Music

Domingos en Arte: NHCC’s Summer Music And Dance Series Expands In Its Third Season

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NHCC News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― Domingos en Arte is poised to become the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s (NHCC) signature summer concert series.
 
After two preview shows in June, the series will run weekly from July 1 to August 19 in the NHCC’s charming Fountain Courtyard. In collaboration with Melaza Music and AMP Concerts, we have invited a wide range of Latin artists for family-friendly summer Sundays that will feature live music, drinks, and delicious Latin cuisine.
 
The NHCC’s newest on-campus restaurant–La
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Santa Fe Opera Spring Tour, ‘Trinity’ 6 P.M. Sunday

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The Santa Fe Opera Spring Tour, Trinity is 6 p.m. Sunday at Duane Smith. Courtesy/SFO

SFO News:

The Santa Fe Opera Spring Tour, Trinity is 6 p.m. Sunday, April 15 at Duane Smith Auditorium, 1300 Trinity Dr.

This is a free community concert.

Trinity … ‘Commissioned for The Santa Fe Opera’s 50th Anniversary’

Music: John Kennedy
Libretto: Andrea Fellows Walters
Stage Director: Kathleen Clawson

This one-act opera is presented on the 75th Commemoration of the development of the atomic bomb. Trinity takes place in southern New Mexico in the present day and Read More

LASO Presents ‘A Spring Celebration Of Show Tunes’

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Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra Conductor David Chavez at work during a rehearsal Tuesday night for an April 20 concert. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

LASO members rehearse Monday night for their upcoming concert. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

LASO News:

The Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra (LASO) is delighted to present “A Spring Celebration of Show Tunes” as its Spring Concert. The concert will be under the direction of conductor David Chavez, at 7 p.m. Friday, April 20 at Crossroads Bible Church, 97 East Road.  

Selections from a variety of Broadway productions Read More

Community Winds Perform Saturday

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The Community Winds during a previous concert at Fuller Lodge. The organization will perform again at 7 p.m. Saturday at Crossroads Bible Church. Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY WINDS News:

The Los Alamos Community Winds will host a concert, featuring pianist Dr. Tomasz Robak, at 7 p.m. Saturday at Crossroads Bible Church.

Admission is free by there will be a suggested donation of $10.

Saturday’s program will feature John Philip Sousa’s “Revival,” Richard Wagner’s and Milt Franklyn’s “What’s Opera, Doc?” as well as Don Gillis’ “Tulsa,” highlights from Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side Story” and Read More

Máire Ní Chathasaigh & Chris Newman Perform April 20

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MUSIC News:
 
Chris Newman and Máire Ní Chathasaigh will be presented in concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 20 at GIG Performance Space in Santa Fe. Admission tickets are $20, and available at the door the evening of show, Go to www.gigsantafe.com for more information.
 
The celebrated partnership of Chris Newman, “one of the UK’s most staggering and influential acoustic guitarists” (fROOTS), with Máire Ní Chathasaigh, “the doyenne of Irish harpers” (Scotland on Sunday), is a breathtaking blend of traditional Irish music, hot jazz, bluegrass and baroque, spiced
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Pajarito Spanish Dance Alliance April 15

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Dance Alliance performs in November 2014. Courtesy photo
 
MUSIC News:
 
Join the fun with the Pajarito Spanish Dance Alliance for the sixth Fiesta de la Primavera 3 p.m., April 15 at Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos. 
 
Each year in April the Alliance brings the “aire” of Spain to the historic Pajarito Room in Fuller Lodge, filling it with the sounds, movements and rhythms of traditional and contemporary Flamenco music and dance. 
 
Imagine pomegranate trees in bloom and the sound of water running in magical fountains somewhere inside the Alhambra’s fortress
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Neher: Tomasz Robak And The Art Of Interpretation

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Pianist Tomasz Robak will perform at several local events April 11, 12 and 13. Courtesy photo
 
By PATRICK NEHER
Los Alamos Arts Council Executive Director
 

Do you like puzzles? When it comes to making sense of a bunch of dots and lines or characters on a page, there is nothing quite like the fun and affirmation we receive when interpreting printed music or words – a sort of puzzle. We do it almost without thinking, every day. When you read an article in the newspaper (this one, even!) you bring your whole life’s history to bear in making meaning of the sentences. You will take away meanings Read More

Pianist Thomasz Robak Performs In Los Alamos

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Concert pianist Thomasz Robak will peform April 11, 12 and 14 in Los Alamos. Courtesy photo
 
LAAC News:
 
The second week of April is being called Tomasz Robak week! Why?
 
Because Los Alamos Arts Council and the Los Alamos Community Winds are collaborating to bring concert pianist Thomasz Robak’s superb artistry to Los Alamos, for three wonderful performances of beloved piano compositions. The community will be impressed with the diversity of repertory and the energetic artistry of this emerging professional. Donations at all performances are encouraged.
 
Los Alamos
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25th Annual Recuerda César Chávez Day March & Fiesta

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NHCC News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― Civil rights and labor leader César Chávez was born March 31, 1927 in Yuma, Ariz. Every year since his untimely death (1993), the Recuerda a César Chávez Committee has commemorated the birth of this humble civil rights leader by marching in his honor and celebrating his life with music, dancing, poetry and fun, culturally enriched activities for children.
 
The event is designed to educate the entire family about César Chávez and the farm worker movement. The Recuerda a César Chávez Committee is made up of organizations and individual volunteers
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