Tim & Maggie

The Violauta Duo is comprised of guitarist Júlio Ribeiro Alves and flutist Wendell Dobbs, colleagues in the Department of Music at Marshall University. Their name Violauta is coined from the Portuguese words for guitar (“violão”) and flute (“flauta”). The duo has performed a wide variety of repertoire from various ethnicities over the past several years. They are particularly interested in performing works recently created for flute a guitar. Alves performs on guitars by John H. Dick, while Dobbs performs on a modern wooden flute by Chris Abell and historical reproductions by John Gallagher.