town three hours north of Boise nestled in the Central Rockies of Idaho. It was another night of playing music, having fun dancing, and enjoying good food and company! Empanadas! (one batch filled with spinach and one batch with creamed corn!) Heirloom
- [Working Tourists in Colorado ](https://www.foliasmusic.com/working-tourists-in-colorado/) - Andy and I spent two days in a cabin we rented in central Colorado preparing for our tango gig in Glenwood Springs. After five years of playing tango together we are finally doing our first milonga entirely from memory--something we should have done sooner! If you ever visit Glenwood, don't miss the hot springs (especially
- [We Made it to Cali](https://www.foliasmusic.com/we-made-it-to-cali/) - Andy is a professional driver. He made it from Salt Lake to downtown L.A. in ten hours flat! Once we arrived we picked up Avik in Santa Monica and made our way to Malibu Creek State Park for the night. The day of our gig at the Candlelight Bar in Ventura we spent hiking, visiting
- [Glacier and Highway 2](https://www.foliasmusic.com/glacier-and-gig-on-highway-2/) - This winter break Andy and I traveled on Amtrak from Grand Rapids, MI to Glacier National Park. The 36 hour train ride follows highway 2 through North Dakota and Montana, a highway with which Andy and I have developed a fascination. It is an easy going two lane road that can be driven all the
- [Treasure Box Empanadas](https://www.foliasmusic.com/treasure-box-empanadas/) - It's the first day of our Alaska tour and we're in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Me and Tom Dad offered many thanks to Andy who made 6, shoe size empanadas to get us through our last night of packing and our first day of driving. Not only did these serve the functional purpose of cleaning out
- [Atlin Music Festival](https://www.foliasmusic.com/atlin-music-festival/) - We performed our first gig of the tour today at the Atlin Arts and Music Festival, a multi-disciplinary festival that presents music, dance, art, storytelling, poetry and film in the northern most town in British Columbia. Our venue, Kershaws, was an old hardware store converted into a coffee shop. It had a view out the
- [Not A Bad View Eh](https://www.foliasmusic.com/not-a-bad-view-eh/) - We drove to a spectacular park in the southwest Yukon today called Kluane (Kloo-WA-nee). It contains Canada's highest and the world's largest non-polar alpine ice field in the world. Kluane is also part of a chain of parks in Alaska, Yukon, and B.C. that make up the world's single largest internationally protected area. In the
- [Off the Road in Tok](https://www.foliasmusic.com/off-the-road-in-tok/) - The town name Tok is reason enough for musicians to plan a visit; combine that with passionate and caring organizers and it makes for an awesome tour stop. In Tok we gave a tango class and a house concert at the Off the Road House, a Bed and Breakfast down a series of dirt roads
- [Lake Superior Oct](https://www.foliasmusic.com/lake-superior-oct/)
- [On the Prairie](https://www.foliasmusic.com/on-the-prairie/) - We just completed 2 days of driving through Minnesota, North Dakota, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and western Alberta. Some 1300 miles in all. Andy navigated us through a minor Bison snag today in Elk Island National Park. On the eating end of things, we had a fantastic lunch in the car yesterday while we drove through Lloydminster,
- [Live at the Library](https://www.foliasmusic.com/live-at-the-library/)
- [On the Mesa de Anguila](https://www.foliasmusic.com/on-the-mesa-de-anguila/) - Here is us performing in a very remote part of Texas. We backpacked in on New Years Eve to the Mesa de Anguila in Big Bend National Park, which is on top of the Santa Elena canyon of the Rio Grande overlooking Mexico. We jammed here to the tune we wrote together "And the Cacti
- [The Lemon Smugglers](https://www.foliasmusic.com/the-lemon-smugglers/) - Here is a milonga I wrote for social dancing that we performed as a concert version live at the Foundry Hall in South Haven, MI. I captured the tongue-in-cheek qualities of milonga with this one. Video by David McGowan
- [Ann Arbor Community Milonga](https://www.foliasmusic.com/ann-arbor-community-milonga/) - Here are a couple nice excerpts from the Community Milonga in Ann Arbor that was broadcasted on the Community Access Television Network. The first piece is Carmen's composition The Lemon Smugglers, and the second is Pedro Laurenz's Milonga de Mis Amores. Thanks to Marco Bruschstein for the milonga hosting and Joe Baublis for
- [Europe Pinholes](https://www.foliasmusic.com/europe-pinholes/) - Here is our two months in Europe through the eyes of my homemade pinhole camera.
- [Porto](https://www.foliasmusic.com/porto/) - We just finished the last gig of our 2013 European tour in the city of Porto, Portugal which is not an easy place to get to by train. We had to take an overnight train from Catalonia Spain and we arrived on the day of our gig at 10 in the morning a little out
- [Music Nibbles: Berg's Lyric Suite](https://www.foliasmusic.com/music-nibbles-bergs-lyric-suite/) - It's 20 minutes till 11pm. Andy and I are finally eating dinner after a long day and we want to make up for some lost practice time. So, we started "Music Nibbles" a short music study session while we eat. We pulled out the score to Berg's Lyric Suite along with a recording by the
- [New Direction for Creativity in Our Culture: "Niches Brew"](https://www.foliasmusic.com/new-direction-for-creativity-in-our-cultureniches-brew/) - Here is some solid advice I read this morning from jazz trumpeter Dave Douglas that untangles the cultural climate in which musicians, artists, and other creatives are working out their livelihoods. Dave Douglas: "Niches Brew": Musicians Creating a Way Forward. Check out the Greenleaf Music label for some inspiration!
- [Pinhole Photos](https://www.foliasmusic.com/pinhole-photos/) - I developed some photos today from my first homemade pinhole camera made out of a Bruichladdich scotch tin. The shots below are from a walk in downtown Grand Rapids and a wine pressing session in our backyard vineyard. I exposed paper negatives through the pinhole--40 seconds to 1 min--and then scanned them into the computer.
- [20 Hours in Copenhagen](https://www.foliasmusic.com/20-hours-in-copenhagen/) - On our way from Stockholm to Berlin we made a short stop in Copenhagen to play a gig at Cafe Retro, a volunteer run non-profit coffee house/bar. Besides the nice atmosphere and people, the cafe brings some good karma as it donates all of its profits to a women's sewing school in Sierra Leone. At
- [Practice Day Berlin](https://www.foliasmusic.com/practice-day-berlin/) - We arrived in Berlin a few days ago and today we spent the day in the park practicing for our gig here. Berlin's parks rock...along with the coffee, art and music scene, delicious affordable food and of course the hearty German breakfasts. We are having an amazingly good time doing practically nothing!
- [der Mosel](https://www.foliasmusic.com/der-mosel/) - Andrew and I spent a week in the Mosel Valley, a wine region in western Germany famous for its Riesling. The Trockenbeerenauslese (botrytis dried, hand selected, late harvest) wines from this region go for thousands of dollars in auctions. These are some of the "biggest" white wines in the world, but you hardly see them locally. People around here and in
- [Composing in Cabrales](https://www.foliasmusic.com/composing-in-cabrales/) - This last week we stayed in the Picos de Europa national park in Cabrales, a county in Asturias Spain. If you have heard of Cabrales it is probably an association with the super stinky cheese from Spain. This famous "queso de cabrales" is a raw milk blue that is aged for three-six months in one of the
- [Vienna Gigs](https://www.foliasmusic.com/vienna-gigs/) - We played a couple of gigs this week in Vienna. It was interesting to perform in and see the place that is talked about so much in music history. We were in the same place that Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Mahler, Schoenberg and so many other great composers and performers had worked and lived. Although we didn't have
- [The Hills Are Alive](https://www.foliasmusic.com/the-hills-are-alive/) - On our way to Milan we stopped for a couple day breather in the Austrian Alps. Andy found us a sweet place for 40 euros a night in a tiny, tiny town called Mallnitz that is in the center of Hohe Tauren National Park. The best things about arriving here was the amazing train access that
- [Alba Wine Food Music](https://www.foliasmusic.com/alba-wine-food-music/) - After our gig in Milano, Andrew and I went to Alba, a town in northern Italy in Piedmont famous for food, Barolo wine and white truffles. First, we walk 4 miles into the country to Ceretto winery, a family operated winery that was started by the "Barolo brothers," two men who helped put Barolo on the international market. Barolo as well
- [Music as Aquinas](https://www.foliasmusic.com/music-as-aquinas/) - This week Andy and I are performing chamber works at Aquinas College that we composed for flute, guitar, voice and piano. The premiers are all based on texts from St. Thomas Aquinas' writings. Check out the program and notes below! Program Chansons madécasses (Songs of Madagascar) Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) I. Nahandove II. Aoua!
