Sunday, February 13, 2011, at 4:00 PM

Co-Sponsored by New York City Classical Guitar Society and The Roger Smith Hotel
Frank Wallace and John Olson, series co-curators

Roger Smith Hotel
501 Lexington Avenue at East 47th Street
New York City (see map)

Tickets $15, cash only at the door. For reservations, email rogersmitharts@rogersmith.com or call (212) 755-1400.

A dedicated new voice in the contemporary music world, ChromaDuo are vigorously developing and presenting some of today's most evocative, lyrical, and exhilarating music. Classical guitarists Tracy Anne Smith and Rob MacDonald unveil refreshing and innovative programs of new works by some of the most exciting living, breathing composers of our time.

ChromaDuo has commissioned works from the incomparable Parisian Roland Dyens, irreverent British powerhouse Stephen Goss, genre-bending New Yorker Ben Verdery, and emerging major American talents Christopher William Pierce and Judah Adashi. Alongside these creations, their unique concert programs feature standout works from the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and they continue to seek out pioneering new voices to enrich the repertoire.

Highlights of their debut concert season in 2009 include performances at new music festivals and guitar societies across the United States and Canada; from Boston to Seattle, Toronto to Vancouver. This season they will expand their reach, premiering Niterói, Roland Dyens' sparkling new tour de force, at the Guildford International Music Festival in England, before returning to North America for follow-up performances in USA, Canada, and Mexico.

Critics have called Rob MacDonald a "Canadian guitar visionary," (Minor 7th Magazine) and Tracy Anne Smith, "One hell of a guitarist - and more importantly a top-class musician." (Festival 21 Blog). Together they combine forces to create their debut recording, to be released in March 2011, featuring five world-premieres of works by Dyens, Goss, and Pierce.