Music

LACA Presents Latin America’s Premier String Quartet March 15

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Cuarteto Latinoamericano. Courtesy/LACA

LACA News:

The Los Alamos Concert Association will present Latin America’s premier string quartet in a concert scheduled at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 15 in the Smith Auditorium. 

Cuarteto Latinoamericano was to have performed with bandoneón virtuoso Daniel Binelli. However, Binelli has cancelled upcoming engagements including this Los Alamos appearance for medical reasons. The quartet will perform as scheduled with a revised program.

Cuarteto Latinoamericano is known worldwide as the leading proponent of Latin American music for string Read More

Max Gomez Plays Fuller Lodge March 20

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HOTH News:
 
History Off The Hill, a teen travel group not affiliated with the local schools, is bringing musician Max Gomez to Los Alamos Friday, March 20 at Fuller Lodge.
 
Doors open at 6 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m. and drinks will be available for purchase from Don Quixote Winery/Distillery.
 
Tickets for the concert are $15 and available only at Film Festival At Home, 3601-D Arkansas St.
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Former Singer/Guitarist Of ‘Wardog’ Releasing Old Song: ‘Clouds Of Magellan’ Sung In Klingon

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Musician Tom Gattis of Los Alamos. Courtesy photo
 
MUSIC News:
 
Tom Gattis, former singer/guitarist for 90’s Heavy/Power Metal band Wardog announces the upcoming release of an old song titled “Clouds Of Magellan,” which is sung in the Klingon language.
 
Klingon is a well-known language originating from the Star Trek television series.
 
Wardog originated from Phoenix, Ariz., in 1994, but disbanded in 2000. Tom Gattis has lived in Los Alamos since 2009 and works at Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Benefit Party For Bathtub Row Brewing In Central Park Square At 5 P.M. Friday

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The public is invited to a benefit for Bathtub Row Brewing begins at 5 p.m., Friday at 170 Central Park Square. There will be a $10 suggested donation to help Bathtub Row Brewing in one last push to get open. Kakistocrats will be playing music and Bosque Brewing will have beer available for purchase. It’s a picnic-type event, so people are asked to bring whatever they would like to eat in from home or take-out from local eateries. Courtesy/BRB Read More

Hannemann’s Music Corner: The Sustain

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Hannemann’s Music Corner
By RICHARD HANNEMANN
Los Alamos

The Sustain

One of the truly neat things about the guitar is its natural sustain. Play a note and then sit back and listen to it roll.

There are very few instruments that have this characteristic, the two most notable being the piano and the orchestral harp. The downside to the natural sustain of the piano is that it can be thunderous. Push down the sustain pedal on your piano and play a lot of chords and notes; it becomes a very flood of cacophony, and a powerful one at that, which overwhelms the melodies, counterpoint, harmonies, notes in a tsunami Read More

Infinity Squared Music Presents Spoken Lead Singer Matt Baird In Los Alamos Concert Tuesday Evening

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Spoken lead singer Matt Baird performs at 7 p.m., Tuesday. Courtesy photo

INFINITY SQUARED MUSIC News:

Don’t miss this concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24. Matt Baird, lead singer for Spoken, has come from Iowa by way of Texas to do an acoustic show at New Beginnings Fellowship for a $5 cover fee.

This event is the third show in six months, brought to you by a new Los Alamos community group, represented by the name Infinity Squared Music and coordinated by local Phil Jacobson.

The name was born out of the first show (September 2014), where nationally-acclaimed Everfound performed at White Rock Baptist Read More

‘Culture Day’ At Roundhouse Offers Best Of State Museums And Historic Sites

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State News:
 
SANTA FE ― The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs will host “Culture Day” 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday at the State Capitol Rotunda.
 
Interactive exhibits featuring New Mexico’s state-run museums and historic sites, as well as arts, historic preservation, archaeology and library programs will be offered to legislators and visitors to the Capitol throughout the day:
  • New Mexico Arts will provide “Oculus Rift Glasses” offering the wearer a cutting edge virtual “Pull of the Moon Experience.”
  • The NM State Library will display the new “Brainfuse” online tutorial
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This Weekend At Pajarito: Feb. 20-22

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SKI News:
 
Pajarito Mountain Ski Area will be open today through Monday (and every Friday through Monday for the rest of the season).
 
Snow is in the forecast for this weekend and it looks like it could reach several inches.
 
What’s Open This Weekend: 
 
Hours:
  • Ticket office, rental shop and restaurant will be open at 8 a.m.;
  • Mountain will be open from  9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and
  • Restaurant will be open for breakfast and lunch.
Mountain News:
 
Note: For updated trail conditions/counts, lift openings, etc., click here.
  • Friday we will have the Aspen,
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