- [Bordeaux Wine Tasting](https://www.foliasmusic.com/bordeaux-wine-tasting/) - Last week we were in France with the goal of trying to figure out a little bit about the great Bordeaux wine region. This can be a daunting task considering that Bordeaux has 57 designated regions, 10,000 producing châteaux, and 14,000 grape growers. Navigating Bordeaux wine is complicated to say the least. We stayed in
- [Catalan Paradise](https://www.foliasmusic.com/catalan-paradise/) - We spent the last week in Falset Spain, a small town on the edge of the Priorat wine region. The town is in the mountains just off of the Mediterranean in Catalonia. Catalonia has it's own language, culture, and history. We were excited to use our Spanish language skills but were not completely successful as
- [Folias and Friends](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-and-friends/) - This month we performed three new pieces that Andrew wrote last year. The pieces were written for our new quintet with Chris Martin on violin/viola, Joel Sheckman on clarinets, Chris Lawerence on trumpet/flugelhorn and Carmen and Andrew on flute and guitar. We scheduled 3 gigs with the finale at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. The
- [Guinée West Africa](https://www.foliasmusic.com/guinee-west-africa/) - These photos are from a 10 day journey I made to Guinée where I chaperoned for and participated in an Aquinas College cultural exchange trip. In between Senegal, Sierra Leon, Liberia and Mali, Guinée is a country the size of Oregon on the west coast of Africa and is in the top ten of the world's
- [Backbones in Texas](https://www.foliasmusic.com/backbones-in-texas/) - Here they are! The long awaited photos from our backpacking-camping-backroading-jamming-touristing Texas retreat. The places you see are in Big Bend National Park, Terlingua, TX, and the Hill Country outside of Austin. We backpacked part of this journey as a test of our physical stamina. This included an aggressive hiking itinerary, carrying all of our water
- [Jordan River Valley Excursion](https://www.foliasmusic.com/jordan-river-valley-excursion/) - This month, we decided to take a break from the city with a journey to Michigan's Jordan River, an 80% spring fed waterway that was the first to be Federally designated as a "wild and scenic" river in Michigan . The river valley is a 160 mile drive straight north of Grand Rapids, so it
- [Buenos Aires Living](https://www.foliasmusic.com/buenos-aires-living/) - We've stayed a week now in the Almagro/Abasto neighborhood of Buenos Aires which was originally the city center for wholesale fruits and vegetables. The tango house where we are staying called La Maleva is a few blocks from the Abasto Shopping mall, which is the neighborhood where Carlos Gardel grew up. This area is also
- [Trekking In Patagonia](https://www.foliasmusic.com/trekking-in-patagonia/) - We decided to start off our first trip to Argentina "Carmen and Andy style" with a few days of trekking in southern Patagonia! After riding on five planes, 2 taxis, a van, and a bus we arrived 7,000 miles from Grand Rapids, MI in El Chaltén, a tiny town at the 49th parallel nestled just
- [Buenos Aires Gigs](https://www.foliasmusic.com/buenos-aires-gigs/) - We experienced the two worlds of tango music and dance with our gigs in Buenos Aires. The Milonga La Pipetuá that we played for is a new milonga in the Almagro neighborhood where we are staying. There was a modest 50 people on this Wednesday night milonga and we played at midnight, which is early
- [Wine Show](https://www.foliasmusic.com/wine-show/) - Andeluna 2011 Estate Malbec Tupungato Mendoza Argentina Purchased at La Tablita in El Calefate, Santa Cruz (Southern Patagonia) Notes: tastes of blueberries, blackberries and black cherries. Fresh fruit finish, herbal. Purple color. Restaurant Meal: Cordero Patagónico (whole, open-fire roasted Patagonian lamb), papas naturales, ensalada mixta Rutini 2009 Cabernet-Malbec Coquimbito Maipú Mendoza Argentina Purchased
- [Detroit and Kalamazoo Gigs](https://www.foliasmusic.com/detroit-and-kalamazoo-gigs/) - After a week of teeth-pulling adjustment from being on the road for 11 weeks, we are grateful to be home working in Michigan again. This weekend’s gigs were exceptional: the artistry, the camaraderie, the venues, the quality of collaboration. I played Friday at the Detroit Institute of Arts with Matt Ulery’s project, By a Little
- [Argentine Dogs](https://www.foliasmusic.com/argentine-dogs/) - There are dogs everywhere in Argentina, and of course when Andrew I were there I started taking photos of dogs everyday. It was easy to do; at first it was a tourist’s dis-traction, but later the dogs helped me to remember the people and places in Southern Patagonia, Mendoza, and Buenos Aires.
- [Pinot Tango Musico](https://www.foliasmusic.com/pinot-tango-musico/) - During our week in Oregon we performed three times first for Eugene’s Bailonga, a Tuesday night alternative milonga, second at the Drift Inn, a cool restaurant and bar in the coastal town Yachats, and finally for Alex Kreb’s Milonga Berretín, a bi-monthly Saturday night dance at his downtown Portland studio. Our off time was spent
- [Stehekin Composing Residency](https://www.foliasmusic.com/stehekin-composing-residency/) - We just returned from a two week composing residency in Stehekin, Washington, a town at the end of 55 mile Lake Chelan in the North Cascade National Park. A park ranger named Mark Sherer invited us to come reside at his place, write/play music, and enjoy the Cascades. Stehekin is a Native American word that
- [Scotch Bonnet Premier](https://www.foliasmusic.com/scotch-bonnet-premier/) - Andy and I have been working on a lot of new music for our next album! Here is an alto flute and guitar piece we co-composed called Scotch Bonnet. It combines some tricks from Bach with the flavor of salsa dance band music. This is a live snapshot recording done by our friend Pat from
- [Northern Michigan Pinholes](https://www.foliasmusic.com/northern-michigan-pinholes/) - Andy and I spent last week playing concerts in the upper peninsula of Michigan and on Isle Royale National Park. We had a great time premiering a couple new flute and guitar pieces and hanging out with our friends Pat, Liz, and Isabel. Pat took us around to some U.P. sites and to some really
- [Bikes and Wines](https://www.foliasmusic.com/bikes-and-wines/) - Andy and I spent the last week riding bikes to wineries in Maipú, a subregion of Mendoza, Argentina. In the neighborhood where we stayed called Coquimbito, many of the wineries are over 100 years old and still have 60-80 year old vines. The wine tourism though has only developed in the past 5 years, making
- [Goofing Off in Idaho](https://www.foliasmusic.com/goofing-off-in-idaho/) - We spent the weekend with my parents and their friends llama trekking through Idaho's public land. 6 people, 7 llamas, 2 dogs, and 2 dutch ovens! We camped at a lake around 8100 feet. Bristlecone pines and lupine guarded the whole area. For the food, I cooked jalapeno corn bread and my dad's friend Ken
- [D'Arienzo in the Headphones](https://www.foliasmusic.com/natural-tango-orchestra-arrangment/) - This past month while Andy has been teaching summer music theory courses at GRCC, I have been working on commissions for our dancer/musician friend Nick Jones and his tango group Orquesta Tipica Natural in Denver, CO. Here is my arrangement of Canaro en Paris based on a D'Arienzo orchestra version from the 1950s. Click on
- [Original Tango Live with the Score](https://www.foliasmusic.com/original-tango-live-with-the-score/) - One of the best parts of the tour was performing original tango music for dancing. Here is recording we captured of Carmen's composition Cumparsita Cats performed live in San Diego. Click on the bottom left of the score to turn the pages along with the music! Cumparsita Cats [haiku url="100819_06 Cumparsita Cats Processed.mp3"] Click on
- [My New Blues](https://www.foliasmusic.com/adequate-conditions-blues/) - Here is a flute and guitar piece that I wrote for Andy this winter. Come and see us play it live in the next few weeks! Adequate Conditions Blues [haiku url="Adequate Conditions Blues 1_15_11 Reverb.mp3"] Click Here for our performance schedule!
- [Nov 19 Day Off](https://www.foliasmusic.com/nov-19-day-off/) - Andy and I had our first vacation day together in a while! Here are some more photos taken with a scotch tin and a tea tin that both fit 5 by 7 photo paper that I expose with homemade pinholes.
- [MAJIC Fundraiser](https://www.foliasmusic.com/majic-fundraiser/) - This month Andrew and I put together a fundraiser for the concert series I direct called MAJIC, Musical Arts for Justice in the Community. It was a homemade dinner by us and show by local comedian, musician, and storyteller Mike McCarty. The menu was simple: homemade lasagne, grape pies, and a salad bar...with all ingredients
- [Alaska Tour Stats](https://www.foliasmusic.com/alaska-tour-stats/) - 32 days, 31 nights (16 in Canada, 15 in the U.S) 8,671 driving miles (Andy,8561; Carmen, 110; Dad, 0) 140 hours in the car 100 miles driven on dirt roads 60 miles driven on "roller coaster" permafrost damaged pavement 29 gas fill ups (we made around 30 MPG in our station wagon) 12 states and
- [Nordhouse Dunes ](https://www.foliasmusic.com/nordhouse-dunes/) - A few weekends ago we backpacked at the Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Area in Northern Michigan with our friends Avik and Bridget. Besides the amazing weather, exercise and relaxation, we ate Andy's coconut milk goat curry with couscous, a dish that would have been amazing at home but was even better on the beach. Recipe follows....
