Music

Mary Badarak Conducts Final Concert

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Mary Badarak, long-time conductor of the Los Alamos Choral Society, performed her final concert Sunday. She is retiring. Photo by Carl Newton/Courtesy

 

LOS ALAMOS CHORAL SOCIETY News: 

 

Sunday, a large crowd of music-lovers and well-wishers were in the United Church of Los Alamos when Mary Badarak, long-time conductor of the Los Alamos Choral Society, directed the Choral Society for the last time.

 

The concert—14 short songs featuring six that Badarak had arranged and three that she had composed—was a success that brought the crowd to its feet to join in a thundering Read More

LAAC Offers Sweet Treat At Brown Bag Show June 7

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Members of the Los Alamos/Santa Fe String Quartet prepare for their upcoming Brown Bag Show. Courtesy Photo

 

By KIRSTEN LASKEY

Los Alamos Daily Post 

 

Viola musician and member of the Los Alamos/Santa Fe String Quintet Brian Newnam describes chamber music as like dessert.

 

“Musicians love to play chamber music,” he said, explaining there is no conductor and musicians get the opportunity to play with friends. “Amateur musicians play chamber music for their enjoyment.”

 

The community will be able to enjoy the intimacy of chamber music themselves when the Los Alamos/Santa Read More

Tuesdays At The Pond Series Returns For 2017 Season

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Los Alamos Creative District News:

The summer staple “Tuesdays at the Pond” will be returning to the Ashley Pond stage at 7 p.m. every Tuesday, beginning June 6.

This year’s summer entertainment series will feature a wide variety of musical acts, and there’s sure to be something for everyone! Performances will range all the way from a professional wind ensemble to an R&B artist, a folk rock group to a big brass band, and everything in between.

The following acts will be part of the excitement from June to August this year:

  • June 6: The Bus Tapes
  • June 13: Zoltan and the Fortune
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Big Stars To Perform In Festival Chispa 2017

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Grammy award-winning artist Gaby Moreno will peform at the Festival Chispa 2017 at 8 p.m., June 24. Courtesy Photo 

 

Las Cafeterias will peform at the Festival Chispa 2017. Courtesy/lascafeteras.com

NHCC News:

ALBUQUERQUE – The National Hispanic Cultural Center, in partnership with Avokado Artists, presents Festival Chispa 2017.

The event features Latin Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno and her band, along with the incredibly fresh, multi-faceted Latin alternative and Chicano activist group Las Cafeteras at 8 p.m. June 24 in the Albuquerque Journal Read More

Tribute To Russ Gordon Placed In Congressional Record

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Russ Gordon with Los Alamos County Councilor Chris Chandler after the reading of the ‘Tribute to Russ Gordon’ Friday at the Summer Concert at Ashley Pond Park, which U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich placed in the Congressional Record. Chandler read the Tribute and presented Gordon with an official copy of the transcript, which he is holding. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

COMMUNITY News:

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich placed a tribute to longtime local concert promoter Russ Gordon into the Congressional Record of the 115th Congress of the United States Wednesday, May 24, 2017. Heinrich Read More

Scenes From Friday’s Summer Concert

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Dancers move to Deke Dickerson and his band Friday night at Ashley Pond Park. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Deke Dickerson sings a rock-a-billy tune. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Concert producer Russ Gordon chats with concert-goers. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Up a tree. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Walzing to the music. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Super Girl surveys the crowd. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Close to nature. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
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Heinrich To Highlight Community-Driven Economic Development, Meet With Veterans In Los Alamos

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

From the Office Of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

  • Heinrich to discuss importance of national parks and small businesses, meet with local veteran groups

SANTA FE – Friday, May 26 and Saturday, May 27, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will travel to Los Alamos and Española. During his visit, he will make a special announcement about the Manhattan Project National Historical Park and host a discussion on the economic impact of New Mexico’s growing craft beer and wine industries to highlight new ways to diversify the local economy.

Heinrich also will meet with local veteran Read More

Los Alamos Choral Society Concert May 28

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Mary Badarak
 
By CHARMIAN SCHALLER
Los Alamos Choral Society

When Mary Badarak steps up to lead the Los Alamos Choral Society’s 2017 spring concert Sunday, she will be presenting a showcase of her work—not only as a director, but as a composer and arranger as well.

Badarak will be retiring from Choral Society after this concert, “Broadway to Beatles to Badarak and Beyond,” which is scheduled at 4 p.m., Sunday, May 28, at the United Church of Los Alamos. (Tickets, $15 for adults and free for students, are available now at CB FOX, and will be available at the door Sunday.) Read More

HillStrummers Participate In Las Cruces UkeFest

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The Organ Mountains are reflected in the window behind the BESC Hillstrummers Ukulele group photo. Back row from left, Dan Gerth, Sabine Shurter, Jan Littleton, Jowilla Forman, Holly Kenney and Ruth Lier. Front row from left, Doris Ford, Diane Little, Patricia Rathbone, Yvonne Trujillo, Elise Lee and Irene Powell. Attendees not present for photo, Janet Harris, Darlene Potter and retiring instructor Kathleen Galbraith of Chama. Photo by Doris Ford

COMMUNITY News:

Fourteen members of the Betty Ehardt Senior Center Hillstrummers Ukulele group and their instructor participated in the three Read More

On The Job In Los Alamos: Aaron Anderson At LAMA

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On the job in Los Alamos is Aaron Anderson, co-owner of Los Alamos Music Academy LLC (LAMA) in his studio Friday at 200 DP Road. Anderson and his partner Cia Khakaura got together as the result of a discussion on Facebook about the demand for high quality, yet affordable, music lessons in Los Alamos. He was looking to grow his studio without a huge increase in time commitment, while she was looking for a way to decrease her travel to her students. They began exchanging messages, met face-to-face in June 2016. After a few months of lots of work, LAMA was born. Read more here. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More