Denver Guitar Festival Guest Artist Recital: Duo Noire

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September 7

7:30pm - 9:30pm

Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Hamilton Hall

Audience: Alumni,  Current Student,  Faculty,  Families,  Neighbor or Friend,  Prospective Student,  Staff

- $15, plus $3 fee to purchase online

Duo Noire听is a "virtuosic pair鈥 (I Care if You Listen) of the pioneering American classical guitarists, Thomas Flippin and Christopher Mallett. Focusing on audience-friendly contemporary music, their concerts offer 鈥減rofoundly enjoyable鈥 genre-bending repertoire with 鈥渟pectacular precision鈥 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch).

After their 2014 EP release,听Figments, Duo Noire gained international prominence with the 2018 release of their full-length debut album,听Night Triptych, on New Focus Recordings. Named as an Editor鈥檚 Choice for top classical music albums of 2018 by both听All Music听补苍诲听I Care if You Listen, the album featured new works exclusively written for Duo Noire by accomplished women composers: GRAMMY-nominee Clarice Assad, Courtney Bryan, E.C.M. Artist Golfam Khayam, Mary Kouyoumdjian, Gity Razaz, and Gabriella Smith.听

Duo Noire鈥檚 work has been featured in听Acoustic Guitar Magazine,听Classical Guitar Magazine, the Guitar Foundation of America's journal听Soundboard,听补苍诲听Chamber Music Magazine. Their recordings have aired on radio stations nationwide, including WQXR's听New Sounds听in NYC. Past highlights include fellowships for contemporary music at the Avaloch Farm Music Institute and the Norfolk Music Festival in Connecticut, as well as concerts at China鈥檚 Peking University, the 92 Street Y, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Georgetown University, the New York City and St. Louis Classical Guitar societies, the Omaha Under the Radar and April in Santa Cruz new music festivals, and at the Times Center playing for the MacDowell Colony.

Thomas and Christopher are graduates of the Yale School of Music. Their name is a combination of 鈥淣oir鈥 (Black) and 鈥淟a Noire鈥 (quarter note).听