- [Minneapolis Milonguita](https://www.foliasmusic.com/minneapolis-milonguita/) - The last gig off our tour came after Andy drove us six days straight from Fairbanks to Minnesota, which in comparison with its sunny skies, humidity and heat felt like the Caribbean. We played for Lois Donnay's milonguita at her studio in downtown Minneapolis and had a great jamming our second set with Bob and
- [Fairbanks Festival](https://www.foliasmusic.com/fairbanks-festival/) - We had a busy and all too short four days at the University of Alaska for the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival. We taught two, hour and a half lessons on tango from a musical perspective. Here we are playing Cumparsita Cats during one of the classes. Packed dance floor for our gig at the Westmark
- [Denali](https://www.foliasmusic.com/denali/) - We just returned from the vacation part of our tour--three nights at Wonder Lake in Denali National Park. Like the rest of the tourists who are brought in by big school buses (the only method of travel allowed on the 90 miles of dirt road in the park) Carmen went on a photo binge. While
- [Yukon Gigs](https://www.foliasmusic.com/yukon-gigs/) - We just finished an eight day stay in the Yukon with performances at the Whitehorse Arts in the Park and at the Village Bakery in Haines Junction. Thanks to Steve Slade and Boyd Campbell who presented and promoted our shows. They are musicians as well as presenters and both have brought music consistently to this
- [Alaska Tour Itinerary](https://www.foliasmusic.com/alaska-tour-itinerary/) - We've had a crazy couple of weeks getting ready for the upcoming Alaska tour. Here is what we'll be doing the whole month of July as we drive our way to Fairbanks and back! Tour Stop 1: Atlin Arts and Music Festival, British Columbia We'll be giving a tango workshop and performance at the Festival
- [Happy Ham Day](https://www.foliasmusic.com/happy-ham-day/) - Today we sliced into the Michigan raised ham that we have been curing in our basement since November 1! To my utter surprise it was ruby red and delicious. This was our first attempt at salt cured air dried prosciutto-style ham and I just assumed by how tricky it is to make prosciutto that we
- [Folias Remastered](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-remastered-and-free-download/) - Here is a remastered version of Carmen Maret's composition Alpha's Last Dance done by our friend, guitarist and teacher Pat Valencia in Hancock, Michigan. Don't miss the great sound quality and Pat's footage of 12 foot seas from the east on the shore of Isle Royale National Park.
- [Latin Dance Project](https://www.foliasmusic.com/latin-dance-project-on-local-spins/) - John Sinkevics from the Grand Rapids Press featured our new CD with the Great Lakes Art Music Ensemble today on his local spins column! Check it out!
- [Hosting AKGI Duo](https://www.foliasmusic.com/hosting-akgi-and-eastern-blok/) - Andy and I had an inspiring weekend after organizing and hosting two concerts in Grand Rapids, one for the Andreas Kapsalis & Goran Ivanovic Duo on the GRCC International Guitar Series and one for Eastern Blok on the MAJIC Series at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. The best thing about our weekend (besides all the fantastic company
- [WYCE Jammies Awards ](https://www.foliasmusic.com/wyce-jammies-awards/) - Last month Andy and I played for the 12th Annual WYCE Jammies Awards at the Intersection! We were honored to play with Steve Talaga and the band he put together for Heartside Sketches, a feature length jazz composition that I organized a commission for on the MAJIC Concert Series. The composition and subsequent CD Heartside
- [The Tour Stages](https://www.foliasmusic.com/the-tour-stages/) - Where we played on the tour...
- [Dancing to Live Tango Music ](https://www.foliasmusic.com/dancing-to-live-tango-music/) - Here are two videos from performances in New Mexico. It is fun to watch them in hindsight and see how the dancing follows the music, something that is difficult to enjoy fully alongside all of the musical, physical, and logistical demands of being on tour. ENJOY!
- [Cumparsita Cats Video](https://www.foliasmusic.com/cumparsita-cats-video/) - Carmen's new composition performed live at the Mercury Room.
- [Salt Lake, Vegas, L.A.](https://www.foliasmusic.com/salt-lake-vegas-l-a/) - We’ve been gone only five days and have already spent over 30 hours in the car! Today is our third longest driving day with a trek across the desert from Salt Lake City to L.A. The milongas have been friendly and well attended overall and each night we are playing tighter. We've also been accumulating
- [Milonga in San Diego](https://www.foliasmusic.com/milonga-in-san-diego/)
- [Tag Team Bach](https://www.foliasmusic.com/tag-team-bach/) - We decided this was the best way to warm up at the California campsite. Imagine the 1st lute suite, the 3rd cello suite and the solo flute partita here...
- [The Cowboy](https://www.foliasmusic.com/the-cowboy/) - We just played a really cool show at the Cowboy Monkey in Champaign, Il and it turns out there really is a Cowboy Monkey! Whiplash! He was a monkey trained to ride on a Border Collie in rodeos. Check out whiplash Thanks to Joe Grohens for setting this up! Lots of enthusiastic dancing! and...thanks to
- [Music Homework on the Road](https://www.foliasmusic.com/music-homework-on-the-road/) - The nice thing about traveling as a musician is that it affords a lot of uninterrupted music study time. At home I tend to listen to music while cooking, eating, cleaning, checking email, or some other activity that takes a part of my attention. On this trip, Andy and I had a ton of TIME
- [No Temptations in the Backcountry](https://www.foliasmusic.com/no-temptations-in-the-backcountry/) - And now some words of wisdom from Andy B in the Uintah Wilderness... "It is so nice to be in the backcountry away from things because I feel like there are no temptations, such as: no place to spend money no place to go out no Martha's Vineyard no computer to waste time googling useless
- [New Videos of the Tango Quartet](https://www.foliasmusic.com/new-videos-of-the-tango-quartet/) - Here is a nice sampling of some of our new arrangements. Drop us a line! Let us know what you think! Organito de la tarde Arranged by Carmen Maret (based on a Biagi Orchestra transcription) Taquito Militar, Milonga Arranged by Carmen Maret Buenos Aires Hora Cero Arranged by Andrew Bergeron
- [Folias Tango Quartet Premiers in Madison This Weekend](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-tango-quartet-premiers-in-madison-this-weekend/) - Our guitar friends and teachers Luke Galas and Dave Martin formed a new group with us, the Folias Tango Quartet! If you can make the trip check us out with the Madison Tango Society this weekend. Nueve de julio (Tango) Silueta portena (Milonga)
- [Sneak Preview of MAJIC Concert this Friday ](https://www.foliasmusic.com/sneak-preview-of-steve-talagas-new-composition/) - This past year I directed a concert and fine art series called MAJIC, Musical Arts for Justice in the Community. With our third season down we are still going strong! The grand finale concert of the season this Friday premiers a jazz ensemble piece commissed by MAJIC written by local Grand Rapid's pianist and composer
- [Premier of Rock Etudes](https://www.foliasmusic.com/premier-of-rock-etudes/) - I drafted the Rock Etudes while Andrew and I were on a six night backpacking trip in Canyonlands National Park in Utah. My idea for the piece was to create a set of etudes based on the color classification of the geological formations in the park. Before departing, I created a pitch set for each
- [Breakfast for the GRCC Class ](https://www.foliasmusic.com/breakfast-for-the-grcc-class/) - Andy plays Michael Hedges' Breakfast in the Field for the Grand Rapids Community College guitar class. Note the sweet guitar turning, CGDDAE, no doubt inspired by a string orchestra and according to Hedges by Bartok.
- [Journey to Isle Royale...Again](https://www.foliasmusic.com/journey-to-isle-royaleagain/) - We are back for concerts on Isle Royale this summer...and I made it into the government network! So, here is a quick blog update from our journey the last 24 hours... An ominous looking day... Getting ready to leave the channel...into the waves...here we go... Andy's tummy holding up...? The boat ride is always worth the view
- [Rehearsal Video](https://www.foliasmusic.com/rehearsal-video/) - Here is another sneak preview for our upcoming concerts! Celso Machado's Sambossa.
- [Tango in Madison](https://www.foliasmusic.com/folias-tango-in-madison/) - Live music for a Madison Tango Society Milonga
- [Hope College Video](https://www.foliasmusic.com/hope-college-video/) - Lake Superior Fall
- [Alpha's Last Dance](https://www.foliasmusic.com/alphas-last-dance/) - Here is a recent performance of Alpha's Last Dance, a composition I wrote during our Isle Royale National Park residency in 2007. As I said at the concert last Wednesday, this piece was inspired by a real life story about an alpha female wolf that used to live on the island, but when you listen
- [Tango in Ann Arbor for "Top of The Park" ](https://www.foliasmusic.com/tango-in-ann-arbor-for-top-of-the-park/) - Yesterday we played for the Ann Arbor Summer Fest's "Top of the Park" event. The evening included a dance lesson taught by Avik and Patricia and dancing to the live music with our band Tango Folias. Check out the video clip!
