Pianist Deborah Gilwood and cellist Arthur Cook founded the Blue Door Chamber Music series in the summer of 1999. Their concert series is housed at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, a venerable institution with a long history as a leader in the expansion of twentieth-century American visual art. Enthusiastic audiences come to Blue Door's concerts at the Art Association for evocative and adventurous programs featuring some of New York's leading chamber musicians.

Deborah Gilwood and Arthur Cook began to collaborate in 1985 and their performances and recordings have captivated audiences ever since. The Newark Star-Ledger noted, "one marveled at their delicate yet taut reading, flawlessly paced....They gave ample demonstration of technical strength, musical intelligence, expressive power and open ears." Of their recent CD, Censored by Hitler: The Rediscovered Masterpieces, issued by Centaur records, Fonofone Magazine says, "Their performance is full of intensity...a performance deserving wide attention from the public." American Record Guide says, "as romantic as I have ever heard."

The duo continues to perform on many chamber music series, which have included those at Princeton University, the Beethoven Festival at Oyster Bay, Haverford College, Rutgers University, the New Horizons Series at the Greenwich House Music School in New York, the Mannes College of Music, the New School, the Manhattan School of Music, Columbia University, the Harvard Club, and Lincoln Center.