Music

Aspen Elementary School 1st and 2nd Graders Delight Audience In Thursday’s ‘Pete The Cat’ Musical

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Aspen Elementary first and second grade students perform in Thursday’s ‘Pete The Cat’ Musical to the delight of staff, students and parents in the school gymnasium. Photo by Minesh Bacrania

Aspen Elementary School’s first and second graders, under the direction of music teacher Andrea Dowdy, perform Thursday in the musical ‘Pete The Cat’. Photo by Minesh Bacrania

ASPEN News:

Aspen Elementary School’s first and second graders, under the direction of music teacher Andrea Dowdy, presented a musical “Pete the Cat” Thursday for staff, students and parents in the school Read More

Classical Music World: The Power Of Fame

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By ANN MCLAUGHLIN, Artistic Director
Los Alamos Concert Association

I’m frequently asked how much the Los Alamos Concert Association pays the artists we present. That information is confidential when it comes to the fees charged by specific artists, but I can talk about this in more general terms. 

We pay our artists anywhere from several thousand dollars for a single performance to tens of thousands. In addition to the basic fee, we frequently offer to take care of ground transport and lodging expenses once artists arrive in New Mexico. 

Artists, by the way, always pay for airfare Read More

SFCC Free Winter Choral Concert Dec. 5

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SFCC News:
 
SANTA FE ― The Santa Fe Community College Chorus teams up with the SFCC Chamber Singers to perform a Winter Choral Concert of seasonal music at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. 
 
The concert is free, open to the public, and takes place in the Jemez Rooms on the SFCC campus, 6401 Richards Ave.
 
The program features the performances of chorus and chamber students who have participated in choral classes and rehearsals during the past semester. Musical pieces include the rarely performed Hanacpachap cussicuinin, an anonymous
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ACCT Presents Disney The Lion King Jr. Nov. 20-21

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Cast of the Atomic City Children’s Theater production of Disney The Lion King Jr. Courtesy photo

ACCT News:

Atomic City Children’s Theater is proud to present its production of Disney The Lion King Jr. 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, Rafiki!

Disney The Lion King Jr. will be presented at 7:30 p.m. this Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday at Smith Auditorium.

ACCT’s Co-Directors, Daren Savage and Kelsey Cline were both very pleased how well this cast worked with this show which Read More

Winternacht: Singers Perform At Brown Bag Dec. 2

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LAAC News:

The Los Alamos Arts Council presents a Brown Bag concert “Winternacht Songs for a Season of Longing” at noon Wednesday, Dec 2 at Fuller Lodge.

From Vivaldi, Bach, and Mozart, through Delibes, Dvorak, Humperdinck and Barber, to Broadway and pop, the performances feature local singers:

  • Lisa Moore, alto
  • Kaylen Pocaterra, mezzo soprano
  • Nora Scott, soprano
  • Nathan Filer, baritone
  • Bethany Filer, soprano
  • Dawn Filer, soprano
  • Yasmeen Lookman, mezzo soprano, and
  • Alicia Solomon, teacher/accompanist
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LAPSF Accepting Musical Instrument Donations

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LAPS FOUNDATION News:

The Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation is pleased to announce that its Instrument Donation Program is once again accepting donations of band and orchestra instruments. 

Each year there are students who would like to join the elementary band and orchestra programs, provided at each of the five participating schools, whose families cannot afford the purchase of an instrument. 

Do you have a musical instrument collecting dust? Make music possible for a young student and take the tax donation as allowed. As a 501(c)(3) organization, the LAPS Foundation will Read More

Family Council Boots And Black Tie Fall Ball Garners Celebrity Support From Ali MacGraw

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Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neil. Courtesy photo

Staff Report

Ali MacGraw is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actress—best known to most of the world for her work in Love Story and The Getaway—but around Northern New Mexico she is loved and admired as an activist and philanthropist.
 
MacGraw, a full-time Santa Fe local, has a long, long list of organizations she has lent her name and fame to support.

 And now, the Los Alamos Family Council can add their name to her distinguished list.

The Los Alamos Family Council is raising money to provide crisis intervention services Read More