The Grand Rapids, MI based Folias Flute and Guitar Duo is a performer/composer chamber music group founded in 2002 by the husband and wife duo Carmen Maret and Andrew Bergeron. They write original flute and guitar music influenced by classical, tango, and jazz and have performed in concert halls, clubs and for tango events across North America. The duo’s original compositions and arrangements have been recorded on the Blue Griffin Recording and White Pine Music labels and have been reviewed by American Record Guide, Flute Talk magazine and Fanfare Magazine. On the duo’s website, Folias Music, you will find writings on their love for food, the great outdoors, and adventurous touring.
Andrew Bergeron is instructor of guitar and music theory at Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Valley State University and Aquinas College. Andrew is a founding performer and composer with the Grand Rapids Guitar Quartet which feature Mr. Bergeron’s new works and arrangements. He is also a Blue Griffin Performing artist. Mr. Bergeron has been on staff as a church musician, co-director, and composer at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Grand Rapids, MI since 2003.
Carmen Maret is an endorsed Pearl Flute artist and Blue Griffin Recording artist. She is the flute instructor at Aquinas College and is the manager for Folias Music, the online store and blog for promoting new works for flute and guitar. Ms. Maret is the co-music director at Bethlehem Church in Grand Rapids, MI and the founder/director of the MAJIC (Musical Arts for Justice in the Community) Concert Series that features classical, jazz, and world music to raise money for social justice organizations throughout West Michigan. Ms Maret is also co-founder of the Grand Rapids Tango Community where she works as a tango dance teacher and tango musician.
Booking Inquiries
foliasmusic@gmail.com
Press Materials
“Daring in self written music…with a great range of energy and sensitivity”
-American Record Guide 2012
“Carmen Maret and Andrew Bergeron are facile players… They draw on tango rhythms and melodies sometimes; at other times they write with a scenic sensitivity… mysterious… charming… evocative.”
-Fanfare Magazine 2009
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Posters
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