Join the guitar and piano duo, The Muse Duo, for a rare and engaging concert featuring their program “Experiments.” Mixing original compositions with modern instruments while remaining true to the traditions of classical music, the Muse Duo have created a sound world completely their own.

Join us for a six-concert series that showcases emerging professional musicians who perform a 45-minute concert, followed by a question and answer session. Free and open to the public, thanks to a generous and ongoing grant from Hecht Foundation, these concerts entertain, educate, and raise awareness of the beauty of classical guitar music.

Classical Series / Live at Timucua: The classical Muse Duo was founded at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. The two artists who comprise the duo are award-winning guitarist Collin Holloway and pianist and composer Luke Benedict.

The duo will be joined by vocalist Sydney Carbo, a soprano who received her Masters in Vocal Performance in 2021.

A unique vocal program featuring text by the famed poet Garcia Lorca presented in past and modern pieces. Combined with the timelessness of Romantic Lied, this program aims to bring Spanish and Romantic literature to life through modern programming.

This programming will feature the collaboration of three distinct artists, namely soprano Sydney Carbo, guitarist Collin Holloway, and pianist/composer Luke Benedict. The pieces will utilize the talents of each artist in combination; soprano/guitar, soprano/piano, and soprano/guitar/piano.

Alongside the repertoire, there will be a newly commissioned work by the composer Luke Benedict that implements the text of Garcia Lorca and is written for soprano, guitar, and piano. This will be the centerpiece of the program, highlighting the modern ensemble.

Through Spanish and Romantic vocal repertoire, a unique setting of instruments, and a premiere composition written specifically for the ensemble, this is a rare and engaging modern program that adds to the canon of vocal and chamber repertoire. 

Personnel:

Sydney Carbo, Soprano
Collin Holloway, Guitar
Luke Benedict, Pianist/Composer 

Special pricing is available for members, students, teachers, frontline workers, veterans, and seniors.

In-person and livestream tickets available.

Performance by The Muse Duo at the newly founded chamber music festival located in Skaneateles, NY!

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Collin will perform a solo recital hosted by the South Florida Conservatory of Music!

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The Muse Duo and Soprano Sydney Carbo present an afternoon of Spanish Music and German Lied inspired by the Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca.

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The Muse Duo and Soprano Sydney Carbo present a night of Spanish Music and German Lied inspired by the Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca.

Performance is free and open to the public at Lynn Conservatory.

The Muse Duo presents a recital in the intimate St. Paul’s Church for their 35th season of ‘Music at St. Paul’s’!

Collin joins the ‘Juiliani Ensemble’ for a saloon concert featuring works of seminal Spanish composer!

About the Series:

This series explores the relationship between art and music in a new, more immersive way, combining art exhibitions and lectures with chamber music concerts, highlighting the ways in which the same themes and ideas are expressed through the two mediums. Our goal is for every audience member to leave our concerts with a deeper understanding of art, music and the creative process. The concert series is made possible through a partnership between the Juliani Ensemble and Primitive Gallery, located in the West Loop neighborhood of Chicago. Each concert features a pre-concert discussion that highlights artworks from Primitive's immense and diverse collection relevant to the selection of music.

The Muse Duo premiere’s the newly comissioned work, ‘from the floor’ for guitar orchestra with piano and guitar duo at Oklahoma City University!

Presenting music from their newly released album ‘Experiments’, the MUSE DUO performs a concert of cutting edge new music composed for guitar & piano!

Solo recital to celebrate the release of guitarist Collin Holloway’s debut album “A Musical Portrait”. Physical copies of the CD to be sold immediately following the performance. Event is free and open to the public.

His first concert solo concert after graduating, this will be an intimate performance with music by J.S. Bach, Manuel Ponce, Hector Villa-Lobos, and others. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

I will be playing a live-streamed concert from my living room to yours this coming Saturday!

Repertoire will include pieces by Isaac Albéniz, Domenico Scarlatti, Angelo Gilardino, and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

The concert is of course free and anyone is welcome to listen- link to the performance is below!

Stay well, and see you Saturday.

Since many live concerts have been cancelled this month (including my own), I will be playing a live-streamed concert from my living room to yours this coming Saturday!

Repertoire will include pieces by Isaac Albéniz, Domenico Scarlatti, Angelo Gilardino, and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

The concert is of course free and anyone is welcome to listen! The link to the live stream is below..

Stay well, and see you Saturday!

This will be the last performance of Claire and I’s collaborative series- right in the heart of the Paseo District! Free and Open to the Public! See you there!

I am so excited about this series! My sister Claire and I will be giving a few concerts in August that will combine her paintings with pieces of my repertoire. In the concert/art show, we will explain our ideas as to why we think each piece adds a new type of understanding or perspective to the other art form, and in doing so create a cohesive artistic experience. This is an idea we have had for at least two years, and finally it has come to fruition!

There will be three shows in total… come see us!

I am looking forward to be giving an intimate concert sponsored by the Edward Jones Investment company at the end of July. This concert will be the third concert of the “Investing in You” Concert Series created by Matthew Denman. I will be playing repertoire by J.S. Bach, Mathias Duplessy, Manuel Ponce, and Roland Dyens… the performance is free and open to the public as well. I hope to see you there!