Tour Dates

5 October 2021 7.30pm Creating Carmen at Eastgate Theatre, Peebles
6 October 2021 7.30pm Creating Carmen at Ryan Centre Theatre, Stranraer
7 October 2021 Schools Workshop at Ryan Centre Theatre, Stranraer
8 October 2021 7.30pm Creating Carmen at St Michael’s Parish Church, Linlithgow

2022
3 December 2022 7.30pm CarmenCo Trio at Ayr Music Club
4 December 2022 3.30pm CarmenCo Trio at Cowal Dunoon

Past Dates

22th Nov 2019, St Georges Church, Kemp Town, Brighton BN2 1ED
23th Nov 2019, Assembly Rooms, Faversham – CarmenCo trio performance.
23rd Nov 2019, Ullet Road Unitarian Church, Liverpool L17 2AA
13th August – Online Concert for Stroud Green Festival 2020
20th August – Online Concert for Concerts in the West
20th September 3pm – Outdoor concert at Faversham Market place
22 October 2020 – Online Concert for Mole Valley Festival
12th December 2020 7.30pm – Carols with CarmenCo for Welwyn Garden City Concert Club members
12th December 2020 7.30pm – Carols with CarmenCo for Weston Music Society members
14th December 2020 7.30pm – Carols with CarmenCo for Concerts in the West
15h December 2020 7.30pm – Carols with CarmenCo for Music in Peebles
17th December 2020 12.30pm – Carols with CarmenCo for Music on Thursdays, Leatherhead

20th July 2021 5.30pm – Creating Carmen at Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton Festival
23rd July 2021 11.30am – Creating Carmen at Bridport Arts Centre for Concerts in the West
23rd July 2021 7.30pm – Creating Carmen at Ilminster Arts Centre for Concerts in the West
24th July 2021 7.30pm – Creating Carmen at The Dance House, Crewkerne for Concerts in the West
25th July 2021 7.30pm – Creating Carmen at Ham Farm Festival, Bristol

A New Concert Play by Clare Norburn

Creating Carmen

Creating Carmen is more than a concert. It occupies the borders between a play and a concert, with 60/40 music to spoken word. It is a fully staged, costumed and professionally lit show for 3 musicians and two actors. The main characters are Prosper Merimée, writer of the novella on which Bizet’s Carmen was based, and Carmen herself as imagined by Merimée.

Prosper Merimée is struggling with his latest novella, when his leading character – Carmen – turns up in his study, larger than life, with a band of musicians in tow and chaos in her wake. Which one of them controls the narrative? And what happen when Carmen discovers the nasty ending Mérimée has planned for her?

A fun-filled evening of fantasy, comedy, drama and tremendous music arranged from Bizet’s Carmen and Spanish and Spanish-inspired music by Boccherini, da Falla, Garcia -Lorca, Granados, Ravel and Albeniz, all arranged by the musicians for guitars and flute /voice.
The project is a collaboration with writer Clare Norburn, who has developed a series of concert/plays which have toured to most of the UK’s leading venue and festivals, and director Nicholas Renton.


“bouts of intimacy, creativity and comedy were brilliantly matched with nearly all the best Spanish tunes I can think of… a very happy evening’s entertainment” **** – Andrew Connal, The Latest

“Clare Norburn’s thoughtful, intelligent Creating Carmen is part play, part concert and part discursive essay. And it makes for a pretty riveting evening.” – Susan Elkin, Lark Reviews

“Refreshing, original, fun” audience feedback on Creating Carmen first reading at Stroud Green Festival – June 2019

The trio behind Creating Carmen

About Us

CarmenCo is an ensemble comprising Emily Andrews, flautist/mezzo; David Massey & Francisco Correa, guitars.

Exploiting the rich texture of 2 guitars with or without flute or voice, as well as our skills in arranging, we perform vibrant, visual, varied yet cost-effective programmes which can easily tour low-engaged communities. We perform all our music from memory and can move around and dance while playing.

“the playing is exquisite…a delightfully warm, intimate sound.”

– Susan Elkin, Lark Reviews

In 2019 we won a generous Arts Council England grant to develop and tour a new concert-play “Creating Carmen”, using our music and arrangements of music, but adding two actors, lighting, director and script writer.

CarmenCo trio grew when international solo guitarist Francisco Correa (www.franciscocorreaguitar.com) joined the Andrews Massey Duo, (formed by Emily & David in 2009). This duo has a fine pedigree: won the Tunnell Trust Award 2012-2013; were Royal Overseas League Competition semi-finalists 3 times & have appeared at Wigmore Hall, St Martin in the Fields & Kings Place & abroad in Germany, Italy & Sweden. They have made 3 CDs. One of their videos had 240,000+ YouTube views. For more information see www.andrewsmasseyduo.com

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AM records presents

CarmenCo CD

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CarmenCo is out NOW! Featuring 17 tracks of gorgeous Spanish and Spanish-inspired music for guitars, flute and voice.

£15 including postage and packing.

To purchase CarmenCo as well as other AM Records releases, visit our shop.

Track listing:

  1. Aragonaise from Carmen (Arr. for Flute and Two Guitars)
  2. Entr’acte from Carmen (Arr. for Flute and Two Guitars)
  3. Spanish Dance no. 1 from La Vida Breve (Arr. for Guitar Duo)
  4. Habanera from Carmen (Arr. for Voice and Two Guitars)
  5. Córdoba, Op. 232, No. 4 (Arr.for Guitar Duo)
  6. Les Toreadors from Carmen (Arr. for Flute and Two Guitars)
  7. Nana de Sevilla (Arr. for Voice and Guitar)
  8. El Paño Moruno (Arr. for Voice and Guitar)
  9. Mallorca, Op 202 (Arr. for Guitar)
  10. Passacalle from Musica Notturna Delle Strade di Madrid, Op. 30 No. 6 (G. 324) [Arr. for Flute and Two Guitars]
  11. Seguidilla from Carmen (Arr. for Voice and Two Guitars)
  12. Danza Ritual del Fuego from El Amor Brujo (Arr. for Guitar Duo)
  13. Pièce en forme de Habanera (Arr. for Flute and Guitar)
  14. Les filles de Cadix (Arr. for Voice and Guitar)
  15. Recuerdos de la Alhambra
  16. Card Aria from Carmen “En vain pour Eviter…” (Arr. for Voice, Flute and Two Guitars)
  17. Fantaisie brillante sur Carmen (Arr. for Flute and Two Guitars)

Total running time: 62 minutes

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