- [FennValley Tango Jam](https://www.foliasmusic.com/fennvalley-tango-jam/)
- [Island Life ](https://www.foliasmusic.com/island-life/) - Gale force winds from the north today. The captain of the Ranger III delayed ship travel from Houghton. It was supposed to be "boat day" which means important resupply such as construction materials, food, and of course lots of beer will have to wait until tomorrow. We spent most of the day inside and then took a stroll around Mott Island. We
- [Spring Recital Program ](https://www.foliasmusic.com/spring-recital-program/) - We have a cool program coming up at Grand Rapids Community College and Aquinas College this March with our percussionist friend Brandan Grinwis. We'll be playing two new premiers by me and Andy, some George Crumb, and lots of tango! Preview our program and notes below: Full Long Nights Moon by Andrew Bergeron (World Premier)
- [Raining Mountains and Mice on the A.T.](https://www.foliasmusic.com/raining-mountains-and-mice-on-the-at/) - Andy on Max's Patch We continued our section hiking of the Appalachian Trail this May going north just after the Smokey Mountains. Driving great distances to spend many days in a row walking gives me and Andy a time to clear our minds and be ready to take in new experiences when we return home.
- [All Nighter to Utah ](https://www.foliasmusic.com/all-nighter-to-utah/) - First Few Steps Into Canyonlands Andy drove 26 hours straight through the night to Canyonlands National Park for a six night backpacking trip! I kept Andy up in the wee hours of the night with my obnoxious harmony singing with all of the junk on the radio. (so far I still haven’t touched the wheel)
- [Rock Etudes](https://www.foliasmusic.com/rock-etudes/) - Rock On! My big creative project for the out west trip is to write a set of 25 short flute and guitar etudes that are based on the color hues of the rocks in Canyonlands National Park. I am using a program derived from the Munsell system that categorizes rocks based on RGB colors. I
- [Watercrazed...we're not by the great lakes anymore](https://www.foliasmusic.com/watercrazedwere-not-by-the-great-lakes-anymore/) - Ahh, Natural Resources... Nothing is too far away from the water source in the Canyonlands campground, but we were worried about finding a place to filter water out in the backcounty. Water is available only in small isolated pools usually as the base of a rock outcrop in the upper parts of the canyons. When
- [Chesler Park Rocks!](https://www.foliasmusic.com/chesler-park-rocks/) - This is one of the most famous places in Canyonlands, an amazing high altitude plains-like area that is surrounded by a castle fortress of eroding rocks. We had fun capturing it at sunset and then making a fantastic dinner. Supreme Backpacking Pasta 6 oz Udon 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 shallot, minced 1 TBS ginger,
- [Moab Oasis ](https://www.foliasmusic.com/moab-oasis/) - Fresh Food at Last We walked into the Moab Brewery at 11:30am today at the guy at the bar walked up with 20 ounce pours, “pounders are the same price as pints on Sunday, it is our way of celebrating the Sabbath,” he said. “Are we in Utah” I thought? We were further convinced by
- [Boise Tango Jam and Milonga](https://www.foliasmusic.com/boise-tango-jam-and-milonga/) - Today we worked with musicians via the Boise Tango Society on playing tango music for tango dances. Our hour and a half session focused on getting a good marcatto, changing up the texture in an arrangement, and how to utilize ventanas (windows) or the places in the music where the phrase breaks before the next
- [Following the Rain Across the Plains](https://www.foliasmusic.com/following-the-rain-across-the-plains/) - The original plan was to camp our way from Idaho to Wisconsin, but of course we followed some massive June thunderstorms throughout Montana, North Dakota, and Minnesota. We ended up having to do conventional lodging…boo hoo. But, it did afford us some great indoor practice time in preparation for our recital in Houghton, MI. There
- [June 2009 Tour Stats ](https://www.foliasmusic.com/june-2009-tour-stats/) - A few years ago we joined M.U.S.E. (musicians united to sustain the environment). They not only promote musicians who sing/play about being conscious of their impact on the earth, but they also promote musicians who try to make their touring eco-friendly (if that is possible...) After wrapping up our tour stats, we decided that we
- [Two Concerts Down](https://www.foliasmusic.com/1061/) - We played at the Albert House Arts Center in Sault Ste Marie last night and at Falling Rock Cafe tonight in Munising, MI. Check the video from the Soo of us playing Lake Superior Fall!
- [Concert in Hancock, MI at FU](https://www.foliasmusic.com/concert-in-hancock-mi-at-fu/) - Yesterday we gave flute and guitar masterclasses and a concert at Finlandia University sponsored by our friend Pat Valencia who has a Suzuki guitar studio in Hancock called Valencia Estudio. We have found that without people like Pat who really make an effort to be a caretaker for music performance, it would be impossible to
- [2nd Street Bistro Gig in Ashland, WI](https://www.foliasmusic.com/2nd-street-bistro-gig-in-ashland-wi/) - We played a very cool restaurant gig in Ashland, WI last night. We were pleasantly surprised by the 2nd Street Bistro. They serve dishes with local meats and produce, have good regional beers on tap, have a boutique wine list, and of all things, they have music twice a week to help support local musicians!!!
- [Floodwood Wayside Lunch ](https://www.foliasmusic.com/floodwood-wayside-lunch/) - Good Food When We Needed It... Our canvas bag pantry in the trunk was filling up with some gourmet odds and ends from all of the meals we cooked for my family and friends along the way, so we decided to stop in the middle of nowhere (Floodwood, Minnesota) after an especially cranky couple of
- [Food without oil ](https://www.foliasmusic.com/food-without-oil/) - I read something in Barbara Kingsolver's book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle this 4th of July weekend that floored me! It was a blurb in the book about how we put almost as much fuel into our refrigerators as we do our cars. She said, "If every U.S. citizen ate just one meal a week (any meal)
- [Wedding on the beach](https://www.foliasmusic.com/wedding-on-the-beach/) - Cool spot for a gig... But it's getting chilly... All right! Canon in D...from the top...
- [Portrait of our Roadie](https://www.foliasmusic.com/portrait-of-our-roadie/) - dscn4349
- [Herring Stogy and Kenny Burrell ](https://www.foliasmusic.com/herring-stogies-and-kenny-burell/) - We woke up in Monacle Lake Campground in the Hiawatha National Forest today. We ate some oatmeal with strawberries and then headed off to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. On the way we stopped at a local's house inside the Bay Mills Reservation and bought some home smoked trout. We had a tip off at the
- [Cool Concert on Bob-Lo!](https://www.foliasmusic.com/cool-concert-on-bob-lo/) - Our concert today was on Bob-Lo, the local name for Bois Blanc Island (the big one next to Mackinac Island). We played in "The Coast Guard Chapel" a one room interdenominational church that is a converted boat house equipped with a bell tower, an anchor crucifix, and a non-electric pump organ! We played in front
- [Ferry Moods](https://www.foliasmusic.com/ferry-moods/) - Every traveling musician has a secret. Touring is taxing work: driving late, getting up early, hauling gear, packing gear, waiting in transit...performing without rest or food...and finally putting on a cordial face for each new person at each new place who offer different expectations to negotiate. These photos from our ferry ride over to Bois
- [Fear and Loathing in Osh-vegas](https://www.foliasmusic.com/fear-and-loathing-in-osh-vegas/) - Today we had a first. Our car broke down on the way to a gig. We were just outside the middle of nowhere in between Milwaukee and our destination Oshkosh, WI where we were set to play at the New Moon Cafe with Debbie and Daniel. The car just stopped accelerating and then wouldn't start
- [Sconsin Gigs ](https://www.foliasmusic.com/sconsin-gigs/) - After a weekend of playing in Madison and in Oshkosh I realize that there are only two things that we really need to keep doing what they are doing: to be appreciated, and to get paid. The Oshkosh gig was frustrating to say the least: a breech of contact, a broken car(!) and the humiliation
- [A gig that would make Ray Bradbury proud ](https://www.foliasmusic.com/a-gig-that-would-make-ray-bradbury-proud/) - We played music from Waterway for a storytelling bonfire last night. It was a scene that reminded me of the end of Fahrenheit 451: dusk, a fire builds, people slowly gather, children watch quietly, faces glow around the circle, a man brings his goat...they both listen, mosquitoes...and more mosquitoes, informal passage of time with stories
- [FennValley: a favorite gig](https://www.foliasmusic.com/fennvalley-one-of-our-favorite-gigs/) - Ten years ago when Andy worked in the tasting room at FennValley Vineyards, he would practice his guitar when the tasting room traffic was slow. Through the years he ended up playing for customers on a regular basis and eventually FennValley developed their "performing arts in the vineyard" as a result. This was our fifth
- [Trees Older Than Bach](https://www.foliasmusic.com/trees-older-than-bach/) - So, here we are on the last leg of our Great Lakes tour for the summer. Last night we stayed just outside of Grayling, MI at Hartwick Pines State Park, home of the largest stand of old growth trees in the lower peninsula of Michigan. We rented a rustic cabin on Bright lake and spent

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## Gigs

- [Folias Duo at Grace Church First Fridays](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-grace-church-first-fridays/) - Experience Folias Duo live in Milwaukee—flute and guitar music inspired by the Great Lakes, blending classical, jazz, and world styles.
