Music

Mind&Melody Expands Services To Los Alamos & State

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Mind&Melody Program Director Eric Guitian and Co-Founder/President Cristina Rodriguez with the check the nonprofit received at the AARP Connect and Thrive Competition March 9 in Miami. These funds will be used to provide free demonstrations of the program in New Mexico including long-term care facilities and Pueblos. Courtesy photo

Co-Founder and President of Mind&Melody Cristina Rodriguez discusses the nonprofit organization during the American Association of Retired People’s (AARP) Connect and Thrive Competition held March 9 in Miami. Mind&Melody received the Read More

Santa Fe Pro Musica Presents ‘Holy Week’ Featuring The Diderot String Quartet In Loretto Chapel April 14-16

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Santa Fe Pro Musica presents ‘Holy Week’ featuring the Diderot String Quartet April 14, 15 and 16 in the historic Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe. Courtesy/SFPM

SANTA FE PRO MUSICA News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Pro Musica commemorates the joys and sorrows of the Easter season with its stirring HOLY WEEK concerts in the historic Loretto Chapel at 7 p.m. April 14, 15, and 16 at the Loretto Chapel 207 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87501.

The Diderot String Quartet performs Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of Christ, a musical meditation on each of the seven last words or utterances of Christ. The core of the work is Read More

The Black Mesa Brass Quintet Performs April 1

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CONCERT News:

The Black Mesa Brass Ensemble will perform 5:30 p.m. (doors open at 5:15 p.m.) Friday, April 1 at First Presbyterian Church, 208 Grant Ave. in Santa Fe.

Music includes Handel, Marlatt, Bach, Ellington, Kompanek and Cheetham.

Admission: A freewill offering and open to all. Proof of up-to-date vaccination required at door. For more information call 505.982.8544.

Program for TGIF Concert April 1:

  • Arrival of the Queen of Sheba … Handel
  • Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child … arr. Marlatt
  • Contrapunctus IX from “Art of the Fugue” … Bach
  • It Don’t Mean a Thing …
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LAPS Celebrates ‘Music In Our Schools Month’

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An Aspen Elementary School student tries out the guitar. Courtesy/LAPS

The Los Alamos High School Symphonic Strings perform under the direction of Michelle Rosette. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

March is designated as Music in Our Schools month, and Los Alamos Public Schools is celebrating the music programs and the teachers who lead them at the elementary, middle and high schools.

Led by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), music educators and students throughout the United States and overseas are demonstrating this March, the powerful role a quality music program plays Read More

Santa Fe Opera Guild Presents ‘The Medieval Origins Of Tristan And Isolde’ April 20

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Mary Springfels will play examples of early music on instruments familiar to Gottfried von Strassburg such as the harp, vielle, and medieval bagpipe during a presentation April 20 on Zoom. Courtesy/SFOG

SFOG News:

The Santa Fe Opera Guild (SFOG) will present “The Medieval Origins of Tristan and Isolde” 3 p.m. (virtual check-in 2:50 p.m.) Wednesday, April 20.

Presenter: Mary Springfels   

The webinar will be recorded on the Zoom Webinar Format for viewing later.

Tickets: Complementary for SFOG members; $10 per device for non-members

Richard Wagner may have made Tristan and Isolde a household Read More

Upstart Crows Presents: ’Tis But A Scratch April 22, 24

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Upstart Crows of Santa Fe actors rehearse a scene. Courtesy/Upstart Crows

UPSTART CROWS News:

Upstart Crows of Santa Fe presents its Spring Scenes show: ’Tis but a scratch – a mashup of scenes from Monty Python’s Holy Grail and iconic Shakespearean stage fights.

The show is 6:30 p.m. April 22, and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. April 24 at the Scottish Rite Temple at 463 Paseo De Peralta.

Tickets $15 at the door and online.

Twenty five actors ages 10-18, have been learning stage combat skills with Ambrose Ferber, Itai Rosen and Rylie Philpot and preparing scenes from Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Henry IV, Read More

Santa Fe Pro Musica Presents ‘Holy Week’ Featuring Diderot String Quartet In Historic Loretto Chapel April 14-16

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Santa Fe Pro Musica presents ‘Holy Week’ featuring the Diderot String Quartet April 14, 15 and 16 in the historic Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe. Courtesy/SFPM

SANTA FE PRO MUSICA News:

Santa Fe – Santa Fe Pro Musica commemorates the joys and sorrows of the Easter season
with its stirring “Holy Week” concerts, 7 p.m. April 14, 15 and 16 in the historic Loretto Chapel.

The Diderot String Quartet performs Haydn’s ‘The Seven Last Words of Christ’, a musical meditation on each of the seven last words or utterances of Christ. The core of the work is a sequence of seven prayerful, meditative instrumental sonatas

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LACA Presents Macedonian Pianist Simon Trpĉeski April 10

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Celebrated Macedonian pianist Simon Trpĉeski performs April 10 in Los Alamos. Photo by B.Ealovega

LACA News:

Celebrated Macedonian pianist Simon Trpĉeski will close the Los Alamos Concert Association’s (LACA)  75th Anniversary season 4 p.m. Sunday, April 10 at Duane Smith Auditorium. 

Trpĉeski was recognized early in his career with young artist awards from the BBC and London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He is now a frequent soloist with major European and American orchestras including the philharmonic orchestras of New York and Los Angeles, Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Read More

Opera Guilds Host Young Voices At Fuller Lodge Sunday

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Members of Young Voices who are performing 2 p.m. Sunday, March 20 at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy/LAOG

By GINNY WHITE
Vice President
Los Alamos Opera Guild

Hosted by the Los Alamos and Española Opera Guilds of The Santa Fe Opera, four members of Young Voices will perform a short program at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 20 at Fuller Lodge.

It was March 1, 2020 when members of the group last performed for this “annual” event. Guild members planning this event are thrilled to welcome four members of the group back.

The performance is open to all – families with children are welcome. Masks and vaccinations are requested. Read More

Santa Fe Women’s Ensemble Spring 2022 Concerts

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Santa Fe Women’s Ensemble 2021. Courtesy/SFWE

SFWE News:

The Santa Fe Women’s Ensemble announces two performances for its in-person spring 2022 concerts “Songs of the Magnificent Creation” at 3 p.m., Saturday, April 30, and Sunday, May 1 at First Presbyterian Church in Santa Fe.

Seating will be at a reduced capacity, offering a more intimate concert setting. Tickets: $25 for general admission; $10 for military and students. Purchase tickets at sfwe.org; advance ticket sales only.

“We’re excited to finally offer this program,” Choral Director Dr. Linda Raney said. “Originally selected Read More