Music

Cottonwood Hosts Fundraiser For Youth Shelters

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TLUXX DJ Brian Johnson will be back in town for his fourth annual Play It Forward charity event to benefit Youth Shelters of Santa Fe Friday at Cottonwood on the Greens. Courtesy image

 

By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post
 

Los Alamos High School graduate Brian Johnson is TLUXX, an EDM DJ/producer based in Los Angeles, Calif. He has shared the stage with performers such as Headhunterz, Zomboy, CandyLand, Cry Wolf, Riggi & Piros, MAKO and Party Favor. Johnson represented New Mexico at the Sun City Music Festival in El Paso, Texas.

He is also known for his Read More

HillStrummers Bring Holiday Cheer To Community

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Los Alamos HillStrummers bring holiday cheer Monday afternoon to Aspen Ridge. Courtesy/Hillstrummers

Community members listen to the Los Alamos HillStrummers performing Monday to Aspen Ridge. Courtesy/Hillstrummers

 

COMMUNITY News:

 
The HillStrummers Ukukele group played holiday music Monday afternoon at Aspen Ridge for the residents and will perform at another four venues before the end of the holiday season:
  • Tuesday, Dec. 19 the HillStrummers will join the students of Aspen Tiger Choir and the Chamisa Singsations at the BESC in the Great Room at 4 p.m. for an Intergenerational
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Thanking Russ: Holiday Benefit Concert At Unquarked Saturday

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COMMUNITY News:
 
What would summer in Los Alamos be without Gordon Concerts? Children chasing each other and tossing snacks to ducks in Ashley Pond; friends pilng onto picnic blankets with wine and beer; and the smell of local food trucks in the air while everyone taps their feet to music.
 
There is no better representation of Los Alamos than what Russ Gordon spent 28 years of his life giving to this community, summer after summer. And now, it’s our turn to thank Russ.
 
Local bands, Trainwreck Blue Band and State Road 4, will headline a benefit concert at Unquarked Wine Room at 2 p.m.
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Los Alamos Big Band Christmas Dance Thursday Dec. 28 To Benefit IHM Youth Program

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The Los Alamos Big Band during a recent performance at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy photo
 
By JOYCE ANN GUZIK
Los Alamos Big Band

The Los Alamos Big Band is presenting a Christmas Dance, 7:30-10:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 28, at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Hall, 3700 Canyon Road in Los Alamos. 

The public is invited and encouraged to attend; even if you are not a dancer, please come to listen and enjoy the authentic Big Band sound. The proceeds will benefit the IHM Youth Program. Admission is $15/person, $10/student, and $5 each for children under 12 years. Admission is payable at Read More

Los Alamos Choral Society Announces New Director

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Newly selected Los Alamos Choral Society Director Steven Paxton. Courtesy photo
 
By CHARMIAN SCHALLER
Los Alamos Choral Society

After almost seven months of uncertainty, the Los Alamos Choral Society (LACS) has a new director. Steven Paxton, the unanimous choice of the Choral Society Board of Directors, will take over in late February.

He succeeds Mary Badarak, a popular director at LACS for more than a decade. She decided last spring, at age 70, to cut back on her long commutes from her home in Cochiti Lake to sometimes snowy Los Alamos County and concentrate on her work as artistic director Read More

Christmas Tubas Perform Free Concert Dec. 22

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The Christmas Tubas perform in concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22 in Kelly Hall at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church, admission is free. Courtesy photo

Tubas. Courtesy photo

MUSIC News:

Nothing says Christmas quite like the sound of a choir performing carols.

This choir happens to be composed of tubas and euphoniums and is performing in concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22 in Kelly Hall at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church. There is no admission charge.

The group came together in 2002, and has played at various venues throughout Los Alamos every holiday season since then. The choir is made up of a Read More

Mountain Choir Sings Carols Downtown Dec. 14

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MOUNTAIN CHOIR News:

The Mountain School Choir, which recently sang with the Los Alamos High School choir at the Municipal Building for the Holiday Tree Lighting, is performing Christmas Carols beginning at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in front of the downtown post office on Central Ave.

The choir will walk down the street singing in front of businesses, cross the road and sing in CB FOX, walk on that side of the street and will finish will a few songs in Starbucks.

Mountain Choir invites the community to come downtown Thursday evening to hear the students and enjoy the holiday season with singing!

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Interfaith Christmas Concert Saturday

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Booklynn with her violin. Courtesy photo
 
MUSIC News:
 
An Interfaith Christmas Concert is 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, at the Mormon Church at 1967 18th St. in Los Alamos. 
 
This free event will have musical numbers from members of White Rock and Los Alamos communities. Performances include a variety of instruments, including piano, cello, ukulele and a bell choir. There also will be soloist and singing performances and opportunities for the audience to sing some classic Christmas music. The performers vary in age from 9 years to
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Shashi Light Charles Performs At Library Saturday

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Shashi Light Charles. Courtesy photo
 
LIBRARY News:
 
Shashi Light Charles will play and sing a free concert 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, at Mesa Public Library in the Upstairs Rotunda.
 
Her program will include holiday songs and some original work, all presented in her unique jazz-folk fusion style.
 
Charles fell in love with music at an early age, which beckoned her into singing (badly but passionately) and plinking on the piano and plucking on the guitar. Trilling and frolicking her way through school and community stage productions, she began to
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