Music

The Lensic Presents 2022-2023 Season

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The Lensic News:

SANTA FE — The Lensic, Santa Fe’s nonprofit performing arts center, has announced its 2022-2023 Season, featuring music, dance, family events and more.  

The Lensic 2022–2023 Season:

2022:

  • Oct. 6: Tower of Power 
  • Oct. 7: The Wailin’ Jennys 
  • Oct. 13: Sugar Skull! A Día de los Muertos Musical Adventure 
  • Oct. 21: Martha Redbone—Bone Hill: The Concert 
  • Nov. 11: New York Theatre Ballet 
  • Dec.1: The TEN Tenors: Home for the Holidays 
  • Dec. 22: The Manhattan Transfer: Holiday Show  
  • Dec.31: Joe Illick and the New Year’s Eve Orchestra, featuring Anthony Roth Costanzo, Countertenor 
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LAMTA 2022 Spring Recital Sunday At Fuller Lodge

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Nineteen students share their music at the LAMTA recital in February. Courtesy/LAMTA

LAMTA News:

The teachers and talented young pianists of Los Alamos are happy to announce their second Spring Recital of 2022. This exciting event is 2 p.m. Sunday, April 24 at Fuller Lodge. 

The first in-person LAMTA recital (Feb. 27, 2022) since COVID had 19 students sharing their music. This Sunday’s event will feature 23 participants, ages 6 to 16, representing six Los Alamos professional teachers. The increase is a great representation of young pianists who are keeping our wonderful art of piano alive Read More

Special Monday Version Of Brown Bag Concert: Black Mesa Brass Quintet ‘Bach To Beale Street’ Fuller Lodge April 25

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The Black Mesa Brass Quintet will perform ‘Bach To Beale Street’ during a special Monday version of the Brown Bag Concert April 25. The concert begins at noon at Fuller Lodge, 2132 Central Ave. The community is invited to attend and encouraged to bring their lunch to eat during the concert. Courtesy photo Read More

Joseph Uher Leaves Musical Legacy For Family And Friends

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Barbara Uher, married to Joseph Uher for 65 years, shown here recently with their son Ken Uher. She holds the 15-and-a-half -inch diameter metal disk played in her husband’s 1903 Regina Music Box. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Play Music Box Video Here, created by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com.

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

Joseph L. Uher of Los Alamos had a passion for working with wood. That passion turned into a decades long quest to collect, build and restore to original splendor a collection of magnificent music machines.

He was a US Navy Veteran Read More

LAHS Students Accepted To UNM Summer Music Institute

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LAHS orchestra students, from left, Kathleen Brodnax, Ian Swift, Hana Raby, Conlan Wilds-Rivera, Marek Jablonski, Yeanwoo Park, Violet Henderson and Caleb Langenbrunner have been accepted to the 2022 UNM Summer Music Institute for accomplished high school, collegiate and young professional musicians. Courtesy/UNM-LA

LAHS News:

Eight Los Alamos High School (LAHS) orchestra students have been accepted into the 2022 UNM Summer Music Institute for accomplished high school, collegiate and young professional musicians.

Freshman Kathleen Brodnax, sophomore Hana Raby and senior Marek Read More

Coro De Cámara Performs ‘Give My Regards To Broadway’

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The popular choral ensemble Coro de Cámara perform April 30 and May 1. Courtesy/Thomas Graves

By ANNE MARSH
Coro de Cámara Board

The lights are shining again on Broadway, where theaters were shuttered during the pandemic. But there’s no need to travel to New York City to hear those favorite show tunes.

The versatile singers of Coro de Cámara will offer two performances of “Give My Regards to Broadway”:

  • 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 30 at White Rock United Methodist Church (580 Meadow Lane); and 
  • 3 p.m. Sunday, May 1 at Kelly Hall, Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church (Los Alamos).

At both concerts, Read More

Santa Fe Opera Guild Announces Date Change For Maestro Joe Illick’s Musical Preview Of Santa Fe Opera 2022 Season

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Maestro Joe Illick

SFOG News: 

The Santa Fe Opera Guilds (SFOG) Program of Maestro Joe Illick’s Musical Preview of the Santa Fe Opera’s 2022 Season has been changed from April 27 to 3 p.m. June 14, on Zoom.

For many years, Illick has entertained SFOG members by playing excerpts from the Santa Fe Opera’s upcoming seasons. His vast experience as a conductor and composer makes him uniquely qualified to provide valuable insight into each of the operas.

In his June 14 Musical Preview, Illick will perform and preview the five scores from the Santa Fe Opera Season 2022:

  • Bizet’s Carmen;
  • Falstaff by Verdi;
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2022 Los Alamos Summer Concert Lineup Is Complete!

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By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

  • The 2022 Los Alamos Summer Concert Series is Presented by TOYOTA of SANTA FE

The lineup for the 20022 Summer Concert Series is complete. The BEST Free Summer Concert Series in the state returns every Friday night May 20 through Aug. 26 and is presented by Toyota of Santa Fe and produced by Sancre Productions and Los Alamos County.

“The Los Alamos County Community Services Department (CSD) and Sancre Productions are excited for the 2022 Summer Concert Series, it is full of genres ranging from Folk to Rock, Jazz to Latino, and R&B Read More

Taos Chamber Music Group & Taos Center For The Arts Present ‘Boyd Meets Girl’ April 30

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Husband-wife duo of Australian guitarist Rupert Boyd and American cellist Laura Metcalf, ‘Boyd Meets Girl’ preform April 30. Courtesy/TCMG

TCMG News:

TAOS — The dynamic, virtuosic and charismatic husband-wife duo of Australian guitarist Rupert Boyd and American cellist Laura Metcalf, ‘Boyd Meets Girl’, are set to perform as part of the Taos Chamber Music Group’s Season 29 Spring Series at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 30 at the Taos Community Auditorium.  

Covering an eclectic and powerful range of repertoire off their newest album, “Songs of Love and Despair,” the duo’s program will feature Read More

Los Alamos Summer Concert Series Announces Official 2022 Series Presenter And Reveals Four More Concert Headliners Set To Perform This Summer At Ashley Pond

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Summer Concert Series News:

  • The 2022 Los Alamos Summer Concert Series is Presented by TOYOTA of SANTA FE

Sancre Productions and Los Alamos County announce Toyota of Santa Fe as the Official 2022 Series Presenter. Toyota of Santa Fe has presented the Los Alamos Summer Concert Series since 2019. This year, Toyota of Santa Fe will exhibit Toyota cars, trucks and SUVs at the beautiful Ashley Pond Park  during each of the 15 concerts including the new RAV4, 4Runner, Tacoma, Highlander, Camry and Prius. A true community partner, Toyota of Santa Fe provides critical support to the Los Alamos Summer Concert Read More