MCGREGOR-VERDEJO DUO

McGregor-Verdejo Duo News

Takemitsu for Global Soundscapes

We had the wonderful opportunity to perform one of the iconic works for flute and guitar, Toward the Sea by Toru Takemitsu, for Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra’s Global Soundscapes Festival: Digital Edition 2021. Videography by Alistair Eagle, audio mastering by Piotr Wieczorek.

New Video: Verdigris

Thanks to emergency funding from the Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, and Creative BC, the Duo will produce a number of music videos throughout the summer and fall of 2020. Our first videos, Verdigris by Jocelyn Morlock and Paçoca by Celso Machado, have been released on YouTube.

Powell Street Festival

The McGregor-Verdejo Duo performed live for the Powell Street Festival 2020 Telethon, with soprano Dory Hayley in August 2020. Repertoire included “Tegami” by Kara Gibbs (composer) and Carolyn Nakagawa (librettist) and the world premiere of “voice box 5” by Hiroki Tsurumoto.