Hailed by Monterey County Weekly as “a monument to musical diversity and crossover brilliance,” Fire & Grace is a unique collaboration between guitarist William Coulter and violinist Edwin Huizinga. These virtuoso performers explore the musical landscape of classical, folk, and contemporary traditions from around the world. Fire & Grace’s repertoire is vast, ranging from Bach to Vivaldi, tango to Celtic reels, traditional Bulgarian to American fiddle tunes and waltzes, all played with a sense of discovery and commitment to the elements of passion and virtuosity—fire and grace—found in these diverse traditions.

Recent and upcoming engagements include repeat performances at the Carmel Bach Festival, SweetWater Music Festival (ON), Music in the Somerset Hills (NJ), and the Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival. The 2025-26 season sees debuts with Gualala Arts Chamber Music Series (CA), the Brannan Center (CA), Fallbrook Music Society (CA), Trail and District Arts Centre (BC), and ArtSpring (BC). Favorite engagements over the years have included Berkeley Festival and Exhibition, Five Boroughs Music Festival (NY), University of British Columbia, Electric Earth Concerts (NH), St. Bonaventure University’s Quick Center for the Arts (NY), and Chamber Music Pittsburgh.

Fire & Grace has also been featured on CBC Radio, performing a nationally broadcast concert of folk and baroque. In 2017, Fire & Grace toured to New Zealand with appearances at the UPSURGE Festival, the Festival of Colour, and the New Zealand School of Music; their success led to a second tour of New Zealand, as well as appearances in Australia in  2019. Fire & Grace has also toured Ireland alongside County Kerry singer Éilis Kennedy, appearing at the Séamus Ennis Arts Centre and a variety of pubs and traditional Irish settings. Fire & Grace’s self-titled debut album was released in 2015, and in May 2019 the duo teamed up with longtime collaborator Ashley Hoyer (mandolin) to release Fire & Grace & Ash’s debut album, Partita Americana, whose title track features J.S. Bach’s Partita No. 3 transcribed for the trio and interspersed with traditional American folk music.