The Black Cedar Duo
Copyright 2011 Kris Palmer, DMA
Incisive and expressive ... Palmer is clearly among the few current performers on any instrument to fully understand the nature of French Baroque music.
New York Concert Review
Lin is virtuosic when needed, elegant as required, and romantic in the works which lend themselves to it.
Soundboard Magazine
Winner of the Boston GuitarFest Competition and the East Carolina Guitar Competition, Steve Lin is praised by Classical Guitar Magazine as "a confident player with a powerful sound, quick hands, and a solid musical memory." Kris Palmer is a second prize winner in the National Flute Association's Young Artist Competition, winner of a Special Presentation Award from Artists International in New York City, and first prize winner in the Carmel Chamber Music Society Competition. Il Nuovo Pontivo of Rome, Italy proclaims her to be "excellent...a confirmed concert artist of international stature." Steve has made solo appearances throughout the United States, Italy, the Philippines, and Taiwan, and his albums, Eliot Fisk Series Volumn 1 and Imagen, are available from VGo Recordings. Kris' solo album features her own arrangements of Baroque French works, and she is the author of "Ornamentation According to CPE Bach & JJ Quantz."


Steve Lin, Guitar
Kris Palmer, Flutes and Recorders
Something special is stirring in our backyard...an intimate friendly audience sits in the dim light, experiencing new, exciting, and deeply personal music performed with mastery. Steve Lin, guitar, and Kris Palmer, wood flute, alto flute, and piccolo, guide us on a deeply satisfying journey....Lin demonstrates comfortable execution of sustained fast fretwork. They perform beautifully together: perfect synchronization of subtle rhythms and phrases.
South Bay Guitar Society