- [Folias Duo for Music in the Heights](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2026-09-25/) - Folias Duo for Music in the Heights on Friday, September 25 at 7:30pm. Flutist Carmen Maret and guitarist Andrew Bergeron perform an eclectic mix
- [Folias Duo & Petrichor Duo for Niagara Classics](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-petrichor-duo-for-niagara-classics-2/)
- [Folias Duo & Petrichor Duo for Niagara Classics](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-petrichor-duo-for-niagara-classics/)
- [Folias Duo at Holland Area Arts Council](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-holland-area-arts-council/) - Folias Duo at Holland Area Arts Council on Sep 18 at 7pm. Original flute and guitar music from their new album Great Lakes in Holland, MI.
- [Folias Duo at Pasadena Presbyterian](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-pasadena-presbyterian/) - Folias Duo at Pasadena Presbyterian on May 20 at 12:10pm. Original flute and guitar music from their new album Great Lakes in Pasadena, CA.
- [Folias Duo at Saugatuck District Library](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-saugatuck-district-library/) - Folias Duo at Saugatuck District Library on February 21 at 2pm. Original flute and guitar music from their new album Great Lakes in Saugatuck, MI.
- [Folias Duo at Loutit Library](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-loutit-library/) - Folias Duo Loutit Library concert on January 17 at 2pm. Original flute and guitar music from their new album Great Lakes in Grand Haven, MI.
- [Folias Duo at Hackley Library](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-hackley-library/) - Folias Duo Hackley Library concert on November 16 at 5:30pm. Original flute and guitar music from their new album Great Lakes. Free admission.
- [Folias Duo for Rhubarbary House Concert Series](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2027-06-12/) - Experience Folias Duo for Rhubarbary House Concert Series with original flute and guitar music inspired by the Great Lakes
- [Folias Duo at First Presbyterian Church](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2027-04-18/) - Folias Duo at First Presbyterian Church with original flute and guitar music inspired by the Great Lakes with flutist Carmen Maret and guitarist Andrew Bergeron
- [Folias Duo at Cary Memorial Library](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2026-07-22/) - Experience Folias Duo at Cary Memorial Library — Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 7pm. With original flute and guitar music inspired by the Great Lakes
- [Folias Duo Great Lakes Album Release](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2026-08-14/) - Folias Duo's Great Lakes album release show at The Stray, Grand Rapids. Co-bill with August the Duo. August 14 | 7PM | All-Ages | Tickets available.
- [Folias Duo at Museum of Northern Arizona](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-museum-of-northern-arizona/) - Experience Folias Duo at Museum of Northern Arizona with original flute and guitar music inspired by the Great Lakes with Carmen Maret and Andrew Bergeron.
- [Folias Duo at C3 West Michigan](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-c3-west-michigan/) - Flutist Carmen Maret and guitarist Andrew Bergeron perform and speak at the C3 West Michigan Summer of Sound series. Free. July 12, Grand Rapids.
- [Folias Duo at Ventura County Classical Guitar Society](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2026-05-27/) - Folias Duo at Ventura County Classical Guitar Society is free and open to the public. At 8pm we will play a 60-minute set of Folias Duo favorites
- [Folias Duo at Nantucket Atheneum](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2026-07-26/) - Folias Duo performs at Nantucket Atheneum July 26, 2026. Original flute & guitar music from their upcoming Great Lakes album.
- [Folias Duo for Chico Guitar Project](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-for-chico-guitar-project/) - Folias Duo performs at the Museum of Northern California Art in Chico — flute & guitar music inspired by the Great Lakes. 2026 West Coast tour.
- [Folias Duo for Feeding the Soul of the City](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-for-feeding-the-soul-of-the-city/) - Folias Duo performs classical guitar and flute for Feeding the Soul of the City, a free lunchtime concert series at St. Paul's.
- [Folias Duo at Speciation Cellars – West Coast Tour Send-Off](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-speciation-cellars-west-coast-tour-send-off/) - Join us for a special evening with Folias Duo as we celebrate the send-off of our 2026 West Coast Tour at the vibrant and eclectic Speciation Cellars in Grand Rapids, MI. Set against a backdrop of wild-fermented wines and hand-crafted beers, this free, all-ages concert is the perfect way to send us off in style.
- [Folias Duo at Salt of the Earth](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-salt-of-the-earth/) - Folias Duo at Salt of the Earth: a night of chamber, folk & bluegrass with guests Sallie Bacon & Brian Oberlin—plus Carmen’s birthday celebration!
- [Folias Duo for Kings Chapel](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-for-kings-chapel/) - Folias Duo performs at King's Chapel, Boston — original flute & guitar music from their upcoming Great Lakes album. Classical, jazz & world music. Free.
- [Folias Duo for Private House Concert](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-for-private-house-concert/) - We're thrilled to return to Boise for an intimate private house concert. Join us for an evening of original flute and guitar music in a warm, personal setting. This special performance offers an up-close listening experience featuring music from our new album Great Lakes alongside works inspired by nature, travel, and improvisation. To RSVP, email
- [Folias Duo for Niagara Classics Concert Series Toronto](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2026-03-05/) - Folias Duo for Niagara Classics Concert Series plays their first night concert in Toronto, Ontario, supported by the Niagara Classics Concert Series.
- [Folias Duo for Niagara Classics Concert Series](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2026-03-07/) - Folias Duo at the Niagara Classics Concert Series Join Folias Duo for their second concert in St. Catharines, Ontario Niagara Classics Concert Series
- [Folias Duo for Niagara Classics Concert Series](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2026-03-06/) - Folias Duo for Niagara Classics Concert Series plays their first night concert in Hamilton, Ontario supported by the Niagara Classics Concert Series.
- [Folias Duo for Skaneateles Library](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-for-skaneateles-library/) - Experience Folias Duo for Skaneateles Library with original flute and guitar music inspired by the Great Lakes with Carmen Maret and Andrew Bergeron.
- [Folias Duo for Carmel Valley Library](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2026-05-19/) - Experience Folias Duo for Carmel Valley Library with original flute and guitar music inspired by the Great Lakes with Carmen Maret and Andrew Bergeron.
- [Folias Duo at Scarab Club](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-scarab-club/) - Chamber Music at the Scarab Club is thrilled to present the third concert of its 27th season! The program features the Folias Duo performing their complete Great Lakes music set, celebrating the landscapes and stories of the region. The Folias duo (flutist Carmen Maret and guitarist Andrew Bergeron) is a CMSC audience favorite and has
- [Folias Duo at C3 Spiritual Community](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2026-03-15-2/) - Folias Duo at C3 Spiritual Community makes their return for a morning of music and reflection. We'll play 4 featured pieces from our upcoming Great Lakes album.
- [Folias Duo at A-Frame Concerts](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2026-05-14/) - Folias Duo at A-Frame Concerts. Join us for a captivating concert. This performance will feature highlights from their pieces inspired by the Great Lakes.
- [Folias Duo at Beacon Hill](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2026-02-22/) - Folias Duo at Beacon Hill is free and open to the public. We will play a 60-minute set of Folias Duo favorites featuring music inspired by the Great Lakes.
- [Premiere of Bergeron's Flute Concerto Night 2](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/premiere-of-bergerons-flute-concerto-night-2/) - Premiere of Bergeron's Flute Concerto Night 2 Andrew has written a flute concerto for Carmen Maret to perform with the Vintage Parlor Orchestra
- [Premiere of Bergeron's Flute Concerto Night 1](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2025-11-21/) - Premiere of Bergeron's Flute Concerto Night 1 Andrew has written a flute concerto for Carmen Maret to perform with the Vintage Parlor Orchestra
- [Folias Duo at Aquinas College](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2025-12-02/) - Folias Duo at Aquinas College, Before we head to New York, join us for a special recording send-off concert, We’ll be previewing the entire new album
- [Folias Duo at Escanaba Library](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2026-07-30/) - Folias Duo at Escanaba Library is free and open to the public. We will play a 90-minute set of Folias Duo favorites. Live on the Lawn at Lunch
- [Folias Duo for Milwood Fine Arts Series](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2026-04-19/) - Folias Duo for Milwood Fine Arts Series is free and open to the public. We will play a 75-minute set of Folias Duo favorites
- [Folias Duo at Northbrook Public Library](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-northbrook-public-library/) - Join Folias Duo at Northbrook Public Library for a free 60-minute concert featuring flute and guitar music inspired by the beauty of the Great Lakes.
- [Folias Duo at GRCC Guitar Night](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2025-10-30/) - Folias Duo at GRCC Guitar Night is an event hosted by the Grand Rapids Community College Music Department. Featuring Guitarist's and Two Student Ensembles.
- [Folias Duo at Mount Charleston Library](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2026-05-23/) - Experience Folias Duo at Mount Charleston Library with original flute and guitar music inspired by the Great Lakes with Carmen Maret and Andrew Bergeron.
- [Folias Duo at Mesquite Library](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2026-05-22/) - Experience Folias Duo at Mesquite Library with original flute and guitar music inspired by the Great Lakes with Carmen Maret and Andrew Bergeron.
- [Folias Duo at Athenaeum La Jolla](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-athenaeum-la-jolla/) - Folias Duo at Athenaeum La Jolla – a concert of original flute and guitar music inspired by the beauty and power of the Great Lakes.
