Music

TGIF Concert Series: Chancel Bells Dec. 3

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CONCERT News:

Whether you’re ending your week or starting your weekend, every Friday evening First Presbyterian Church invites its Santa Fe neighbors and visitors from all over the world to its sanctuary to enjoy a half hour of music and reflection.

All are welcome to come and listen to organ music, voice and choral concerts accompanied by various instruments, chamber music and more.

What: Chancel Bells

Music: For Christmas: Wagner, Larson, Callahan, Ringham, Sherman, Hakes and Ryan

Date: Dec 3, 2021

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

Proof of Full Vaccination and Mask is required at Read More

Los Alamos Flute Choir Performs Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair

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The Los Alamos Flute Choir play Christmas music for shoppers at the Los Alamos Arts Council 54th Annual Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair Saturday, Nov. 20 at Los Alamos Middle School. Performing on piccolos, C flutes, alto flutes, bass flutes and a contrabass flute are Tracey Speyrer, Nina Epperson, Megan Tholen, Heidi Morning, Ivanna Austell, Wendy Keffeler, Jo Ann Howell and Rob Dunham. Courtesy/Rob Dunham Read More

LAAC Brown Bag Show Features Black Mesa Quintet Dec. 1

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Black Mesa Brass Quintet will perform at noon Wednesday, Dec. 1 at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy/LAAC

LAAC News:

The Los Alamos Arts Council (LAAC) presents Black Mesa Brass Quintet at noon Wednesday, Dec. 1 at Fuller Lodge. The performance is part of the Arts Council’s Brown Bag Show series.

The Black Mesa Brass Quintet was formed in 1990. Their repertoire includes classical, modern, pop, and jazz tunes. They play a variety of venues, including concerts, educational performances at schools, weddings and other special occasions. Their collective musical experience is on the order of 250 years. Read More

The Met Opera Presents Eurydice By Matthew Aucoin Nov. 23

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The Met News:

NEW YORK, NY — The Metropolitan Opera will present the company premiere of Eurydice Tuesday, Nov. 23.

Eurydic is a new Met-commissioned opera by Matthew Aucoin—at 31, the youngest composer to have a Met premiere since 1938.

Eurydice is one of three contemporary works to have premieres in the 2021–22 season, the greatest number of new operas to premiere in a single Met season since 1928–29. The run includes seven performances through Dec. 16. With a libretto by Sarah Ruhl, based on her acclaimed 2003 play, the opera reimagines the ancient Greek Orpheus myth by telling the story from Read More

Polyphony: Voices Of NM Presents Handel’s Messiah Dec. 18

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Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico and members of youth choruses present Handel’s Messiah Dec. 18. Courtesy/PVNM

MUSIC News:

ALBUQUERQUE — For the sixth year in a row, Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico and members of youth choruses from Tijeras, Rio Rancho and Albuquerque will present selections from the Christmas portion of Handel’s Messiah – one of the most famous pieces of music in the classical repertoire at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 18 at the Cathedral of St. John, 318 Silver Ave. SW in Albuquerque.

This 45-minute, educational concert geared towards kids of all ages will be paired with favorite Read More

Upstart Crows Dramatic Readers Present Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol In-Person, Online, Live-Streamed, Radio

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Upstart Crows News:

Upstart Crows of Santa Fe Dramatic Readers perform Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol with in-person, online, live-streamed and radio performances.

Five casts of three readers do a costumed dramatic reading using Dicken’s own performance script. Live performances include a Victorian tea service at intermission. Victorian Christmas music precedes and ends each “Stave” of the story. Period charm combines with an increasingly relevant story for our times.

  • Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. at the International Shakespeare Center at 3209 Calle Marie in Santa Fe with Rhoda Bodzin, Gil
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Taos Chamber Music Group Hosts December Concerts

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Virtuoso pianist Gleb Ivanov will preform with the Taos Chamber Music Group Dec. 10. Courtesy/TCMG

TCMG News:

The Taos Chamber Music Group (TCMG) is planning three performances 5:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday Dec. 10, 11 and 12 at the Taos Community Auditorium.

A much-anticipated holiday-time tradition in Taos, TCMG’s concerts are being held at the TCA this season to allow for socially distanced seating.

The first program Friday, Dec. 10 will be a solo recital by virtuoso pianist Gleb Ivanov who will perform works by Franz Liszt, Felix Mendelssohn and Franz Schubert.

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Serenata Of Santa Fe Presents Soirée Recital Nov. 20

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Local Pianist Nathan Salazar

Serenata of Santa Fe News:

Serenata of Santa Fe presents a spell-binding, intimate afternoon Soirée recital, 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20, featuring songs of Strauss, Rachmaninov, Ponce, Cantoral, Fernandez-Esperon (Tata Nacho), plus opulent selections from the Zarzuela repertoire.

Catered hors d’oeuvres, wine, bubbly drinks and desserts will follow. Seating is limited to 35 fully vaccinated attendees. Masks are required.

Tickets are $85. Directions will be sent upon completion of ticket purchase here. Music begins at 3 p.m., but attendees should plan Read More

LAHS Olions Perform Our Town Nov. 5,6 & 12,13

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OLIONS News:

Come out and support Los Alamos High School Olions performing Our Town! A Thornton Wilder play that’s entertaining from beginning to end and displays the talent of our local students.

The performance opens in the small town of Grover’s Corners, with the Stage Manager (freshman Riley Rheinheimer) narrating the daily lives of people living in the town during the year 1901. As time passes, childhood sweethearts Emily Webb (freshman Annie Xie) and George Gibbs (freshman Henry Tholen) realize their love for each other and get married.

Upperclassmen Elijah Hanks, Lizzie Massa, Marcus Read More