Music

Los Alamos Choral Society Presents ‘Heroes, Explorers and Dreamers’ Sunday

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Los Alamos Choral Society in concert. File photo/ladailypost.com

LACS News

The Los Alamos Choral Society (LACS) will give its spring concert, “Heroes, Explorers and Dreamers,” at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 25 at Crossroads Bible Church, 97 East Road in Los Alamos. Admission is $15 for adults and free for children and students. Tickets are available at CB FOX and at the door.

Mary Badarak will conduct, with Diane Chan, assistant conductor, Cindy Little, accompanist, and rehearsal assistance from Jason Rutledge. There will be an oboe solo by Anne Marie Peeters Weem.

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Explore This Season’s Santa Fe Opera With UNM-LA

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The Santa Fe Opera. Courtesy/santafeopera.org
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Musicians, music educators and opera aficionados Greg Schneider and Dennis Davies-Wilson will give students a grand tour of this season’s Santa Fe Opera in Introduction to Opera, starting June 9 at UNM-Los Alamos.

The class is being offered both for credit and through Community Education, 6-9 p.m. for six Mondays. Credit students may decide on the amount of fine arts credit they want to pursue (1-3 credits). Those over 65 may take the class for $5 per credit hour if there is room in the class. They cannot Read More

Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers Opens 2014 Summer Concert Series at Overlook Park

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Concert promoter Russ Gordon looks out the crowd gathered for the first concert of his 25th season. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
 
Singer Zoe Muth unpacks her guitar and heads for the stage. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
 
Concert Promoter Russ Gordon introduces the first band of the 2014 Summer Concert Series, Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
 
Trinity Herndon dances to the music of Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
 
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LACA to Present Cliburn Piano Competition Winner Haochen Zhang May 23

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Haochen Zhang at the piano. Courtesy/LACA

By DAVID WATKINS
Los Alamos Concert Association

The Los Alamos Concert Association will present Haochen Zhang in the final concert of 2013-2014 Season at 7 p.m. Friday, May 23 at Duane Smith Auditorium in Los Alamos.

Since his gold medal win at the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, 23-year-old Chinese pianist Haochen Zhang has captivated audiences in the United States, Europe and Asia with a unique combination of deep musical sensitivity, fearless imagination and spectacular virtuosity.

His return to Fort Worth as part of the 2010–2011 Read More

Summer Concert Series Kicks Off Friday With Zoe Muth at Kite Festival!

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Zoe Muth. Courtesy/zoemuth.com
 
By RUSS GORDON
Los Alamos Summer Concert Series

Here we go folks! The 2014 LA County Summer Concert Series starts at 7 p.m. Friday, May 16 at Overlook Park in White Rock.

This will be the 25th Anniversary of the Series and it’ll be special. Friday’s show will be a part of the Los Alamos Arts Council’s Kite Festival (www.losalamosartcouncil.org/kite-festival).

Zoe Muth and her band, the Lost High Rollers start off our Series. All of the 2014 Friday night concerts are free of charge. You should bring your own chairs or blankets.

Zoe Muth started out in Seattle Read More

Community Invited to Española Valley Opera Guild & Black Mesa Winery ‘Opera, Wine and Cheese’ May 31

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EVOG News:

For the second year, Espanola Valley Opera Guild along with Black Mesa Winery is hosting Opera, Wine and Cheese.  Back by very popular demand is Carlos Archuleta, an Espanola native and former Santa Fe Opera apprentice.  He will be performing with Christina Martos and accompanied again by well-known Santa Fe pianist, John Rangel.

For more information, contact Lara Fitzgerald at lara@blackmesabnb.com, 505.583.2545 or www.guildsofsfo.org/ev.

About the Española Valley Opera Guild:

Española Valley Opera Guild volunteers participate in education and community Read More

Community Winds Look Back in ‘Retrospectives’

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Los Alamos Community Winds, with the Los Alamos Choral Society and Los Alamos High School Choirs and soloists perform Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, conducted by Dr. Ted Vives in May 2013. Photo by Glen Wurden
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

The Los Alamos Community Winds is taking a look back over its first 14 years. The upcoming concert “Retrospectives” includes highlights from past concerts (five of the six pieces have been performed previously by the Winds).

The concert is 7 p.m. Saturday, May 17 at Crossroads Bible Church. Like all Winds concerts, this one is free. A $10 donation Read More

Rotary Announces Deborah Beene Music Award Recipients

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From left, Michelle Yang, Chip Mielke and Victor Kim.  Photo by Ed Van Eeckhout

ROTARY News:

The Rotary Club of Los Alamos recently held auditions for the annual Deborah Beene Music Award competition. The award was established in the memory of Deborah Beene, daughter of Donald and Sara Beene, a violin and piano student who died while enrolled in school here in 1973. 

The award is intended to assist students in their musical growth. The students receiving the award are asked to use the money for fees to attend a music camp, for college or university music expenses, for the purchase of a Read More