HOLIDAY MUSIC: Michael Newman & Laura Oltman will offer a program of Christmas music in New Hope, Pa., on December 5. (Photo by Lisa-Marie Mazucco)

The Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo will perform at The Dancing Elephant Art Gallery, New Hope, Pa., on Saturday, December 5 at 7:30 p.m. Michael Newman and Laura Oltman will perform works by Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn, Pachelbel, Brahms, Corelli, and Luther, among others. The program includes 30 selections celebrating the Advent and Christmas season.

The duo’s concert tours have taken them to venues across five continents, the Caribbean, and South Pacific. In addition to their international engagements, they have performed at Carnegie Hall, Caramoor and the Grand Canyon Music Festival. The duo has collaborated with such diverse artists as the late composer Marvin Hamlisch and the Pittsburgh Symphony, mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, fiddler Eileen Ivers, pianist Clarice Assad, violinist Tim Fain, and the ETHEL, Daedalus, Calder, and Turtle Island string quartets.

Through their new music-commissioning program, Newman & Oltman have built a unique repertoire of works for two guitars by composers such as Paul Moravec, Augusta Read Thomas, Lowell Liebermann, Dušan Bogdanovic, Arthur Kampela and Roberto Sierra. Their latest CD, Music from Raritan River, features a collection of commissioned world premieres.  The duo has received grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Chamber Music America, and ASCAP.

Newman and Oltman are the founders and artistic directors of the New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes and will celebrate their 33rd year as ensemble-in-residence at Mannes College of Music this season. They are also founders and artistic directors of the Raritan River Music Festival, marking its 35th season this year.

The Dancing Elephant Art Gallery is at 15 West Ferry Street in New Hope, Pa. Admission to the concert is $50. Visit dancingelephantfineart.com.