MARYSVILLE, CA (MPG) - Enjoy a world-class flute and guitar ensemble when the Folias Duo returns to Yuba-Sutter for a concert at the Sutter Theater Center for the Arts.

Performing concerts in intimate settings, they share their instrumental compositions inspired by life on the road, the Rocky Mountains, Argentine folk music, classical literature, and impressions of the natural world. The concert will include music from their most recent recording, “Delicate Omens.” The concert will be held on Sunday, May 22^nd at 2pm. The doors, bar and concession stand open at 1pm. The address is 754 Plumas Street in Yuba City. Tickets are $20 and are available at yubasutterarts.org. 

Entering its nineteenth season, Folias Duo consists of a husband-and-wife duo with Carmen Maret (flute) and Andrew Bergeron (guitar), who before the pandemic performed live together in 50+ concerts a year. Maret and Bergeron met in graduate school at Michigan State University through a mutual love of writing original classical music and playing tango dances. They have performed on stages throughout the United States, South America, and Europe. 

“We’ll be taking our listener on a journey of our new and recorded music from the past two decades,” says Maret. Folias Duo has recorded seven albums of original compositions and arrangements, including five albums on the Blue Griffin Recording label and two on their own Folias Music label: Dreaming to Live and Delicate Omens. 

Since April of 2020, Andrew Bergeron and Carmen Maret adapted their creative efforts by presenting over thirty live stream concerts from their home featuring original flute and guitar music resulting in dozens of new pieces. “Coming out of the pandemic, we can’t tell you how thrilled we are to make our yearly journey across the country for live in-person concerts in the West,” says Maret.

“We like to keep this cyclical feeling in our artistic life,” says Bergeron. Maret adds, “Since we do everything (booking, composing, performing) it’s important for us to stay connected to nature and ultimately each location inspires the next round of compositions.”               

Plenty of free parking is available on Plumas Street and the streets adjacent to the theater. For more information about this event and other great upcoming 2022 programs during our 41st year, contact Yuba Sutter Arts & Culture at 530-742-ARTS or email [email protected]. 

About YSA:

Yuba Sutter Arts is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide arts programming, education, advocacy, assistance and service to artists, organizations and residents of Yuba and Sutter Counties. The local affiliate for Yuba and Sutter of the California Arts Council, its programs include Arts in Education, Veterans Initiatives in the Arts, Arts in Corrections, Very Special Arts Festival, Art Fix, All About the Arts, Artist’s Alchemy, Harvest the Arts and many more.