Music

Piano Virtuoso Sean Chen Opens LACA Season

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Sean Chen at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Courtesy photo
 
LACA News:

The first American to medal in the prestigious Van Cliburn International Piano Competition since 1997 will kick off the Los Alamos Concert Association’s 70th Anniversary season at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25 in the Duane Smith Auditorium.

Rising young pianist Sean Chen has been praised by the Huffington Post for his “exceptional ability to connect with an audience.” His busy concert schedule has earned him rave reviews throughout the US and a recent European tour included a performance in Amsterdam’s Read More

Bathroom Excitement Sparks Mock Ceremony

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Concert promoter Russ Gordon, local dancer Annie Bard and Nomads’ tenor sax player Matt Gibbs are so happy with the new restroom facilities at Ashley Pond Park that they held an impromptu dedication ceremony Friday evening before the final summer concert of the season. They utilized toilet paper for the traditional ribbon cutting segment of the ceremony. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Eddy Partridge of Eddy and the Nomads breaks into song as he exits the boys room at Ashley Pond Park Friday saying ‘the new restrooms rock’. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

2015 Summer Concert Series Wraps Up With Nomads And DK & The Affordables At Ashley Pond Tonight

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Eddy Partridge of the Nomads, left and DK Warner of DK & the Affordables on stage with Russ Gordon, center. Courtesy photo
 
By RUSS GORDON, Promoter
Summer Concert Series

Eddy Partridge & the Nomads play at 7 p.m. today at Ashley Pond Park. DK & the Affordables follow around 8:45 p.m. This concert is the last show of the 2015 Summer Concert Series.

The Nomads from Los Alamos are one of the community’s all-time favorite bands. They play popular music from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Songs like Richie Valens’ “La Read More

America’s Cowboy Balladeer Performs At NMHM Oct. 18

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Don Edwards

NMHM News:

SANTA FE — Don Edwards, a premier performer of old-time ballads and cowboy songs, returns to the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, performing The Legend of Jack Thorp.

Tickets for Edwards’ performance are $25 at the History Museum Shop; call 505.982-9543 or visit www.newmexicocreates.org.

In this musical adventure, Edwards tells the story of Jack Thorp, born Nathan Howard Thorp in New York City in 1867. While still in his teens he came to New Mexico and became a working cowboy. One night in 1889 while hunting stray horses, he rode into a camp of Read More

Classical Music World: Sight Vs. Sound

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By ANN MCLAUGHLIN, Artistic Director
Los Alamos Concert Association

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences isn’t an obvious place to find interesting articles about music. But a recent article written by psychologist and Juilliard-trained pianist Chia-Jung Tsay, caught my attention. 

In a series of experiments, Tsay showed 185 non-musicians video clips of competitors as they performed in 10 international music competitions. One group both viewed and heard the competitors.  A second group heard the audio, but didn’t see the performers and the third group watched Read More

Los Alamos Choral Society Holds Brahms Requiem Rehearsals Sept. 8

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LACS News:
 
The Los Alamos Choral Society (LACS) is beginning preparations for its winter concert, which will be presented in collaboration with the Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra.
 
Directed by Mary Badarak, LACS will be presenting Robert Shaw’s English translation of Brahms Requiem at 4 p.m., Jan. 23, 2016 at Crossroads Bible Church.
 
2015 is a significant year for the Brahms German Requiem, as it is the 150th anniversary of its composition; 2016 is also the centennial year of the noted conductor Robert Shaw who, in 1997, prepared
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The Iguanas Mixed Up Quite A Gumbo Friday

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The Iguanas on stage for Friday’s Summer Concert at Rover Park in White Rock. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Music, dancing, laughter. The Iguanas on stage Friday night at Rover Park. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Saxiphonist Joe Cabral blows his horn. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 

MUSIC News:

The Iguanas slithered into Rover Park Friday night to perform for the summer concert.

Their mix of Conjunto, R&B, blues, Chicano rock, Country and every kind of rock ‘n roll, could come only from New Orleans. They even brought a warm Read More

‘Young Frankenstein’ Vignettes Begin Brown Bag Season

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LAAC News:

It’s always free and always entertaining to take a lunch break at the Los Alamos Arts Council’s Brown Bag Performance Series at Fuller Lodge. 

Presenting a wide range of programs, from Beethoven to ballet, opera to jazz, chamber music to bagpipes, these concerts have been entertaining Los Alamos music lovers on their midday breaks since 1973. Brown Bag Performances connect performers to the community. Performances are at noon and typically on the first Wednesday of each month but dates may vary.

The 2015-2016 Brown Bag season begins at noon, Sept. 2 with Los Alamos Light Read More

Iguanas Play Summer Concert At Rover Park Tonight

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The Iguanas from New Orleans play Summer Concert at tonight at Rover Park. Photo by Laura Richens
 
By RUSS GORDON
Summer Concert Series

The Iguanas from New Orleans play Los Alamos Summer Concert Series at 7 p.m. today at Rover Park in White Rock. The weather should be fine but remember that may change so dress for anything. The Show will go on.

The Iguanas play a gumbo of Cajun (French-Acadian), Mexican, Mexican-American rock, New Orleans’ rock, jazz & blues plus roots- rock They’ve played all over the world including NPR’s Mountain Stage, Tipitinas, the “Treme” Read More