Music

Los Alamos Big Band Hosts Valentine’s Dance

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Los Alamos Big Band presents a Valentine’s Dance Saturday at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy photo

 

COMMUNITY News:

 

The Los Alamos Big Band presents a Valentine’s Dance 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17 at Fuller Lodge.

 

Admission is $15 for couple, $10 for individuals and $5 for students. Admission is free for middle-school children and younger with a paying adult. Tickets are available at the door. Come dance to a variety of Big Band favorites, including romantic Valentine’s Day tunes, or just relax and listen!

 

The Los Alamos Big Band is a 16-instrument 1940s Glenn Miller-style Read More

LAAC Announces Upcoming Events

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LAAC News:

The Los Alamos Arts Council (LAAC) announces its upcoming events. LAAC is a 501c3 non-profit corporation that for 50 years has supported creative arts activities in Los Alamos and Northern New Mexico.

For more information, visit LosAlamosArtsCouncil.org or call 505.663.0477.

FEBRUARY:

Monday Feb. 12

  • Arts Forum at noon in the Nambe Room at Fuller Lodge

MARCH:

Thursday March 1

  • Deadline to receive proposals for the Rosalie Heller Annual Memorial Lecture in Music. The inaugural lecture is Saturday, Sept. 22.

Wednesday March 7

  • Brown Bag Performance noon to 1 p.m. at Fuller Lodge, featuring
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LAAC Offers Chamber Music To Connect Community

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The Apple Hill String Quartet will hold a master class and concert March 22 in Fuller Lodge. The Los Alamos Arts Council is sponsoring the event. Courtesy photo
 
By PATRICK NEHER
Los Alamos Arts Council Executive Director

What is the Great Connector of people in Los Alamos (beside science)? Music! Yes, especially classical chamber music!

Back in the 70’s, there was a gathering of string players in my mother’s living room, enthusiastically sawing away at the music of Haydn (a string quartet, if my memory serves well) and, while the melodies were clear and bright from the violins and cello,

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‘Carmina Burana’ In LAMS Gym 7 P.M. Saturday

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By CHARMIAN SCHALLER
For Los Alamos Choral Society

At times in the last couple of weeks, the Los Alamos production of Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” has seemed like a traveling show—but it has now found a home.

“Carmina” was originally scheduled to be presented in the Duane Smith Auditorium, but as the show day approached, it became apparent that construction on the lobby of the auditorium would not be completed in time to allow for last-week rehearsals or the performance itself.

Los Alamos Public Schools Superintendent Kurt Steinhaus and his staff found an unusual but practical Read More

LACA Concert An Experience To Remember

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István Várdai. Courtesy photo
 
By CARL NEWTON
Los Alamos

Bringing back István Várdai for the Jan. 21 Los Alamos Concert Association’s  cello concert with pianist Shai Wosner provided the audience with a thrilling afternoon. Their choice of works gave us the opportunity to hear wonderful compostitions that are rarely heard. Works by Eastern European composers, Kodály’s Sonatina and Janácek’s Pohadka, are pieces that we have probably not heard before.

My earliest memory of an outstanding cellist in performance is Antonio Janigro with the band that he created in Zagreb, Read More

This Week At Pajarito Mountain

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PAJARITO MOUNTAIN News:
 
Pajarito Mountain has Mushroom, Zero Road East and the Beginner’s area open. The NEW Magic Carpet and the Beginner Lift are open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for daily operations.
 
Lift ticket prices are $24 for all ages. For the snow report and ticket info, click here.
 
Upcoming Events (click here for our calendar):
 
The Feb. 3, USASA Southwest Freeride Series slalom and giant slalom competition has been moved to Sipapu. Find out more at SouthwestFreerideSeries.com or here.
 
Feb. 10 features Pajarito’s ongoing Beer & Band
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LAPS Foundation Sends LAMS Band Director Ryan Finn To World’s Largest Music Conference

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LAMS Band Director Ryan Finn with his students. Courtesy/LAPS Foundation

LAPS FOUNDATION News:

Last fall, the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation awarded nearly $11,000 for LAPS educators to pursue professional development opportunities in their fields. One of the recipients, Los Alamos Middle School Band Director Ryan Finn, recently attended the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, which is the largest of its kind in the world.

The renowned conference hosts thousands of music educators from around the country who work together attending workshops, clinics, and other professional Read More

Cooperation Provides Venue For ‘Carmina Burana’

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By CHARMIAN SCHALLER
For Los Alamos Choral Society

Notice to Los Alamos Choral Society (LACS) supporters:

“Carmina Burana” is moving to a new location. It will not be performed at the Duane Smith Auditorium on Feb. 10, but it will be presented on that same day, at 7 p.m., at the Los Alamos Middle School Gymnasium.

The local production of Carl Orff’s massive choral and orchestral interpretation of a collection of medieval songs was scheduled to be the first production in the newly renovated Smith Auditorium. However, it became apparent early in January that the reconstruction of the auditorium Read More

Slaid Cleaves Plays Los Alamos Feb. 16

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Singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves

MUSIC News:

Raised in Maine, Slaid Cleaves will visit Los Alamos in February by way of Austin, Texas where he is a respected part of the Americana music scene that thrives there. Cleaves will take the stage at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16 at Fuller Lodge

With songwriting reminiscent of that of John Prine and Steve Earle, Cleaves has spent nearly 30 years introducing his listeners to characters often forgotten in the hustle and bustle of daily life and stardom obsessed America. That he has not reached the notoriety of Prine and Earle surprises many in the industry, causing Read More

EVOG Presents ‘Posole Mio’ At The Delta Sunday

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EVOG News:

It’s a new year but you know old friends are the best, so come and catch up with long-time friends … that’s right … the Espanola Valley Opera Guild has been bringing opera to the community for 50 years at The DELTA.

“Posole Mio” is 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21 at The Delta at 224 N. Paseo de Ornate in Espanola. The community is invited to gather together to eat fabulous posole and celebrate arts and music — including Spanish music, Broadway tunes, and a youth performance.

Charles MacKay, the outgoing general director of The Santa Fe Opera, will be joining the event. Read More