About this Event
Show: 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Doors: 6:30 p.m.
Tickets:
General: $40 adv. / $45 door.
13-17 & Student: $30 / $35
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Instagram: @chromaduo
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One of North America's leading guitar ensembles, ChromaDuo shares uncommonly beautiful music with audiences throughout the world. Since 2008, Tracy Anne Smith and Rob MacDonald have concertized across their native Canada and throughout the United States, as well as in Mexico, England, and Germany. Passionate advocates for their art form, their deep creative connection allows audiences to immerse themselves more fully into the music. From the critic who stated, "their exchanges seem almost symbiotic, and profoundly moving as if the instruments were corporeal rather than of wood, nylon and brass,” (James Filkins) to the elementary-school student who revealed, "the music made me see Paris in a way,” (Dawson), the duo aims to provide a sincere, timeless experience for each listener. The Iserlohner Zeitung observed, "As ChromaDuo sounded the first harmonies, you could hear a pin drop in the house of worship. Smith and MacDonald immediately captivated the audience.”
They are the dedicatees of works by top composers, including French classical-jazz virtuoso Roland Dyens, British iconoclast Stephen Goss, Canadian virtuosa Dale Kavanagh, and musical polyglot Dušan Bogdanović. In the 2022/23 season they commissioned and premiered works by legendary Cuban maestro Leo Brouwer, uncanny Atlantic composer Amy Brandon, and iconic Brazilian artist Sergio Assad. As Naxos recording artists, they have just released their third album of world-premiere recordings, called What I Saw in the Water. Their debut release Hidden Waters also contains five world premieres, while the duo's original arrangements of French Impressionist works shine in their sophomore recording, Ravel and Debussy, Music for Two Guitars. Sergio Assad predicted that ChromaDuo's commissions would not only "enter and enrich the traditional repertoire of guitar duos across the world in the coming years,” but that they "would have a larger impact: to further this great way of expressing musical art.”
They have performed, taught, and adjudicated competitions at major festivals of the guitar world including the GFA, Boston’s Festival 21, 30th International Guitar Festival Iserlohn, and Festival Internacional de Guitarra Sinaloa, Culiacán. ChromaDuo's music is heard on various radio programs and stations, including Canada's CBC, RadioFrance, National Public Radio, Hong Kong's RTHK, Sweden's Sveriges Radio among others. The two have created an ever-growing ChromaDuo Collection with publisher Productions d'Oz, made up of dedications and commissioned works. They are also active international educators; Rob MacDonald teaches at the University of Toronto and Tracy Anne Smith is Assistant Professor of Guitar at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
St. John the Evangelist, 320 Charlton Avenue West, Hamilton, Canada
CAD 33.28 to CAD 43.93
