Fire and Grace, featuring Edwin Huizinga on the violin and Grammy award-winning William Coulter on the guitar, will perform at the Uniting Church Hall, 77 Albert Street, Berry on Saturday, August 24 at 2.30pm.

This unique duo explores the connective musical elements of classical, folk, and contemporary traditions from around the world.

Fire and Grace's repertoire is vast, ranging from Bach to Vivaldi, tango to Celtic tunes, traditional Bulgarian to American fiddle tunes and waltzes, all played with a sense of discovery and commitment to the elements of passion and virtuosity - fire and grace - found in these diverse traditions.

The performace will be around an hour in length. Tickets are $35 for adults, $30 for concession and $5 for under 18s.

Tickets and more information can be found at fireandgracemusic.com

About the artists:

Performing both baroque and modern repertoire, Canadian violinist Edwin Huizinga has appeared alongside Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Dawn Upshaw, Mike Marshall, and Stevie Wonder, and has been featured as a soloist with the San Bernardino Symphony, the Sweetwater Music Festival, the Trinity Alps Chamber Music Festival, and the Banff Summer Arts Festival.

Edwin is a founding member of the baroque ensemble ACRONYM which has released six full-length albums of previously unknown and unrecorded baroque music. Edwin also performs all over the world with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.

Guitarist William Coulter has been performing and recording traditional guitar music for more than twenty years. His most recent solo recording, The Road Home (Gourd Music) was met with critical acclaim, and in 2005, he received a Grammy Award for his contribution to The Pink Guitar, a collection of solo guitar arrangements of Henry Mancini's music.

William maintains a classical guitar studio at the University of California at Santa Cruz at teaches at many summer music camps.