Music

Ensemble Transforms Scrap Waste Into Music At Debut Show In Taos April 9

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TCA News:
 
TAOS ― The Taos Center for the Arts (TCA) presents the internationally renowned percussion ensemble, Scrap Arts Music, for one night only at 7:30 p.m., April 9 at the Taos Community Auditorium.
Scrap Arts Music is music that starts out as scrap, turns into art and then transforms into unforgettable sound. Hear intricate rhythms, experience raw energy and athletic choreography, and see the most inventive reuse of materials on stage today.
Instruments can be fashioned from industrial scrap and offbeat materials ranging from accordion parts to artillery shells,
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CSF Wind Orchestra Opens 2015 Season March 29

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Concert poster. Courtesy/Wind Orchestra of Concordia Santa Fe

MUSIC News:

The Wind Orchestra of Concordia Santa Fe opens its 2015 season with an array of 20th- and 21st-Century compositions in a program entitled Colors of the Southwest, in conjunction with the new art exhibit of the same title at the New Mexico Museum of Art. 

This program features works that capture the musical life and landscapes of the southwestern United States.  For contrast in the program, guest conductor Dr. Jaclyn Hartenberger from the University of Georgia has included two pieces from other geographical Read More

Igor & Red Elvises Play Posse Lodge Tonight

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SUMMER CONCERT News:

Igor & the Red Elvises play the Posse Lodge at 7:30 p.m. today at a fundraiser for the 2015 Los Alamos County Summer Concert Series.

Tickets are $20 per person. There will be no food or drinks served so it’s recommended that people eat before at concert sponsors Manhattan Project Bar & Grill, Pajarito Ski Hill or Pajarito Brewpub and Grill. Also, refreshments can be purchased at Smith’s Marketplace and brought to the Posse Lodge.

Igor & the Red Elvises is a brand new Red Elvises band now staring Igor with an all-woman band. You’ve never heard this band unless Read More

NYC Jazz Duo Plays Fuller Lodge Saturday

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NYC musicians Roy Dunlap (piano) and Marcus Parsley (trumpet) perform Saturday. Courtesy photo

MUSIC News:

NYC musicians Roy Dunlap (piano) and Marcus Parsley (trumpet) will give a jazz concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 21 at Fuller Lodge.

They will be performing a number of works from the classic American songbook. The duo will be featuring music from jazz masters Thelonius Monk and Charlie Parker, as well as their own compositions. In addition to the jazz and be-bop program, they will be reinventing and improvising over a work from Gustav Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder.

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Open Mic Night At Bandelier Grill In White Rock

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Music News:
 
The Bandelier Grill in White Rock, owned by Brian Appell, will sponsor a regular open mic nite, hosted by Richard Hannemann, owner of Hannemann Music, 8:30-12:30 p.m. Saturdays beginning March 21.
 
Acts should plan on a short set of three songs or 10 minutes, which ever comes first ― if there is remaining time after everyone has done their short set, open mic nite will open up to something more informal.
 
Acts who have a CD album will be able to make their CD available for sale ― limit this to one title per act. Bandelier Grill will handle
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Music Benefits Patients At Aspen Ridge And Sombrillo

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By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

Music has the ability to change moods, provoke memories and stir emotions.

“It enhances everyone’s lives,” Aspen Ridge Lodge Activity Director Carmela Miller-Martinez said.

Recently, Aspen Ridge Lodge and Sombrillo Nursing Home started utilizing music’s abilities to benefit the residents. Using $6,500 from United Way of Northern New Mexico, the two retirement centers purchased individual iPod shuffles, iTunes gift cards and four Sirius radios. United Way awarded the funds last year and in January, Sombrillo and Aspen began operating as music Read More

LALT Announces Cast For Avenue Q, The Musical

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Courtesy/LALT

LALT News:

Los Alamos Little Theatre announces the cast of Avenue Q, The Musical, which includes Kile Uhlenbrock, Kate Ramsey, David Daniel, Glenda Fletcher, Sara Barber, Stuart Rupprecht, Connor Schultz, Henry Knutsen, Henry Knutsen, Zack Baker, Tyrrell Cummings, Gwen Lewis, Pat Beck and Jeanne Adkins.

Avenue Q, The Musical by Jeff Whitty with music and lyrics written by Academy Award winner Robert Lopez and directed by Holly Haas opens in May at the Los Alamos Little Theatre, 1670 Nectar St. in Los Alamos.

Avenue Q features music direction by Sheila Schiferl, scenic design Read More

NMDT Performance Company Presents ‘Giselle’

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NMDT-PC dancers Sarah Dale Devon McCleskey and Sarah Dale and back row from left, Louisa Belian, Rebbeca Cai and Megan Hemphill. Photo by Dan Mahoney

NMDT-PC News:

Love, betrayal and forgiveness reign as the New Mexico Dance Theater Performance Company (NMDT-PC) presents “Giselle,” one of the world’s most beloved and enduring masterpieces in all ballet.

The ghostly love story will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 20 and 21 and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 22 at the Duane W. Smith Auditorium.

NMDT-PC has made a huge impact on the Los Alamos community. In fact, during its 14-year existence, Read More

LOL Los Alamos At Smith Auditorium March 27

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LAHS News:

Laugh Out Loud Los Alamos, A night of comedy and music to benefit the Los Alamos High School band program is 7 p.m., March 27.

Tickets are $12 for students/seniors and $15 for adults and can be purchased in advance at CB FOX or at the door.

The night of comedy features the Pleasure Pilots – Original N’ Vintage Rhythm and Blues featuring some of New Mexico’s greatest musical treasures:

  • David Phillips (Keyboards and Vocals);
  • Fred Spencer (Guitar and vocals);
  • Ray Griffin (saxophone);
  • Terry Bluhm (Bass); and
  • Pete Amahl (drums).

Comedy

Headliner: Roger Haak

Haak is a self described “arts Read More