Music

Los Alamos Choral Society Memorial Day Concert At United Church 4 p.m. Sunday!

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By CHARMIAN SCHALLER
For Los Alamos Choral Society

An all-local lineup of soloists from many different backgrounds will be featured at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 27, when the Los Alamos Choral Society (LACS) marks Memorial Day with a concert at the United Church, 2525 Canyon Road.

(Note: Reports have been circulating in town that the concert will be held Monday at Fuller Lodge. That is NOT correct.)

Tickets for the Sunday concert, available at CB FOX and at the door, will be $15 for adults. Students may attend free.

George Spillman, a physicist retired from Los Alamos National Laboratory, will sing the Read More

Hummingbird Music Camp Free Summer Saturday Serenade At Jemez Historic Site

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San Jose de los Jemez Mission, Jemez Springs Historic Site. Courtesy/NM Department of Cultural Affairs
 
Hummingbird Music Camp: Courtesy/Hummingbird Music Camp
 
Hummingbird Music Camp Founders Kenneth and Wanda Higgins. Courtesy/Hummingbird Music Camp
 
HMC News:
 
JEMEZ SPRINGS ― Get set to be serenaded Saturday nights this June and July by campers from the Hummingbird Music Camp performing at the Jemez Historic Site in Jemez Springs.
 
The concerts will happen 6-8 p.m., every Saturday between May 26 and July 28 inside the 17th century wall of San Jose de los
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Bagpipes And Drums Present Concert June 6

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Albuquerque and Four Corners Pipes and Drums perform June 6. Courtesy photo

 

LAAC News:

 

The Albuquerque and Four Corners Pipes and Drums will fill the outside grounds and the Pajarito Room of Fuller Lodge with the bright and beautiful sounds of bagpipes and drums at noon Wednesday, June 6.

 

This Brown Bag Performance is the last of the Arts Council’s series of free performances at the Lodge. But don’t worry, the Brown Bags begin again in September!

 

The bag pipes and drums program will include traditional dances and marches from Western Europe, and will be accompanied Read More

LAMS Jazz Band Kicks Off Tuesdays At The Pond

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A crowd gathers for Tuesdays at the Pond. The next concert is June 5 and features the Craig Martin Experience. Photo by KayLinda Crawford

Creative District News:

The Tuesdays at the Pond Entertainment Series kicked off at 7 p.m., Tuesday with a performance by the Los Alamos Middle School Jazz Band led by Ryan Flinn, and the Jazz Project Band, led by Michael Burt.

The next Tuesdays at the Pond concert is June 5 and will feature the Craig Martin Experience.

Tuesdays at the Pond Entertainment Series is 7 p.m. every Tuesday through Aug. 14 at the Ashley Pond Park Pavillion.

To see the concert series schedule, Read More

Feria Flamenca: Celebrating 31 Years Of Festival Flamenco June 7

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By Ambassador Edward Romero
Founder, Ambassador’s Circle
National Institute of Flamenco
 
Thursday, June 7, I hope you will join me along with my fellow Ambassador’s Circle Founders and the Institute’s Board of Directors for Feria Flamenca, an Ambassador’s Circle Fundraising Event.  
 
Join me in celebrating the legacy of flamenco in New Mexico and to help raise money to support the work of the National Institute of Flamenco.  
 
This year, the Institute has been granted a wonderful fundraising matching opportunity by two generous
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Los Alamos Hillstrummers Attend 2018 Ukefest

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Sixteen members of the Los Alamos Hillstrummers Ukulele group attended the 2018 Las Cruces Ukefest last weekend, attending workshops and jam sessions conducted by nationally known instructors. Back row from left, Dan Gerth, Joeilla Forman, Sabin Shurter and Ruth Lier. Middle row from left, Irene Powell, Darlene Potter, Yvonne Trujillo, Diane Little, Elise Lee, Linnea Ohlsson, Gerry Ohlsson and Greg Rand. Front row from left, Doris Ford, Patricia Rathbone, Jeanette Mortensen and Chris Rand. Courtesy photo Read More

Freed And McClenahan Discuss Dr. Atomic At Rotary

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In anticipation of the Dr. Atomic opera being performed this summer at the Santa Fe Opera, Los Alamos Living Treasure Art Freed and Heather McClenahan, executive director of the Los Alamos Historical Society, recently told Rotarians about the June-September events commemorating the opera about J. Robert Oppenheimer. Freed has seen the opera 12 times, performed nationally and internationally by 11 different companies. Photo by Kurt Schoenberg

Los Alamos Historical Society Executive Director Heather McClenahan discusses the June-September events commemorating Dr. Atomic, the opera Read More

WindSync To Perform In Los Alamos June 3

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Windsync performs at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 3, in the Duane Smith Auditorium. Courtesy photo

LACA News:

A dynamic young wind quintet, Windsync, will perform at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 3, in the Duane Smith Auditorium in Los Alamos. The event is the final offering in the Los Alamos Concert Association’s season.

WindSync won a gold medal in the 2016 Fishchoff National Chamber Music Competition, the largest competition of its kind in the world. Based in Houston, WindSync’s busy touring schedule has included recent performances in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Read More

Pajarito Brewpub & Grill Hosts Beer & Burger Bash

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A crowd gathers Saturday for food, drink and music at the second annual Bands, Burgers & Beer Bash at Pajarito Brewpub & Grill in Mari Mac Plaza. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Family fun Saturday at the Bands, Burgers & Beer Bash at Pajarito Brewpub & Grill. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Santa Fe band Escape on a Horse entertains the crowd. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
About 10 kinds of beer and cider were available for tasting and purchase at the event. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
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Los Alamos Choral Society Concert ‘Freedom!’ May 27

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Choral Society’s Steve Paxton conducts his first Los Alamos concert ‘Freedom!’ at 4 p.m., May 27. Courtesy photo
 
 
By CHARMIAN SCHALLER
Los Alamos Choral Society

The Los Alamos Choral Society’s 2018 Memorial Day concert—”Freedom!”—is scheduled for 4 p.m. Sunday, May 27 at the United Church of Los Alamos.

Tickets are $15 per adult at CB FOX in Los Alamos or at the door. Student admission is free. This will be the Choral Society’s first concert since Steve Paxton took over as conductor.

Paxton, former chairman of the Contemporary Music Program at the Santa Fe University of Art Read More