- [Folias Duo for Uptown ArtPrize Kickoff](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2025-09-18/) - Folias Duo for Uptown ArtPrize Kickoff in Grand Rapids at the beautiful Hermitage at Diamond! Join us on Thursday, September 18, from 5–9pm
- [Folias Duo at Hope College](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2026-02-26/) - Folias Duo at Hope College is an event where we share our music with Hope College students and discuss our experiences as independent classical musicians.
- [Folias Duo at Loutit Library](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2026-03-15/) - Folias Duo at Loutit Library is free and open to the public. We will play a 60-minute set of Folias Duo favorites featuring music inspired by the Great Lakes.
- [Folias Duo at St. Mary's Cathedral](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-st-marys-cathedral-2/) - Folias Duo performs original music for flute and guitar at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Free concert with donations supporting the music program.
- [Folias Duo for Encinitas Library](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-for-encinitas-library/) - Folias Duo at Encinitas Library: Enjoy an afternoon of live flute and guitar chamber music with this acclaimed performing and composing duo.
- [Folias Duo for Pasadena Pres at Noon](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-for-pasadena-pres-at-noon/) - Folias Duo at Pasadena Presbyterian Church – a noon concert of original flute and guitar music inspired by the Great Lakes and natural landscapes.
- [Folias Duo at First Pres Santa Fe](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-first-pres-santa-fe/)
- [Folias Duo for Yuba Sutter Arts](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-for-yuba-sutter-arts/) - Join Folias Duo at Sutter Theater for Yuba Sutter Arts’ Annual Meeting & State of the Arts—free public event. Presentation 5:30 pm, concert 7:00 pm.
- [Folias Duo at Maret Vineyard](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-maret-vineyard/) - We’re thrilled to return to Boise for our annual summer concert at the beautiful Maret Vineyard. Join us for an intimate evening of original flute and guitar music in a unique and personal setting surrounded by Idaho’s natural beauty. This special performance offers an up-close listening experience, featuring our favorite compositions inspired by nature, travel,
- [Folias Duo at Las Vegas West Charleston Library](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-las-vegas-west-charleston-library/) - Join Folias Duo at West Charleston Library in Las Vegas for a free concert of original flute and guitar music, hosted by the Clark County Library District.
- [Folias Duo at Las Vegas Sahara West Library](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-las-vegas-sahara-west-library/) - Join Folias Duo at Sahara West Library in Las Vegas for a free concert of original flute and guitar music, hosted by the Clark County Library District.
- [Folias Duo at Las Vegas Whitney Library](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-las-vegas-whitney-library/) - Join Folias Duo at Las Vegas Whitney Library for a free concert of original flute and guitar music, hosted by the Las Vegas Clark County Library District.
- [Folias Duo at St. Mary's Cathedral](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-st-marys-cathedral/) - Join Folias Duo at St. Mary’s Cathedral for Musical Meditations—an inspiring flute and guitar performance. Free-will donations support the Music Program.
- [Folias Duo at Jacksonville Community Center](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2025-06-21/) - Join Folias Duo at Jacksonville Community Center for a concert of original flute and guitar music, featuring favorites from Andrew’s Great Lakes Suite.
- [Folias Duo at the Seaside Library](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2025-06-14/) - Enjoy a free afternoon concert with Folias Duo at Seaside Library—original classical flute and guitar music inspired by nature, travel, and improvisation.
- [Folias Duo at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2025-06-02/) - Experience Folias Duo live at the Athenaeum in La Jolla on June 9, 2025--original flute and guitar music in an intimate concert setting.
- [Folias Duo at U&I Event Center](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2025-06-13-2/) - Experience Folias Duo live at U&I Event Center—original flute and guitar music, including selections from the Great Lakes Suite. Limited seating, RSVP today!
- [Folias Duo for Pasadena Presbyterian](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-for-pasadena-presbyterian/) - Join Folias Duo for Music at Noon at Pasadena Presbyterian—30 minutes of sublime flute and guitar music in a weekly concert series featuring global artists.
- [Folias Duo for Laguna Beach Live](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-for-laguna-beach-live/) - Experience Folias Duo live at the Laguna Art Museum—flute and guitar music inspired by nature, presented by Laguna Beach Live! on June 1, 2025.
- [Folias Duo for TGIF Concert Series](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-for-tgif-concert-series/) - Join Folias Duo for First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe for their TGIF Concert Series. Whether you’re ending your week or starting your weekend, every Friday evening First Presbyterian Church invites their Santa Fe neighbors and visitors from all over the world. Free Concert. MORE INFO
- [Folias Duo at Mary’s Woods Chapel](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2025-06-13/) - Join Folias Duo at Mary's Woods Chapel for one of two special concerts in the Portland area. This event, sponsored by CDZ Collegium Musica and Mary’s Woods Chapel, will showcase Folias Duo's favorite original pieces, including music from Andrew's Great Lakes Suite. RSVP: Peter Zisa casadellazisa@gmail.com FREE CONCERT
- [Folias Duo for Conaway Ross House Concert](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2025-06-20/) - We’re thrilled to return to Ashland, Oregon for an intimate house concert at the Conaway/Ross residence. Join Folias Duo for a special evening of original flute and guitar music inspired by nature, travel, and improvisation—all in a warm, up-close setting. This unique event offers a chance to connect deeply with the music and community. Event
- [Folias Duo at Speciation Cellars](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-speciation-cellars-2/) - Folias Duo at Speciation Cellars – West Coast Tour Kickoff Join us for a special evening with Folias Duo as we celebrate the send-off of our 2025 Summer Tour at the vibrant and eclectic Speciation Cellars in Grand Rapids, MI. Set against a backdrop of wild-fermented wines and hand-crafted beers, this free, all-ages concert is
- [Folias Duo at Fresno State School of Music](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2025-06-10/) - Folias Duo at Fresno State School of Music features a dynamic flute choir session where local flutists will perform Carmen Maret's arrangements with Andrew Bergeron providing guitar accompaniment.
- [Folias Duo with Brian Oberlin and Sallie Bacon at The Stray](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-with-brian-oberlin-and-sallie-bacon-at-the-stray/) - Folias Duo with Brian Oberlin and Sallie Bacon at The Stray. We have a super couples show for you called, "Romantic Conversations". Join us as two married duos share music and stories about being married as musicians. Tickets: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/thestraycafe/folias-duo-brian-oberlin-sallie-bacon
- [Folias Duo for GRCC Guitar Night](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-for-grcc-guitar-night/) - Join Folias Duo for GRCC Guitar Night hosted by the International Guitar Series. We appear as a guest duo at the concert. MORE INFO
- [Folias Duo for Mid-America Guitar Ensemble Festival](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-for-mid-america-guitar-ensemble-festival/) - Join Folias Duo for the Mid-American Guitar Ensemble Festival hosted by Grand Rapids Community College in Grand Rapids, MI. MORE INFO
- [Folias Duo at Abrams Planetarium](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-abrams-planetarium/) - Join us for Folias Duo at Abrams Planetarium with the Rest with Music Series. On the Campus of Michigan State University, this series brings you a chance to take a monthly musical break during your lunch hour. MORE INFO
- [Folias Duo at Fourth Church Concerts](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2025-02-25/) - Folias Duo at Fourth Church Concerts is free and open to the public. MORE INFO
- [Folias Duo at Jacobs School of Music](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-jacobs-school-of-music/) - MORE INFO
- [Folias Duo at Farmington Community Library](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-farmington-community-library/) - MORE INFO
- [Folias Duo for All Classical Radio Portland](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-for-all-classical-radio-portland/) - Join Folias Duo for All Classical Radio Portland! Each week, All Classical Radio presents Thursdays @ Three, performances showcasing local and visiting musicians, broadcast live from the Roger O. Doyle studio. Programs range in length from 30 minutes to an hour. In addition to these live acts, there are also handcrafted Best of T@T shows for your listening
- [Folias Duo at Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-cathedral-of-st-mary-of-the-assumption/) - Folias Duo makes their premiere performance at the Folias Duo at Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption for the Sunday at 4pm PDT concerts. Watch Online Here.
- [Folias Duo at the Classical Guitar Project 2024](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2024-05-18/) - Folias Duo at the Classical Guitar Project 2024. Curated by Warren Haskell, the Classical Guitar Project is a monthly concert held at the Museum of Northern California Art. We will play a 90-minute set of Folias Duo favorites featuring music from our 2023 Release Heartdance.
- [House Concert Ashland](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/house-concert-ashland/) - Private House Concert
- [Folias Duo at Maturango Museum 2024](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2024-05-16/) - Folias Duo at Maturango Museum 2024. We will make our return to the Maturango Museum and will play a 90-minute set of Folias Duo favorites featuring music from our 2023 release Heartdance.
- [Folias Duo at Speciation Cellars](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-speciation-cellars/) - Join us, Folias Duo, for an afternoon of musical celebration as we bid farewell and launch our West Coast “Dragonfly” Tour. Discover Our New Merchandise: Explore exclusive Dragonfly-themed items available for purchase at the show. Sip & Enjoy: Indulge in hand-crafted beer, wild fermented wine, cider, and non-alcoholic options. Convenient Parking: Free street parking on
- [National Flute Association Convention](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/national-flute-association-convention/) - Folias Duo was selected to perform at the 52nd Annual National Flute Association Convention, August 1-4 in San Antonio, Texas. They'll feature compositions from the Dragonfly on a recital titled "Women Composers / Songs from the Earth."
