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Duo LiveOak The "live oak" is an evergreen oak known for its strength and long life, a symbol of revitalization since ancient times. Passionate about the tonal and expressive powers of the ensemble of voices and plucked strings, Duo LiveOak is bringing new life to the long-neglected form of the art song with guitar and lute. Knowles and Wallace combine their considerable talents in composition, poetry, drama, and musical performance to create "a brilliant collection of new repertoire performed with equal amounts of grace, sensitivity and virtuosity" (Guitar Review) Their concerts have the intimacy of a poetry reading and the dramatic power of an opera. Hailed for many years on both sides of the Atlantic for their innovative concerts and recordings of medieval and renaissance music, echoes of the past reverberate throughout Duo LiveOak's new works.
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Nancy Knowles, soprano and performing poet, is consistently praised by critics and audiences alike for the beauty of her voice as well as for her presence and grace on stage. With a longstanding reputation for her skillful interweaving of song, poetry and drama in concert, Knowles conceives programs for the duo that are both thought-provoking and whimsical. Her most recent theater piece is The House of Fools, a dramatic memoir in two acts that debuted in 2002. "Knowles' exceptionally beautiful soprano carried the evening in song and declaimed poetry." The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Frank Wallace, guitarist/baritone/composer, has been recognized for his extraordinary talent not only as a player of the classical and romantic guitar, but also as a master of self-accompanied song. He is in addition a leading performer on the vihuela de mano. Wallace's works for solo classical guitar and his songs for voice, guitar and lute reflect his colorful career, drawing on influences ranging from avant garde to medieval to the blues. The richness and complexity of his song accompaniments and his compelling vocal melodies reflect the influence of his mentors, John Dowland and Franz Schubert.
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