Music

Brown Bag: Pianist Charles Lieou Performs April 6

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Charles Lieou will perform at noon, April 6 at the United Church of Los Alamos. Courtesy photo
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos

Charles Lieou, a pianist and postdoctoral research associate at Los Alamos National Laboratory, is making his local debut at the upcoming Brown Bag show.

Lieou’s recital will feature pieces by Bach and Schubert. The free noontime show, sponsored by Los Alamos Arts Council, is at the United Church of Los Alamos. The Brown Bag’s usual venue, Fuller Lodge, is being renovated.

Lieou explained he selected Bach’s “Partita No. 4 in D, BWV 828” because it is a “very bright piece.”

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Band Concert Features Composer Frank Ticheli Conducting His Own Music In Los Alamos Saturday

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By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Three bands will take the stage Saturday for The Los Alamos Community Winds Band Festival Finale and Gala Concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 19 at Crossroads Bible Church. Admission is free. Suggested donation is $10.

“This is such a tremendous opportunity to have an event of this caliber here in Los Alamos,” Community Winds Director Ted Vives said.

First the concert will feature a Festival Honor Band, comprising middle and high school students, under the direction of Frank Ticheli and Chandra Blackston. The band consists of students from around Read More

Lensic’s Robert Martin Resigns

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LENSIC News:
 
SANTA FE —The Board of Directors of the Lensic Performing Arts Center has announced that Executive/Artistic Director Robert Martin has resigned and plans to depart at or before the end of March to pursue other interests and opportunities. The Lensic Board of Directors will immediately begin a nationwide search for a permanent successor to Martin. 

Martin’s passion for the arts and community has permeated his tenure at The Lensic and has been a driving force in the revitalization of this community treasure. Martin has directed artistic programming

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Santa Fe Pro Musica Presents ‘Baroque Holy Week’

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Kathryn Mueller

SFPM News:

Santa Fe Pro Musica’s beloved Baroque Holy Week concerts return to the Loretto Chapel, featuring the Santa Fe Pro Musica Baroque Ensemble performing works inspired by the secular and the divine.

Vocalists Kathryn Mueller and Deborah Domanski will join the Ensemble in music by the great baroque composers Bach and Handel.

Concerts are 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 24; 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 25 and 6 p.m. Saturday, March 26 at Loretto Chapel, 207 Old Santa Fe Trail in Santa Fe.

Deborah Domanski

Tickets are $20, $35, $48, $69 at the Santa Fe Pro Musica Box Office 505.988-4640, Read More

Los Alamos Piano Students Win Top Competition Prizes

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First Prize Winners Sruthi Garimella, left, Yunseo Kim, and Julia Chen. Not​ pictured, Maggie Mu. Courtesy photo
 
MUSIC News:
 
Thirteen outstanding young pianists in Los Alamos came away with top prizes in the Keith Snell Sonata Contest held annually in Santa Fe.
 
A total of 38 students were entered in the day-long competition, with Los Alamos pianists garnering more than half of the prizes in seven different levels of competition. Each level—Two through Eight—had one required Sonata or Sonatina movement from the Classical Era of music.
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Tour Of Duane W. Smith Auditorium

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Los Alamos Concert Association Artistic Director Ann McLaughlin, left, and Technical Director Ross Mason, center, led a recent tour of Duane W. Smith Auditorium to discuss needed renovations. The aging facility hosts world class concerts in which the walls are so flimsy, patrons are asked to refrain from flushing toilets until they hear audience applause to muffle the sound. County Council voted Tuesday to help fund the renovation through its school parnership budget. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Ross Mason presents the basics on the renovations he would like to see for
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NMSC Presents Epic Mozart’s Requiem March 6

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MUSIC News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― The New Mexico Symphonic Chorus and Orchestra will perform Mozart’s sublime Requiem, as well as famed Coronation Anthems by Handel, at 3 p.m., Sunday, March 6, at the First United Methodist Church in Albuquerque with ample, convenient, free parking nearby – 314 Lead Ave. SW (Lead and 4th Street).
 
New Mexico audience favorites mezzo-soprano Jacqueline Zander-Wall, soprano Marilyn Thomas Bernard, tenor Eric Parker and baritone Stephen Lewis will be featured soloists in this highly anticipated concert.
 
“Our
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