- [Folias Duo at C3 Spiritual Community](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2024-09-15/) - Folias Duo makes their return to the C3 Spiritual Community for a morning of music and reflection. We are a community from many perspectives, spiritual and secular, exploring what it means to be fully human, wrestling with meaning, and working together toward a better life
- [Folias Duo at KDL Vibes Fest](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2024-08-10/) - Folias Duo makes their premiere at the Kent District Library's Vibes Fest with a 45-minute morning set.
- [Folias Duo at The Old Madeleine Church](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-the-old-madeleine-church/) - Join Folias Duo at The Old Madeleine Church for the second of two special concerts in the Portland area. This Sunday afternoon concert, sponsored by The Greater Portland Flute Society, CDZ Collegium Musica, and Portland Guitar Society, will showcase Folias Duo's favorite original pieces, including music from their 2023 album, "Heartdance". Admission to the concert
- [Folias Duo at The Old Madeleine Church](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/folias-duo-at-the-old-madeleine-church/) - Join Folias Duo at The Old Madeleine Church for the second of two special concerts in the Portland area. This Sunday afternoon concert, sponsored by The Greater Portland Flute Society, CDZ Collegium Musica, and Portland Guitar Society, will showcase Folias Duo's favorite original pieces, including music from their 2023 album, "Heartdance". Admission to the concert
- [Folias Duo at Mary’s Woods Chapel](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2024-05-24/) - Join Folias Duo at Mary's Woods Chapel for one of two special concerts in the Portland area. This event, sponsored by CDZ Collegium Musica and Mary’s Woods Chapel, will showcase Folias Duo's favorite original pieces, including music from their 2023 album, "Heartdance". Admission to the concert is free.
- [Whorled & Folias Duo at the Stray](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2024-03-08/) - Whorled & Folias Duo at the Stray Come and join us as we make our return to The Stray. We will be sharing the stage with the world music trio Whorled. Get ready for a diverse mix of classical and music from around the world as we jam the night away.
- [Folias Duo at Ocean City Free Public Library](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2024-03-01/) - Folias Duo at Ocean City Free Public Library is a free concert and is open to the public. We will play a 75-minute set of Folias Duo favorites featuring music from our 2023 Release Heartdance.
- [Folias Duo at Jacobs School of Music](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2024-02-28/) - Folias Duo at Jacobs School of Music. Join us for our premiere recital at the Jacobs School of Music IU. We will perform an exciting mix of music, including songs from our latest album Heartdance, as well as some new compositions.
- [Folias Duo at Charlevoix Library 2024](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2024-02-27/) - Folias Duo at Charlevoix Library is a free event open to the public. We will be performing a 75-minute set of our favorite Folias Duo songs, featuring music from our 2023 release, Heartdance.
- [Folias Duo at Northbrook Public Library](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2024-02-25/) - Folias Duo at Northbrook Public Library is free and open to the public. We will play a 60-minute set of Folias Duo favorites featuring music from our 2023 Release Heartdance.
- [Folias Duo Live at the Branch](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2024-07-10/) - Folias Duo makes its premiere performance at the Branch. Immerse yourself in the sophisticated and intricate sounds, including selections from our album "Heartdance." The series is more than a just musical performance but also an interactive experience between the artists and audience; a hybrid lecture series and performance series.
- [Folias Duo at San Pedro Public Library](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2024-06-04/) - Folias Duo makes its premiere performance at the San Pedro Public Library. Immerse yourself in the sophisticated and intricate sounds, including selections from our album "Heartdance."
- [Folias Duo at GRCC International Guitar Series](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2024-01-18/) - Folias Duo will be performing at the GRCC International Guitar Series. This recital will showcase their favorite music from their 2023 Release, Heartdance. The performance will take place in the intimate Linn Maxwell Recital Hall. Additionally, the duo will premiere Andrew’s new piece, “Lake Huron,” for flute, alto flute, and guitar. PROGRAM The Way Through
- [Folias Duo with the Vintage Parlor Orchestra Night 2](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2024-02-10/) - Join us for a captivating night of Folias Duo with the Vintage Parlor Orchestra at the Creston Brewery. This unique collaboration of flute and guitar with orchestra is not to be missed. Come and enjoy the wonderful combination of music and local brews. The Vintage Parlor Orchestra returns to Creston Brewery for two nights of classical music
- [Folias Duo with the Vintage Parlor Orchestra Night 1](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2024-02-09/) - Join us for a captivating night of Folias Duo with the Vintage Parlor Orchestra at the Creston Brewery. This unique collaboration of flute and guitar with orchestra is not to be missed. Come and enjoy the wonderful combination of music and local brews. The Vintage Parlor Orchestra returns to Creston Brewery for two nights of classical music
- [Folias Duo at Yuba Public Schools](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2024-05-21/) - Folias Duo will be performing twice at Yuba Public Schools, giving a presentation of our music and discussing what it means to be an artist. This event is sponsored by Yuba Sutter Arts.
- [Folias Duo at Nantucket Atheneum](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2024-06-23/) - Folias Duo at Nantucket Atheneum is free and open to the public. We will play a 60-minute set of Folias Duo favorites featuring music from our 2023 release Heartdance.
- [Folias Duo for TGIF Concert Series](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2024-05-31/) - Folias Duo for TGIF Concert Series is free and open to the public. We will play a 45-minute set of Folias Duo favorites featuring music from our 2023 release Heartdance.
- [Folias Duo at West Charleston Library 2024](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2024-05-10/) - We’ve put another May tour together and we’re excited to go back to the west coast! Come and catch our return to Las Vegas at the West Charleston Library where we will be featuring music from our 2023 release, Heartdance.
- [Folias Duo at Encinitas Library 2024](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2024-05-15/) - Folias Duo at Encinitas Library 2024 is free and open to the public with a suggested $20 donation. We will play a 60-minute set of Folias Duo favorites featuring music from our 2023 release Heartdance.
- [Folias Duo at Sunday Musicales](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2024-05-12/) - Folias Duo makes their premiere performance at the Newport Beach Public Library for the Sunday Musicales.
- [Folias Duo at Mt. Charleston Library 2024](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2024-05-11/) - Folias Duo at Mt. Charleston Library We’ve put another May tour together and we’re excited to go back to the west coast! Come and catch our return to Las Vegas at the Mt. Charleston Library where we will be featuring music from our 2023 release, Heartdance.
- [Folias Duo at Clark County Library 2024](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2024-05-09/) - We’ve put another May tour together and we’re excited to go back to the west coast! Come and catch our return to Las Vegas at the Clark County Library Main Theater where we will be featuring music from our 2023 release, Heartdance.
- [Folias Duo at First Fridays](https://www.foliasmusic.com/events/2024-04-05/) - Folias Duo at First Fridays is free and open to the public. We will play a 60-minute set of Folias Duo favorites featuring music from our 2023 Release Heartdance.

## Records

- [Great Lakes](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/great-lakes/) - Experience the Folias Duo Great Lakes Album. Featuring the Great Lakes suite for flute and guitar, including Lake Superior and Lake Michigan.
- [Heartdance](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/heartdance/) - Experience the Folias Duo Heartdance Album, featuring original compositions for flute and guitar, an intimate, genre-defying flute and guitar album recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Waterway](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/waterway/) - Waterway is the 2008 release of all original music for flute and guitar inspired by the duo's artist residency on Isle Royal National Park. All compositions by Andrew Bergeron & Carmen Maret Published by Folias Music (ASCAP) Recorded at Blue Griffin’s Studio “The Ballroom” September 21 and 22, 2007 in East Lansing, MI Recording, Editing, and
- [Tango and Snow](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/tango-and-snow/) - All compositions by Andrew Bergeron & Carmen Maret Published by Folias Music (ASCAP) Recorded at Blue Griffin’s Studio “The Ballroom” May 19, 2011 in East Lansing, MI Recording, Editing, and Mastering Engineer by Sergei Kvitko Produced by Andrew Bergeron & Carmen Maret Package Design & Photos by Carmen Maret
- [Viewpoints](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/viewpoints/) - Viewpoints is the fifth album by Andrew Bergeron and Carmen Maret, showcasing over a decade of their collaboration as a duo. The album features a diverse range of compositions, each inspired by different musical and literary influences. From the desolation and cultural displacement themes of Cormac McCarthy's "Border Trilogy" to the fusion of baroque and
- [Dreaming to Live](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/dreaming-to-live/) - Dreaming to Live by Folias Duo blends tango, classical, and Argentine folk music in original works and arrangements, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Delicate Omens](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/delicate-omens/) - Delicate Omens by Folias Duo features world premiere flute and guitar works inspired by travel and nature, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.

