Music

Max Gomez Returns To Fuller Lodge March 10

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Max Gomez. Courtesy photo

MUSIC News:

New Mexico’s own Max Gomez will return to play a concert in Los Alamos in what is becoming an annual event for the singer-songwriter from Taos.

Gomez has won many fans on the Hill and has drawn a full house each of the last three years he has played here.

This year’s show is Saturday, March 10 at Fuller Lodge. Doors open at 6 p.m., Gomez takes the stage at 7:30 p.m. and beer and wine will be available from Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op. Light meals also will be available.

The concert is being produced by Live In Los Alamos, a concert production company run by LAHS teacher Jonathan Read More

Young Voices From Santa Fe Opera Perform At Los Alamos Opera Guild Membership Social Sunday

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LAOG News:

The Los Alamos Opera Guild invites the community to its membership social and concert performance by Young Voices from The Santa Fe Opera; Eleanor Henderson, Jeremyah Palmer-Scott and Maya Rogers with Paul Roth on piano.

The concert is 4 p.m. Sunday, March 4 at the United Church of Los Alamos, 2525 Canyon Road. Punch and cookies will be provided after the concer and Chapter Guild memberships will be available.

Donations are welcome. Guests are welcome. Read More

House Of Hamill Packs Planetarium Saturday Night

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House of Hamill (Rose Baldino and Brian Buchanan) perform to a full house Saturday ‘under the stars’ in the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium. The Philadelphia-based Indy/Irish duo brought the crowd to its feet in a standing ovation and generously played an encore. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
The flying fingers of House of Hamill. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Brian Buchanan and Rose Baldino of House of Hamill sign autographs and talk with the crowd during intermission at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
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Romantic Music From Mexico’s ‘Golden Age’: Los Tres Reyes At NHCC March 3

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NHCC News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― In the 10th concert in the Pimentel Music Series, Los Tres Reyes will perform at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 3 in the Albuquerque Journal Theatre.
 
Tickets are $22, $27, and $37, with a $2 discount for seniors, children 12 and younger, and NHCC members, and are available from the NHCC Box Office, at 505.724.4771, or at www.nhccnm.org. The event is presented in partnership with Pimentel Music.
 
Los Tres Reyes, founded in 1957 by classically trained guitarists and twin brothers Gilberto and Raul Puente,
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Venice Baroque Orchestra In Los Alamos March 9

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The Venice Baroque Orchestra. Courtesy/LACA

LACA News:

The Venice Baroque Orchestra, one of the world’s great period instrument ensembles, will appear in Los Alamos at 7 p.m. Friday, March 9 in the Crossroads Bible Church at 97 East Road.

Presented by the Los Alamos Concert Association, the ensemble will bring with them recorder virtuoso Anna Fusek.

LACA’s usual venue, the Duane Smith Auditorium is undergoing renovation and will not be available for this performance. Concert attendees are encouraged to carpool and arrive early as parking in the Crossroads Bible Church parking lot and surrounding Read More

Air Force Academy Band To Perform In ABQ Feb. 26

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MUSIC News:
 
The U.S. Air Force Academy Band will conduct a jazz concert at 7 p.m., Feb. 26 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s Journal Theater.
 
Admission is free and guests are encouraged to bring family and friends to this night of entertainment.
 
The versatility and professionalism of this unique ensemble reflects the great diversity and ingenuity that makes the United States Air Force the greatest air and space force the world has ever known. The Air Force Academy Band’s Falconaires play a major role in cultivating our national heritage through American’s
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March Brown Bag Performance Features Taos Pianists

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Claire Detels
 
LAAC News:
 
The Los Alamos Arts Council’s March Brown Bag Performance will feature pianists from Taos, Kim Bakkum and Claire Detels, playing music by Romantic era composers, Clara Schumann (1819-1896), Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944), and Florence Price (1887-1953).
 
Some of the music will be played “four-hands,” two players on one piano.
 
The concert will begin at noon Wednesday, March 7, in Fuller Lodge. The Brown Bag concerts are free to the public.
 
 

Bakkum and Detels are professional pianists who have each established an international

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Bach Concert Series Comes To Los Alamos

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Courtesy/NMPAS

 

COMMUNITY News:

 

Hear some of Bach’s greatest music during the Annual Bach Society Concerts.

 

New Mexico Performing Arts Society is hosting the concerts, which the New Mexico Bach Chorale and Players will perform.

 

The concerts are 7 p.m. Saturday, March 10, at the United Church of Los Alamos. The shows continue at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 11, at the Immaculate Heart Chapel in Santa Fe and at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 25, at the St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Albuquerque.

 

Featured in the show will be Conductor and Artistic Director Franz Read More

World-Renowned Artists Provide Incomparable Classical Music Moments At 2018 SFCM Festival July 15 – Aug. 20

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SFCMF News:
 
SANTA FE — The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival presents another spectacular lineup in its 46th season, which runs July 15 through Aug. 20.
 
The Festival’s 40 concerts feature nearly 100 works — including five premieres — performed by the world’s finest classical musicians in beautiful and intimate venues in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Conductor and violinist Alan Gilbert returns to the Festival to serve as Artist-in-Residence for an unprecedented third time.
 
Spanning the 18th through the 21st centuries, the Festival’s 2018 repertoire
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Venue Change For Olions Spring Musical: ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee!’

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OLIONS News:

Can you spell M-U-S-I-C-A-L? The Los Alamos High School Olions Thespian Society proudly presents, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee!”

The community is invited to watch (and perhaps join the spellers with an audience participation opportunity) as the contestants try to spell their way to victory and learn a little bit about their wacky lives with some E-X-T-R-A-O-R-D-I-N-A-R-Y songs.

Note Venue change: Performances will be in the LAHS Blackbox at 7 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays March 14-18, 22-23 and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Performances in the new and Read More