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0 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? e-edition | subscribe | newsletter | deals Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate NEWS NOW Judge candidates spar over effectiveness of drug court ... Portland high-tech is surging thanks to affordability ... AP: Engineered timber could be boon to wood products industry ... Judge candidates spar over effectiveness of drug court ... Portland high-tech is surging thanks to affordability ... AP: Engineered timber could be boon to wood products industry ... MUSIC Virtuoso violin meets Celtic guitar Edwin Huizinga and William Coulter are duo Liquid Gold Comment MailTribune.com Writer Posted Apr. 29, 2016 at 8:00 AM Posted Apr. 29, 2016 at 8:00 AM » Social News If you've seen Tomaseen Foley's "A Celtic Christmas" at the Craterian Theater, you've heard guitarist William Coulter and fiddler Edwin Huizinga perform together as part of the show. Coulter is a longtime member — and music director — of Foley's annual show, and Huizinga's been featured for the past three years. Canadian-born violinist Huizinga and Grammy-winning guitarist Coulter also perform across the country as Liquid Gold, a duo that takes listeners on journeys through ubiquitous elements of classical, folk and contemporary music traditions from around the world. Liquid Gold will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 30, at the Unitarian Fellowship, 87 Fourth St., Ashland. Tickets are $20 in advance, $22 at the door, $10 for teens 12-17 and free under 12. Tickets are available at www.stclairevents.com , 541-535-3562 or the Music Coop in downtown Ashland. As Coulter and Huizinga take on more than the exploration of traditional music genres, they delve into the fire and grace that connects this music. Their sets move from preludes by Johan Sebastian Bach to Irish reels that've been handed down over the ages, from Argentine tangos by Astor Piazolla to a nameless Spanish love song, and from Antonio Vivaldi's "Winter" from "The Four Seasons" to age-old Balkan dance tunes. Expressive and compelling melodies, graceful rhythms and imaginative arrangements unite the duo's diverse music. At age 14, Huizinga joined the Young Artist Performance Academy of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. He established himself as a versatile violinist while earning his bachelor's of music at Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio and his master's at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He performs with several international ensembles, including Tafelmusik, Theatre of Early Music and the Wallfisch Band. He also plays and tours with folk and rock bands Wooden Sky, Broken Social Scene, Third Eye Blind and Sweet Thing, among others. While Huizinga calls Toronto his home, those who know him may well call him a wandering minstrel. He's traveled the world performing with baroque, folk, rock, classical, jazz and Celtic musicians. Coulter is an ace steel-string guitarist. In 2005, he won a Grammy for a track he contributed to a solo guitar compilation of Henry Mancini music called "The Pink Guitar." With dozens of appearances on recording projects to his credit, Coulter's most recent is on the 2016 album "Toward the Sun" with Irish flutist Brian Finnegan. Collaborations are a mainstay of his career — including tours and recordings with Gourd Music artists Neal Hellman and Barry and Shelley Phillips; classical guitarist Benjamin Verdery, and Finnegan. Coulter earned a bachelor's from University of California at Santa Cruz, a master's in music from San Francisco Conservatory and a second master's from UCSC in ethnomusicology. He's performed and recorded music since 1981, with a keen interest in music from Celtic and Shaker traditions. He released two trilogies in the 1990s. The first featured Celtic music and included "Celtic Crossing" with Verdery; the second, "Celtic Sessions," featured Coulter and others recording contemporary arrangements of old Irish songs; and "Crooked Road" featured Verdery, Barry Phillips on cello, Shelley Phillips on oboe and English horn, Lars Johanneson on flute and Deby Benton Grosjean on fiddle. Coulter's second trilogy of Shaker music included "Simple Gifts," "Tree of Life" and "Music on the Mountain." In 2004, Coulter released "The Road Home," his first solo recording since he began his exploration of Celtic music. The album holds tunes from Ireland, Brittany, Norway, Portugal and America, along with a tribute to Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush." He teaches guitar at UCSC, summer camps and festivals, and he works as a recording engineer and producer. 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