Hailed as "a perfect ensemble" by New York Concert Review, Arc Duo is a recipient of Artists International’s 2003 ‘Chamber Music Award’, and 2005 ‘Outstanding Alumni Winners Award’. Past performances include tours throughout the United Sates and Canada, including appearances at the Winnipeg Classical Guitar Society’s ‘International Artist Concert Series’, the Long Island Guitar Festival, and the National Flute Convention in Las Vegas. In the Duo’s home base of New York City, performance highlights include recitals at renowned venues such as Caramoor Music Festival, Lincoln Center’s Bruno Walter Auditorium, Merkin Concert Hall and Carnegie Hall, where their 2004 debut was noted by Guitar Review magazine as, “electrifying, reflective, and always engaging."
Arc Duo was awarded a Chamber Music America Residency Partnership Grant to fund the Duo’s 2006-07 Outreach Program with Lenox Hill Neighborhood House in New York City. This grant funds workshops and concerts for those who would not normally have access to classical music. In 2003, Arc Duo initiated a residency partnership program between the Diller-Quaile School of Music and Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York City and performs regular concerts for patients, families and staff at the Cardiac Care Center. In addition to regular teaching and workshops, The Duo has given masterclasses at the University of Manitoba, Peabody Institute’s Preparatory Division and the Rivers School in Boston. Arc Duo is ensemble-in-residence at the Diller-Quaile School of Music in New York City.
Arc Duo has worked with and received high praise from some of the leading artists of today such as Ned Rorem, Joan Tower, Paula Robison, David Starobin, Linda Chesis, and David Leisner. Their debut recital at Carnegie Hall inspired American artist LeRoy Neiman to sketch them on stage. Dedicated to music of the 20th and 21st centuries, in 2004 Arc Duo launched their 'Commissioning Project'. Since then, the Duo has consistently introduced virtuosic, new repertoire for the ensemble-type to audiences. Arc Duo has debuted works by Judah Adashi, David Leisner, Duncan Neilson, Shafer Mahoney, and is slated to debut new pieces by Roland Dyens, and David Schober.
with Markus Williams of 'Music for a Sunday Afternoon' Series in Silver Spring, MD
