Music

Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra Presents Classical Trumpeter Mary Elizabeth Bowden Sunday Jan. 16

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Classical Trumpeter Mary Elizabeth Bowden performs Sunday, Jan. 16 at The Lensic. Courtesy/SFO

CONCERT News:

SANTA FE — The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2021‒2022 season continues with a celebratory program to ring in the new year featuring works by Mozart, Haydn, Glinka & Fung.

The first concert is 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16 at The Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe.

The Symphony partnered with a consortium of seven orchestras and universities across the U.S. in 2019 to co-commission the JUNO Award-winning composer Vivian Fung and her Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra. Read More

LACA Presents Maxwell Quartet Friday Jan. 14

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The Maxwell Quartet performs Jan. 14. Courtesy/LACA

LACA News:

Los Alamos Concert Association (LACA) presents Scotland’s award-winning Maxwell Quartet performing 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 14 in the Duane Smith Auditorium in Los Alamos.

The string quartet will perform works by Haydn, Prokofiev, and Dvořák plus a set of their signature Scottish folk tunes.

Winner and Audience Favorite at the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition in 2017, the Maxwell tours extensively across Europe and the United Kingdom. Following their 2019 US debut, the New York Times called the quartet “eloquent Read More

TGIF Concert Series: Pianist Michael Tortorella Jan. 28

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First Presbyterian Church at 208 Grant Ave. in Santa Fe. Courtesy/FPC 

CONCERT News:

What: Michael Tortorella, piano

Music: TBA

Date: Jan. 28, 2022

Time: 5:30 p.m. (doors open at 5:15)

Where: First Presbyterian Church; 208 Grant Ave. Santa Fe, NM 87501

Admission: Freewill offering and open to all

For More Information call 982.8544 

Program: 

  • The Pleasure Dome of Kublai Khan – Charles Griffes (1884-1920) 
  • Two Etudes-Tableaux – Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
    Opus 33 no. 3
    Opus 33 no. 5
  • Polka de WR – Sergei Rachmaninoff

Michael Tortorella moved to Santa Fe in 2019 after retiring from Bell Read More

Today In History: Radio City Music Hall

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Radio City Music Hall is the largest indoor theatre in the world. Its marquee is a full city-block long. Its auditorium measures 160 feet from back to stage and the ceiling reaches a height of 84 feet. Courtesy image/todayinhistory.org

Today In History News:

Dec. 27 has some rather significant events attached to it. It was on this day in 1978 that Spain announced to the world it was an official democracy. Charles Darwin set sail Dec. 27, 1836. And almost a century later, as the U.S. struggled with the results of the stock market crash three years earlier, Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City. Read More

New, Family-Friendly Adaptation Of Massenet’s Cinderella Appears Live In Cinemas Worldwide Jan. 1, 2022

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A scene from Massenet’s ‘Cinderella’. Courtesy/Jonathan Tichler/Met Opera

METOPERA News:

NEW YORK — Earlier this month, the Metropolitan Opera premiered a new installment in its series of abridged, English-language opera adaptations for family audiences: Massenet’s Cinderella.

The opera will be presented live New Year’s Day 2022 from the Met stage to cinemas worldwide.

Laurent Pelly’s whimsical storybook staging of Cendrillon, which first premiered at the Met in the 2017-18 season, is presented in a 90-minute abridged version with an English translation by librettist and dramaturg Read More

Santa Fe Pro Musica Presents Winter Orchestra Concert

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Pro Music Orchestra. Photo by Peter Norby 

SFPM News:

SANTA FE — David Felberg conducts the Pro Musica Orchestra in a concert of Mozart and Mendelssohn, along with the live premiere of The History of Red, 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29 and 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30 at The Lensic.

The History of Red is a co-commissioned project initiated by soprano Kathryn Mueller, led by Santa Fe Pro Musica, and including the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (Houston), Orlando Philharmonic (Florida), and The Knights (New York City).

It features music written by Reena Esmail on a text by Chickasaw poet Linda Hogan, and explores Read More

Baritone Zachary Nelson Steps In For Darren Drone For ‘A Night At The Opera’ Performance Christmas Eve!

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CONCERT News:

SANTA FE —The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus and Santa Fe Opera announced late Monday evening that baritone Zachary Nelson would step in for Darren Drone, who is unable to perform in the Christmas Eve performance of “A Night at the Opera” this week at The Lensic.

Nelson, who resides in Santa  Fe, is a former Santa Fe Opera Apprentice and frequently appears with the Opera, including its 2019 production of La bohème and 2017 production of Lucia di Lammermoor. Nelson made his professional debut as the title character in the Santa Fe Opera’s 2013 production of Le nozze di Figaro Read More

Water Coil Bursts At National Hispanic Cultural Center

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NHCC News:

ALBUQUERQUE – Early this morning at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) at 1701 4th St., a water coil in the HVAC unit on the roof of the Visual Arts building burst, causing water to leak into the floors below.

New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs facilities staff was on site soon after the break was discovered, waterlines were turned off to limit the spread of water and emergency remediation has begun.

The Visual Arts building and the NHCC Art Museum will be closed to the public until further notice.

Note: The Performing Arts building was not affected. Theater operations, Read More

‘Live In Los Alamos’ Presents Max Gomez Sunday Jan. 2

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Musician Max Gomez performs in concert Sunday, Jan. 2 at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY News:

Deciding when to reboot “Live in Los Alamos” concerts has been a worrisome experience for organizer Jonathan Lathrop, Ted Galvez and those who help program the music series that has existed since 2015.

The nonprofit’s mission has always been to “promote musicians and community”, but the uncertainty of the pandemic brought significant challenges to continuing that mission and forced a hiatus after Abby Gardner enthralled a packed crowd in March 2020 at Fuller Lodge.

The uncertainty of health Read More

Los Alamos Flute Choir And SaxAtomix Present ‘The Sounds Of Christmas’ At United Church Saturday Dec. 18

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CONCERT News:

The Los Alamos Flute Choir and the SaxAtomix join forces to make your Holiday Season merrier!

All are invited to enjoy this FREE holiday concert 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18 at United Church in Los Alamos, 2525 Canyon Road. Thank you for supporting local music.

“The Sounds of Christmas” concert will feature well-known Christmas tunes and carols (including White Christmas, Frosty the Snowman, Let it Go and Amazing Grace.

Each of these ensembles are formed by instruments with different ranges (i.e., soprano, alto, tenor, bass/baritone, and contra-bass). 

SaxAtomix from left, Joyce Read More