The program will feature Bach’s music intertwined with music from six different cultures out of America, Ireland, Scandinavia, Iran, Canada and Spain. He and Coulter are in development and rehearsal for another monumental program for the upcoming Bach Festival season titled “Pangea.” The Fire & Grace duo will anchor a team of guest artists who strive to show the interconnectedness of music in different cultures. He is currently on the festival’s artistic leadership team and he serves as the director of the Baroque and Classical Academy of the Carmel Bach Festival. It included original Flamenco dance and vocalizations joined with the exquisite violin and guitar interplay. He’s participated in many Carmel Bach Festival programs, including last year’s stunningly beautiful execution of music by Fire & Grace based on their “Alma” album’s long-form “Suite Español.” And the congregation also seems to be enjoying it.”Īlthough he is a Canadian and lives in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Huizinga is very much a part of the greater musical community on the Monterey Peninsula. It’s a collaboration to bring music there. “Over the years I’ve become a great colleague with the musical director there, but also the pastors. “I’ve had a really nice, long-standing relationship with the Church in the Forest because I also play for their service once or twice a year,” Huizinga said in an impromptu interview wedged into his busy schedule. Tickets are $60 which includes a sumptuous reception and a copy of the trio’s 2019 recording “Partita Americana.” concert, although another 20 tickets have been set aside for at-door purchase. Advance tickets are sold-out for the 7 p.m. With the addition of ace mandolin player and composer Ashley Broder, they weld the duo into trio formation and Ashley becomes Ash in their name.

Violinist Edwin Huizinga and guitarist William Coulter, both world-class, globe-trotting, genre-busting, virtuosic musicians based out of the Santa Cruz area, are Fire & Grace. Last year in August the duo Fire & Grace appeared there to celebrate the release of their full-length recording titled “Alma.” The pleasure is mine to be able to share with you that the amazing Fire & Grace & Ash are performing at the beautiful Church in the Forest in Pebble Beach for a Thursday evening concert.

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