 Andrew
Bergeron
received his Bachelor of Arts in Music and Philosophy from Grand
Valley State University in Allendale, MI with a focus on guitar
performance, music composition and Chinese philosophy. Mr. Bergeron
received his Master of Music in composition at Michigan State
University School of Music where he was recipient of the “Paul
Harder Composition Scholarship.” Andrew Bergeron is on
staff at Grand Rapids Community College and at Aquinas College
where he is a private guitar instructor and teaches the beginning
guitar classes. Mr. Bergeron is also the founder of the Suzuki
guitar program at Grand Rapids Community College where is has
taught since 2002. Mr. Bergeron has been on staff as a church
musician, co-director, and composer at Bethlehem Church in Grand
Rapids, MI since 2003. Bergeron also performs with Folias, a
nationally touring flute and guitar duo that specializes in
original compositions and Latin American music that he co-founded
with his wife flutist Carmen Maret in 2003. Mr. Bergeron’s
music has been performed by the contemporary music ensemble
at Michigan State University Musique 21 including his chamber
work Once More (2003) and his prize winning guitar concerto
Big Bend (2005) which placed first in the Michigan State University
Concert Competition in 2004 and was premiered by Andrew Bergeron
on solo guitar with Musique 21. Andrew Bergeron’s electronic
music work, “Coming Home” was chosen to be played
at the Electronic Music Midwest Festival on October 21, 2005
(www.emmfestival.org). His tango arrangements of Piazzolla’s
Milonga del angel for solo flute, solo guitar and strings was
premiered by Folias with the Alma Symphony in February 2007.
Andrew Bergeron’s most recent premier was his setting
of the Passion of Christ According to St. Luke which was performed
by Folias and a chamber ensemble in Grand Rapids, MI on April
1, 2007 at Bethlehem Church. Andrew is a founding performer
and composer with the Grand Rapids Guitar Quartet which performs
Mr. Bergeron’s new works and arrangements throughout West
Michigan. Andrew Bergeron has been a Blue Griffin Recording
artist since 2004 and will release his third CD with Folias
in 2008.
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 Carmen
Maret received her Bachelor of Music in flute
performance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory
of Music and her Master of Music in flute performance from Michigan
State University School of Music. She also received a second
Master of Music degree in ethnomusicology at Michigan State
University with a focus on Argentine tango music and dance.
Carmen Maret is co-founder of the Grand Rapids Tango Community
where she works as a tango dance teacher and tango musician.
Carmen Maret is head of the Suzuki flute department for the
Arts Outreach Program at Grand Rapids Community College. Ms.
Maret is also on staff as a co-music director and church musician
at Bethlehem Church in Grand Rapids, MI. where she is also the
founder of the MAJIC (Musical Arts for Justice in the Community)
Concert Series at Bethlehem Church that provides donation based
classical, jazz and world music concerts to the community to
raise money for social justice organizations throughout West
Michigan. Carmen Maret is a member of the West Michigan Flute
Orchestra’s Chamber Choir and Adult Flute Choir. In 2003,
Carmen Maret joined with her husband guitarist Andrew Bergeron
to form the flute and guitar duo, Folias, a nationally touring
group that specializes in original compositions and Latin American
music. Ms. Maret has been a Blue Griffin Recording artist since
2004 and will release her third CD with Folias in 2008.
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