Music

LAAC Announces Events For June

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LAAC News:

Los Alamos Arts Council’s upcoming events for June:

WEDNESDAY, June 6

Brown Bag

LAAC’s Brown Bag Performance series will conclude for the season with the Albuquerque and Four Corners Pipes and Drums in a spectacular concert of European bagpipe and drum music, accompanied by traditional Highland dance. Program is free and starts at noon in Fuller Lodge.

WEDNESDAY, June 20

LAAC Evening Concert

LAAC’s Evening Concerts series will present the Taos Opera Institute’s group, “Cantos,” in a concert of romantic opera works performed by professionally-trained young opera singers.

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Tuesdays At The Pond Entertainment Series Kicks Off 7 p.m., May 22 At Ashley Pond Park

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Creative District News:

The Los Alamos Creative District is kicking off the Tuesdays at the Pond Entertainment Series with a Night of Jazz!

The Los Alamos Middle School Jazz 1 Band will take the stage at 7 p.m. followed at 8 p.m. by the Los Alamos Jazz Project Big Band.

The Jazz 1 Band is made up of 27 middle school students, who play under the direction of Ryan Finn, and have received superior ratings at the 2018 Albuquerque and Santa Cruz Jazz Festivals.

The 17-member Jazz Project Band takes the stage at 8 p.m. and is directed by Ryan Finn and Michael Burt. The Jazz Project is in its third year of Read More

Scenes From LAAC Coffee House Cafe

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Attendees at the Los Alamos Arts Council’s Coffee House High Tea and Concert help themselves to some treats before the performance begins Sunday at Fuller Lodge. he event featured local violinist Kay Newnam, who organized the event. Bliss owner Dave Tinkham provided the tea and decorations. Pig + Fig Cafe prepared some of the food as well as Santa Fe Chef Mac Innes and his sisters Cary and Marty. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

It was a full house at the Coffee House Cafe Sunday at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos High School student Aidin Danielson Read More

Los Alamos Summer Concert Legacy Continues

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A crowd gathers to listen to music during the 2017 Summer Concert Series. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 

Russ Gordon holds a County Council proclamation declaring Sept. 8 Russ Gordon Day. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

 

By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
bjgordon@ladailypost.com

When Los Alamos patron saint of rock‘n roll, Russ Gordon, announced his retirement last year, fans feared 2017 would be the final season for the Los Alamos Summer Concert Series. Gordon coordinated and managed the Concert Series for 28 years. Who could possibly take over? Read More

Calling All Brass, Woodwind And Percussion Players!

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COMMUNITY WINDS News:

With the end of the school year approaching, the weather getting warmer, and thoughts of what to do for the summer being on everyone’s minds, the Los Alamos Community Winds would like to invite all players of brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments to join them for their summer concerts. This summer, LACW is particularly in need of trombones and french horn players, but instruments in all sections are welcome and encouraged to participate.

The Los Alamos Community Winds has become a staple of our summers here in Los Alamos. In past years, it has performed Read More

Spring Competitions For Los Alamos Public School Music

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Los Alamos Middle School band. Courtesy photo
 
LAPS News:
 
Over the past few weeks, the choir and band programs at the Los Alamos Middle and High School have been busy competing in their respective state contests.
 
The State Choir Contest was April 13 and 14 at V Sue Cleveland High School in Rio Rancho where both the middle and high school choirs performed.
 
“The overall event was full of very tough competition,” Choir Director Jason Rutledge said. The students spent a full semester preparing as well as hours outside of school. The hard work paid off, however, as LAMS Hawk
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The Coffee House: A Mother’s Day High Tea & Concert

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Kay Newnam
 
LAAC News:
 
Mother’s Day is a perfect day to re-establish the popular music concert series, The Coffee House. This season’s Coffee House will present a “High Tea and Concert” May 13  at Fuller Lodge, May 13. Tea will be served at 4 p.m. and the music will be performed at 5 p.m. Kay Newnam, violinist, has organized the event, featuring professionally presented chamber music.
 
The program will include music of Mozart, Bach, Neher, and the ever-popular, Franz Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet. Tickets are exclusively available at CB FOX, in advance, and are $30 for general,
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Sangre De Cristo Chorale Presents Celebration!

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COMMUNITY News:

 

SANTA FE – The Sangre de Cristo Chorale will present its spring concert, Celebration!, at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 28 at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Fe and 4 p.m. Sunday, April 29 at the United Church of Los Alamos.

 

The concert repertory celebrates the considerable contribution of American composers and arrangers made to the rich palette of choral music. The first half of program honors Leonard Bernstein on the celebration of the centennial of his birth with contrasting examples of his creative work including his “Chichester Psalms” and “West Side Read More

Scenes From Topper Revue 2018: The Eastons

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Scene from this evening’s Los Alamos High School 2018 production of Topper Revue: The Easton Awards! Performances continue at 7 p.m., April 27 and 28 in the new and improved Duane Smith Auditorium. Tickets are $7 for students and seniors, $10 for adults, and $5 for children under 5. Courtesy photo

Scene from this evening’s LAHS 2018 production of Topper Revue: The Easton Awards at Duane Smith Auditorium. Courtesy photo

Scene from this evening’s LAHS 2018 production of Topper Revue: The Easton Awards at Duane Smith Auditorium. Courtesy photo

Scene from this evening’s Read More