Music

Brown Bag Concert: Trio de Los Alamos Noon Today

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Trio de Los Alamos with violinist Brian Newnam, pianist Cindy Little and cellist Shanalyn Kemme, performs at noon today in the sanctuary of the United Church. File photo

LAAC News:

The Los Alamos Arts Council continues its 2015-2016 Brown Bag Performance Series with the Trio de Los Alamos at noon today in the sanctuary of the United Church. They will perform  works by composers Aarre Merikanto and Camille Saint-Saens.

The Trio, whose members are violinist Brian Newnam, pianist Cindy Little and cellist Shanalyn Kemme, have been playing together for 13 years. Brian and Cindy are Read More

LAHS’s Presley Gao Performs Schumann Piano Concerto With New Mexico Philharmonic In Albuquerque

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Los Alamos High School freshman and pianist Presley Gao on stage to perform with the New Mexico Philharmonic April 24 in Albuquerque. Courtesy photo

Pianist Presley Gao of Los Alamos, left, with conductor Dr. Daniel Cummings at the reception after the concert. Courtesy photo

Pianist Presley Gao of Los Alamos with Jackie McGehee, left, founder of the competition, and his teacher Dr. Jacquelyn Helin at the reception after the concert. Courtesy photo

Staff Report

Los Alamos High School 9th grade student Presley Gao took the stage April 24 in the First United Methodist Church of Albuquerque Read More

Sangre De Cristo Chorale Presents Spring Concert

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The Sangre de Cristo Chorale. Courtesy photo

MUSIC News:

The Sangre de Cristo Chorale has been exciting audiences with performances in Santa Fe and Los Alamos for 38 years.

This year the singers in the Chorale welcomed eight apprentices from three high schools – Santa Fe High, Pojoaque High School and the New Mexico School for the Arts – to sing as full members of the chorale. An important element of the chorale’s mission is helping young singers learn that singing a diverse classical repertoire can enrich their lives and create community through song. 

With Andrew Schmidt as the new music Read More

Sangre De Cristo Chorale Presents ‘Radiant Spring’ Concert May 7-8

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Sangre de Cristo Chorale. Photo by Richard Huelster
 
SDCC News:
 
Capping its first year with music director Andrew Schmidt, the Sangre de Cristo Chorale will present its spring concert, “Radiant Spring,” over Mother’s Day weekend.
 
The 38-year-old chorale will perform at 7 p.m., May 7 at Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2390 North Road, in Los Alamos, and again at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 8 at First Presbyterian Church, 208 Grant Avenue, in Santa Fe.
 
The concert’s pieces will celebrate light, love and passion. The centerpiece of
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Atomic City Children’s Theater presents Disney The Lion King KIDS At Pinon This Weekend!

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Courtesy/ACCT

ACCT News:

Atomic City Children’s Theater are proud to present their production of Disney The Lion King KIDS. All of your favorite characters from the classic Disney film and hit Broadway musical are here – Simba, Nala, Scar, Pumbaa, Timon, Zazu, and of course, the Rafikis!

Disney The Lion King Jr. will be presented this Friday evening at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. at Pinon Elementary School.

ACCT’s Co-Directors, Daren Savage and Kelsey Cline are very proud of their young cast. Savage noted, “Our cast is made up of 3rd and 4th grade students from each elementary school and Read More

LASO Presents All Russian Concert With Guest Soloist Cármelo de los Santos

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Cármelo de los Santos performs tonight with the Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra. Photo by Leko Machado
 
Conductor David Chavez leads the Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra in rehearsal Monday evening in the LAHS Band Room. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

The Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra will present an All-Russian concert this evening at 7 p.m. at Crossroads Bible Church.

Conductor David Chavez has chosen an exciting all-Russian program with the Festive Overture of Dimitri Shostakovich, the Violin Concerto in D Minor of Aram Khachaturian Read More

UNM-LA Hosts Free Jazz Concert Friday

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Lenny Tischler stands in front of a mural on the UNM-LA campus. Tischler is an adjunct lecturer at the college. He also teaches jazz in Santa Fe. Photo by Nancy Coombs
 
UNM-LA News:
 
Lenny Tischler will perform “Freedom Work: Folk Forms and Variations” at 7 p.m. Friday, April 29 in the Student Center (Building 2) at the University of New Mexico at Los Alamos (UNM-LA).
 
The public is invited to attend this free performance, which serves as the culmination of UNM-LA’s “April is for the Arts” celebration.
 
“Freedom Work” evolved from a single piece to a 5-part suite over
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Air Force Academy Band Plays Kiva Auditorium Monday

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The United States Air Force Academy Concert Band. Courtesy/DOD
 

Kirtland AFB News:

ALBUQUERQUE – The United States Air Force Academy Concert Band will perform at 7 p.m., Monday at Kiva Auditorium at the Albuquerque Convention Center.

The performance is free, and one of the events commemorating the ongoing 75th Anniversary of Kirtland AFB. For more information about the band, visit www.usafacademyband.af.mil.

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Olions Serve Tasty Fare In ‘Monty Python’s Spamalot’

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The Knights Who Say Ni! baffle King Arthur and Patsy in ‘Spamalot.’ Photo by Elene Giorgi
 
Sir Galahad (Daniel Sarrao) and The Lady of the Lake (Evelyn Wohlbier) perform ‘The Song That Goes Like This.’ Photo by Elena Giorgi
 
Review by BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
 
The Los Alamos High School Olions rendition of “Monty Python’s Spamalot” opened Friday at Duane Smith Auditorium to loud guffaws and wolf whistles.

“Monty Python and the Holy Grail” was originally a 1975 feature film, “Monty Python and the Holy Read More

Los Alamos Composer Rewrites Classic Film Score

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Los Alamos composer/musician Matt Hanson. Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY News:

The remake of the1954 classic movie Salt of the Earth will shine a spotlight on Los Alamos composer/musician Matt Hanson at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 1 at The Lensic in Santa Fe.  

While growing up in Los Alamos, Hanson participated in band and orchestra from elementary school through high school, graduating from Los Alamos High School in 2008. At an early age, he showed a remarkable aptitude for music composition and performance.

His parents played classical music for him and, on one occasion at age 5, after Read More