Cello and marimba duo Stick&Bow named artist in residence at UC Davis

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The cello and marimba duo Stick&Bow has been named as artist in residence for the 2025-26 season at University of California, Davis, in the US. The Canada-based duo, which comprises Argentine cellist Juan Sebastian Delgado and Canadian percussionist Krystina Marcoux, was formed in Montreal seven years ago with the desire to present music both old and new through the unusual filter of cello and marimba arrangements. The pair have also commissioned many new works by composers such as Luis Naon, Camille Pépin, Luna Pearl Woolf, Jason Noble, Anna Pidgorna and Marcelo Nisinman, among others, and have presented their arrangements of music from Bach to Piazzolla in Canada, the US and Europe.

In a social media post, the duo wrote: ‘We have been honoured as Artist in Residence for next season at the UCDavis University in California! We’ll be working with composers on new works written for us, while also coaching students on chamber music. A very exciting experience and a fantastic way to keep on building an exciting body of repertoire for marimba and cello! 

‘It’s almost strange to post happy news lately because times are very hard, but we try to look… on the positive side while remembering that art brings hope, moments of tenderness and questioning.’

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