Music

Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra Holiday Concert

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Carol Haertling and Lyndee Francom rehearse for the upcoming Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra’s holiday concert Tuesday night at the Los Alamos High School. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

​Musicians with the Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra rehearse Tuesday night. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

​LASO News: 

The Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra will open the 2017 holiday season with its traditional Pops Concert.

The concert will begin at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, at the Crossroads Bible Church. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the orchestra will present familiar season Read More

New Mexico Nutcracker Returns To NHCC

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NHCC News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― Festival Ballet Albuquerque and the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC), with choreography by Patricia Dickinson Wells, and full live orchestra under the baton of Maestro Guillermo Figueroa, present The Nutcracker Ballet in the Land of Enchantment, Friday through Sunday, Dec. 15-17 in the NHCC’s Albuquerque Journal Theatre.
 
Performances are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, with 2 p.m. matinees Saturday and Sunday.
 
Tickets are $14 through $47, with
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Gifted Los Alamos Pianists Win State Piano Competition

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Nicholas Mozyrsky, left, Julia Chen and Dr. Madeline J. Williamson. Courtesy photo
 
MUSIC News:
 
The Annual Piano Competition for the Professional Music Teachers of New Mexico (PMTNM) was held Saturday, Nov. 11, on the campus of the Albuquerque Academy.
 
Two of Los Alamos’ finest young pianists emerged victorious by winning the highest piano awards in the State: Julia Chen, age 13, was awarded First Prize in Level III (ages 12-13) for her stellar performance of Desperate Measures: 12 Variations on a Theme of Paganini by American composer Robert Muczynski (1929-2010) and
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Musical Piñata For Christmas V Dec. 8

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TP News:
 
Teatro Paraguas is delighted to invite you to their A Musical Piñata for Christmas V, opening Dec. 8 and running for two weekends. This festive bilingual evening of live music, carols, and comedy is the fifth annual holiday celebration at Teatro Paraguas.
 
TP’s musical director JoJo Sena de Tarnoff has formed a lively ensemble of musicians, dancers, and actors, ranging in age from 4 to 70. The evening will begin with an original one-act play entitled Santa Fe, 1944- A Christmas Story, based on the memories of
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Los Alamos Choirs Madrigal Feast Dec. 1-2

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CHOIR News:

Looking for a night of music, entertainment, and a glorious meal? Come one, come all to the first ever Los Alamos Choirs’ Madrigal Feast, Dec. 1-2 as part of WinterFest.

This special concert event is a student-led scholarship fundraiser to help with travel and performance expenses for students with a need for assistance. Enjoy, as you travel back in time to the renaissance period and watch the royal court sing, entertain, and solve the mystery of Wes Hale.
 
Guests will be served a full three-course meal with dessert, catered by the Los Alamos Co-op and Los Alamos High School Culinary
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Santa Fe Opera: Shoes For The Santo Niño Dec. 1-2

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The Santa Fe Opera and National Hispanic Cultural Center celebrate the holiday season with the return of Shoes for the Santo Niño Dec. 1-2. Courtesy/SFO
 
SFO News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― The Santa Fe Opera and National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) are celebrating the holiday season with the return of Shoes for the Santo Niño, an opera for all ages that will take place in the Center’s Albuquerque Journal Theatre at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 1-2, with a 2 p.m. matinee Saturday.
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Big Fun With Four Chairs And A Keyboard: [title of show] Opens At LALT

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From left, Susan (Holly Robinson), Heidi (Joy Reynolds), Jeff (Patrick MacDonald) and Hunter (Stuart Rupprecht) perform a musical number. Photo by Larry Gibbons
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
bjgordon@ladailypost.com

The musical comedy [title of show], not a typo, (music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen, book by Hunter Bell) tells the story of its own creation as an entry in the New York Musical Theatre Festival in 2004 up to its Broadway opening in 2008.

Collaborators, writer Hunter (Stuart Rupprecht) and composer and lyricist Jeff (Patrick MacDonald), recruit two Read More

LASO Performs With Premier Cello Virtuoso Wendy Warner Saturday

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Internationally reknowned cellest Wendy Warner performs Saturday with the Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra at Crossroads Bible Church. Courtesy photo

MUSIC News:

Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra welcomes internationally known cellist Wendy Warner to the stage for its Fall Concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 at Crossroads Bible Church. The concert is free, donations accepted.

Warner is one of the world’s leading cellists, praised by Strings magazine for her “youthful, surging playing, natural stage presence and almost frightening technique.”

Warner soared to international attention in Read More

2017 Annual Barbershop Harmony Show Nov. 10-11

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2016 Southwestern District Quartet Champions, Southern Company, are special guests for the 2017 Annual Barbershop Harmony Show Nov 10-11 at United Church. Courtesy photo

MUSIC News:

The Los Alamos Lads of Enchantment and the Santa Fe Harmonizers will jointly present the 2017 Annual Barbershop Harmony Show in Los Alamos at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10 and Saturday, Nov. 11 at the United Church of Los Alamos.

The first part of the show will feature the combined Los Alamos and Santa Fe choruses and quartets, the second part will feature the 2016 Southwestern District Quartet Champions, Southern Company, Read More