## Tracks

- [Forgotten Peach Blossoms](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/heartdance/track/forgotten-peach-blossoms/) - Experience the Folias Duo Heartdance Album, featuring original compositions for flute and guitar, an intimate, genre-defying flute and guitar album recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Procession of the Foxes](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/heartdance/track/procession-of-the-foxes/) - Experience the Folias Duo Heartdance Album, featuring original compositions for flute and guitar, an intimate, genre-defying flute and guitar album recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Looking Glass](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/heartdance/track/looking-glass/) - Experience the Folias Duo Heartdance Album, featuring original compositions for flute and guitar, an intimate, genre-defying flute and guitar album recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Nighthawk](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/heartdance/track/nighthawk/) - Experience the Folias Duo Heartdance Album, featuring original compositions for flute and guitar, an intimate, genre-defying flute and guitar album recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Meadow Dream](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/heartdance/track/meadow-dream/) - Experience the Folias Duo Heartdance Album, featuring original compositions for flute and guitar, an intimate, genre-defying flute and guitar album recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Heartdance](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/heartdance/track/heartdance/) - Experience the Folias Duo Heartdance Album, featuring original compositions for flute and guitar, an intimate, genre-defying flute and guitar album recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Flying](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/heartdance/track/flying/) - Experience the Folias Duo Heartdance Album, featuring original compositions for flute and guitar, an intimate, genre-defying flute and guitar album recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Molting](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/heartdance/track/molting/) - Experience the Folias Duo Heartdance Album, featuring original compositions for flute and guitar, an intimate, genre-defying flute and guitar album recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Aquatic](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/heartdance/track/aquatic/) - Experience the Folias Duo Heartdance Album, featuring original compositions for flute and guitar, an intimate, genre-defying flute and guitar album recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Black Warrior](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/viewpoints/track/black-warrior/)
- [Gunslinger](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/viewpoints/track/gunslinger/)
- [Mariscal Mines](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/viewpoints/track/mariscal-mines/)
- [Cumparsita Vals](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/viewpoints/track/cumparsita-vals/)
- [Cancion de lejos](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/viewpoints/track/cancion-de-lejos/)
- [Mamba Guinee](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/viewpoints/track/mamba-guinee/)
- [Molering Ruin](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/viewpoints/track/molering-ruin/)
- [Frozen Flowing](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/viewpoints/track/frozen-flowing/)
- [Buenos Aires Cab Ride](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/viewpoints/track/buenos-aires-cab-ride/)
- [Sotres](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/viewpoints/track/sotres/)
- [Cabrales](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/viewpoints/track/cabrales/)
- [Scotch Bonnet](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/viewpoints/track/scotch-bonnet/)
- [Impossible Eclipse](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/dreaming-to-live/track/impossible-eclipse/) - Dreaming to Live by Folias Duo blends tango, classical, and Argentine folk music in original works and arrangements, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Milonga Gris](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/dreaming-to-live/track/milonga-gris/) - Dreaming to Live by Folias Duo blends tango, classical, and Argentine folk music in original works and arrangements, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Escualo](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/dreaming-to-live/track/escualo/) - Dreaming to Live by Folias Duo blends tango, classical, and Argentine folk music in original works and arrangements, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Resurreccion del Angel](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/dreaming-to-live/track/resurreccion-del-angel/) - Dreaming to Live by Folias Duo blends tango, classical, and Argentine folk music in original works and arrangements, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Phoenix Trilogy: I. Clock Time](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/dreaming-to-live/track/phoenix-trilogy-i-clock-time/) - Dreaming to Live by Folias Duo blends tango, classical, and Argentine folk music in original works and arrangements, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Folias Variations](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/dreaming-to-live/track/folias-variations/) - Dreaming to Live by Folias Duo blends tango, classical, and Argentine folk music in original works and arrangements, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Phoenix Trilogy: II. Dreaming to Live](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/dreaming-to-live/track/phoenix-trilogy-ii-dreaming-to-live/) - Dreaming to Live by Folias Duo blends tango, classical, and Argentine folk music in original works and arrangements, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Naturaleza Suite: V. Snake Dreams](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/dreaming-to-live/track/naturaleza-suite-v-snake-dreams/) - Dreaming to Live by Folias Duo blends tango, classical, and Argentine folk music in original works and arrangements, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Naturaleza Suite: IV. Mantis Religiosa](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/dreaming-to-live/track/naturaleza-suite-iv-mantis-religiosa/) - Dreaming to Live by Folias Duo blends tango, classical, and Argentine folk music in original works and arrangements, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Naturaleza Suite: III. Rio Sin Tiempo](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/dreaming-to-live/track/naturaleza-suite-iii-rio-sin-tiempo/) - Dreaming to Live by Folias Duo blends tango, classical, and Argentine folk music in original works and arrangements, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Naturaleza Suite: II. Zamba de Los Toros](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/dreaming-to-live/track/naturaleza-suite-ii-zamba-de-los-toros/) - Dreaming to Live by Folias Duo blends tango, classical, and Argentine folk music in original works and arrangements, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Naturaleza Suite: I. Octopus Fantasma](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/dreaming-to-live/track/naturaleza-suite-i-octopus-fantasma/) - Dreaming to Live by Folias Duo blends tango, classical, and Argentine folk music in original works and arrangements, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Phoenix Trilogy: III. Living Now](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/dreaming-to-live/track/phoenix-trilogy-iii-living-now/) - Dreaming to Live by Folias Duo blends tango, classical, and Argentine folk music in original works and arrangements, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Angel Forever](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/delicate-omens/track/angel-forever/) - Delicate Omens by Folias Duo features world premiere flute and guitar works inspired by travel and nature, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Quixote: II. Chivalry](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/delicate-omens/track/quixote-ii-chivalry/) - Delicate Omens by Folias Duo features world premiere flute and guitar works inspired by travel and nature, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Quixote: I. Penance](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/delicate-omens/track/quixote-i-penance/) - Delicate Omens by Folias Duo features world premiere flute and guitar works inspired by travel and nature, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Uncompaghre: III. Courthouse](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/delicate-omens/track/uncompaghre-iii-courthouse/) - Delicate Omens by Folias Duo features world premiere flute and guitar works inspired by travel and nature, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Uncomopaghre: II. Cimarron](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/delicate-omens/track/uncomopaghre-ii-cimarron/) - Delicate Omens by Folias Duo features world premiere flute and guitar works inspired by travel and nature, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Uncomopaghre: I. Silver Jack](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/delicate-omens/track/uncomopaghre-i-silver-jack/) - Delicate Omens by Folias Duo features world premiere flute and guitar works inspired by travel and nature, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Creole Ballet: VI. Tango](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/delicate-omens/track/creole-ballet-vi-tango/) - Delicate Omens by Folias Duo features world premiere flute and guitar works inspired by travel and nature, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Creole Ballet: III. Cancion](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/delicate-omens/track/creole-ballet-iii-cancion/) - Delicate Omens by Folias Duo features world premiere flute and guitar works inspired by travel and nature, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Creole Ballet: V. Interlude](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/delicate-omens/track/creole-ballet-v-interlude/) - Delicate Omens by Folias Duo features world premiere flute and guitar works inspired by travel and nature, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Creole Ballet: IV. Zamba II](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/delicate-omens/track/creole-ballet-iv-zamba-ii/) - Delicate Omens by Folias Duo features world premiere flute and guitar works inspired by travel and nature, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Creole Ballet: II. Zamba I](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/delicate-omens/track/creole-ballet-ii-zamba-i/) - Delicate Omens by Folias Duo features world premiere flute and guitar works inspired by travel and nature, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Creole Ballet: I. Milonga](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/delicate-omens/track/creole-ballet-i-milonga/) - Delicate Omens by Folias Duo features world premiere flute and guitar works inspired by travel and nature, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Emerson: III. Moody Child](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/delicate-omens/track/emerson-iii-moody-child/) - Delicate Omens by Folias Duo features world premiere flute and guitar works inspired by travel and nature, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Emerson: II. Delicate Omens](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/delicate-omens/track/emerson-ii-delicate-omens/) - Delicate Omens by Folias Duo features world premiere flute and guitar works inspired by travel and nature, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [Emerson: I. Lords of Life](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/delicate-omens/track/emerson-i-lords-of-life/) - Delicate Omens by Folias Duo features world premiere flute and guitar works inspired by travel and nature, recorded at Sono Luminus Studios.
- [And The Cacti Go Wild!](https://www.foliasmusic.com/records/marufo-vega/track/and-the-cacti-go-wild/)

## Videos

- [Lake Huron](https://www.foliasmusic.com/videos-3/lake-huron/) - Watch the official video of Folias Duo Lake Huron. This performance features the alto flute with Saharan blues-inspired grooves.
- [Lake Ontario](https://www.foliasmusic.com/videos-3/lake-ontario/) - Watch the official video of Folias Duo Lake Ontario. This performance features the West African tambin and guitar, inspired by the shores of the Great Lakes.
- [Heartdance](https://www.foliasmusic.com/videos-3/heartdance/) - Watch the official video of Folias Duo Heartdance. This flute and guitar performance is the title track from the album, inspired by the Basque Zortziko.
- [Looking Glass](https://www.foliasmusic.com/videos-3/looking-glass-2/)

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