About Us
One of North America’s leading guitar ensembles, ChromaDuo shares uncommonly beautiful music with audiences throughout the world. For the past fifteen years, Tracy Anne Smith and Rob MacDonald have concertized across their native Canada and throughout the United States, as well as in Mexico, England, and Germany.
Passionate advocates for their art form, their deep creative connection allows audiences to immerse themselves more fully into the music. From the critic who stated, “their exchanges seem almost symbiotic, and profoundly moving as if the instruments were corporeal rather than of wood, nylon and brass,” (James Filkins) to the elementary-school student who revealed, “the music made me see Paris in a way,” (Dawson), the duo aims to provide a sincere, timeless experience for each listener. The Iserlohner Zeitung observed, “As ChromaDuo sounded the first harmonies, you could hear a pin drop in the house of worship. Smith and MacDonald immediately captivated the audience.”
They are the dedicatees of works by top composers, including French classical-jazz virtuoso Roland Dyens, British iconoclast Stephen Goss, Canadian virtuosa Dale Kavanagh, and musical polyglot Dušan Bogdanović. In the 2022/23 season they commissioned and premiered works by legendary Cuban maestro Leo Brouwer, uncanny Canadian composer Amy Brandon, and iconic Brazilian artist Sergio Assad.