Formed by Bradford Werner and Michael Dias in 2007, this duo brings energy and elegance to the concert stage. The duo has performed duo concertos by Hetu and Vivaldi (they were featured soloists with the Sidney Classical Orchestra in 2012) as well as more intimate chamber works.
The name Quelus stems from a tradition we have of renting a cabin on a different gulf island every year along with our wives (and now the Dias children). The first cabin that we stayed at with friends was named Quelus. Always a good deal of fun and music to be had.
From formal concert halls to weddings, corporate events, and private functions, the Quelus Duo have compiled many collections of music that suit any event and are personal favorites of the performers. As well as being active members in the Quelus Guitar Duo, Michael and Bradford are also dedicated members of the Victoria Guitar Trio, a performance group just for the concert hall. Both players are also active faculty members at the Victoria Conservatory of Music where they teach private lessons, orchestras and ensembles, masterclasses, and more.
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- Victoria Guitar Trio in Concert
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- Ballet Victoria with Guitars
Guitar Duo Repertoire
Carlo Domeniconi (b.1947): Sonata in tre movimenti Op. 14 dedicata alla memoria di Maria Ponce
Carlos Fariñas (1934-2002): Musica para dos Guitarras
Rey Guerra (b. 1958): Los Caminos (suite)
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): String Quartet Op. 2 No. 2 (arr. de Fossa), Symphony in D (arr. Carulli)
Wolff Heckel (ca.1515-1562): Plus Mille Regretz (Josquin de Prez) & Il bianco e dolce cigno (Jacob Arcadelt)
Jacques Hétu (1938-2010): Concerto for Two Guitars
Celso Machado (b.1953): Xaranga do Vovo, Modinha Brasileira, Imagens do Nordeste
Marc Mellits (b. 1966): 8 Etudes for 2 Guitars (1999)
Georges Migot (1891-1976): Sonata a deux Guitares
Ástor Piazzolla (1921–1992): Otono Porteño, Primavera Porteña
Manuel Ponce (1882-1948): Scherzino Mexicano
Enriquez de Valderrábano: vihuela version of Andreas Christi famulus by Cristóbal de Morales (ca.1500-1553)
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for two mandolins in G
With the Victoria Guitar Trio
Dedications and Commissions:
Scott Godin: On Poetics* Written for the Victoria Guitar Trio
Scott Godin: Inside the Theodosian Walls* Arranged & Dedicated to the Victoria Guitar Trio
Jordan Nobles: Concentric Rings* Written for the Victoria Guitar Trio
Benton Roark: Mystic Viel* Written for the Victoria Guitar Trio
John Sherlock: Musiquita* Written for Adrian Verdejo
RD Wraggett: The Nagual’s Dream for Guitar Trio and Tape* Written for the Victoria Guitar Trio
RD Wragget: Yesterday’s Canon* Arrangement dedicated to the Victoria Guitar Trio
Contemporary and Modern Works
John Gordon Armstrong: Flight from The Stars Within Us*
Richard D. James (Aphex Twin): Avril 14th, arr. Verdejo
Lou Harrison (1917-2003): Elegy for Harpo Marx
Jordan Nobles: Temporal Waves (arr. for trio)*
Patrick Roux (b.1962): Carnaval*
Rodney Sharman (b.1958): September*
Rodney Sharman (b.1958): Suspended Waltz* (arr. Dias)
Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996): Bad Boy (1961)
John Weinzweig (1913-2006): Conversations for Three Guitars*
Traditional & Other Works
Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909): Bajo, Berceuse, Cordoba
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Three Fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 882, 883, 858 (arr. Dias)
Agustín Barrios (1885-1944): Zapatadeo Caribe
Giovanni Pacoloni (1564): Renaissance Lute Trios (multiple works)
Divisions on “Tant Que Vivray” by Claudin de Sermisy (1528), Pierre Attaingnant (1529-1530), Miguel de Fuenllana (1554), and Giovanni Pacoloni (1564), arr. M. Dias
Zani de Ferranti (1801-1878): Polonaise Concertante
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992): L’Evasion
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1552-1594) arr. M. Dias “Kyrie” from Missa Papae Marcelli (1562)
Josquin des Prez (1450-1521), Cristóbal de Morales (1500-1553) arr. M. Dias: “Mille Regretz” and “Kyrie” from Missa Mille Regretz (1544) with Erik Abbink, soprano saxophone
Maximo Pujol (b.1957): Tangondo
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741): Concerto in G major for Two Guitars, RV. 532
Johann Sigismund Weiss (1690-1737): Concerto in Am
In collaboration (Quartet):
Jordan Nobles: Temporal Waves*
John Oliver: Prismophony*
Jacob ter Veldhuis: Jesus is Coming
Stephen Goss: Under Milkwood Variations