Music

DK & the Affordables Play at LANB Tonight

August 30, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

DK & the Affordables will perform tonight at Los Alamos National Bank as part of the Los Alamos Summer Concert Series. Photo by Kimber Walburk-Heineman

By Russ Gordon

We only have two show dates remaining for the 2013 Los Alamos County Summer Concert Series. What a short, wonderful, quick trip it’s been this year. At 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, we’ll be dancing to the music of DK & the Affordables at Los Alamos National Bank. The show is free.

Tonight is Los Alamos National Bank Night, recognizing a bank that has been a sponsor for all 24 years of the Concert Series’ existence. We sincerely Read More

Los Alamos Concert Association Offers New Season Of Great Music

August 29, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

The Canadian Brass performs at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29 at Duane Smith Auditorium. Courtesy/LACA

Apollo’s Fire performs at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27 at Duane Smith Auditorium. Courtesy/LACA

By Ann McLaughlin

Artistic Director

Los Alamos Concert Association

The Los Alamos Concert Association is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to bringing classical artists of great distinction to our community.

LACA’s 67^th season begins in September and it promises to be an exciting one offering legendary and unusual world class performers

The season opens with a fanfare on Sept. Read More

Conrad Tao Opens Santa Fe Pro Musica Concerts

August 27, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Conrad Tao at the piano. Courtesy photo

The Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra. Courtesy photo

SFPM News:

Santa Fe Pro Musica will present Conrad Tao, pianist and composer, in recital at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept.19 at St. Francis Auditorium in the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe.

Tao will again perform on stage for the Season Opening Orchestra concerts with the Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21 and 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22 at the Lensic Performing Arts Center.

Tickets for the recital are $20, $35, $45 and $65 at the Santa Fe Pro Musica Box Office (505) 988-4640, ext. 1000, Read More

Crowd Boogies to Bluegrass at the Pond Friday

August 24, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Claire Lynch sings a soulful tune during Friday night’s County’s Summer Concert Series at Ashley Pond. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

All together now: The Claire Lynch Band harmonizes on stage at Ashley Pond Park Friday night. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Ashley Pond Park filled with people who turned out the hear the Claire Lynch Band Friday night. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Swing to Claire Lynch Band Friday

August 22, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

The Claire Lynch Band. Courtesy photo

By RUSS GORDON

This Friday, the Los Alamos County Summer Concert Series is thrilled to present the Claire Lynch Band. The show is part of the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. The show begins at 7 p.m. at Ashley Pond.

The show is free of charge and it will be incredible. Claire Lynch is a singer/songwriter and was a rare woman’s voice in the bluegrass field when she first led the Front Porch String Band in the 1970s. The Band was very successful, but stopped touring in 1981.

Claire became an in-demand session vocalist backing people like Dolly Parton on her Read More

One Half of Vanilla Pop Presents ‘The Alan Allen Show’

August 22, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Staff Report

If you’ve ever seen “Vanilla Pop,” the 80’s lounge duo who have been entertaining New Mexicans for the past 10 years, then you probably know “Al Dente,” the sarcastic, sequin laden front man of the duo.

What you probably don’t know is that for the past year, the crooner has been developing a one-man solo performance called “The Alan Allen Show.”

Following in the footsteps of renowned musical comedians Alan Sherman and Tom Lehrer, with a hefty dose of the contemporary Tim Minchin thrown in as well, “The Alan Allen Read More

Nine Weekends of Taos Grand Fall Arts Begins

August 21, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

A season of color in Taos. Photos by Jill Caven and Janet Burns

Staff Report

TAOS—Fall colors in Taos include not only the vivid changing leaves in Carson National Forest but a multi-colored palette of festivals that take place throughout September and October.

The 2013 Taos Grand Fall Arts season includes many art, music, literary, and culinary events and several major festivals – Taos Fall Arts Festival, Taos Wool Festival, and SOMOS Storytelling Festival are among the most popular.

This year, the roster of events features a number of colorful personalities:

Aug. 17-Sept.1 Grammy-winner

Hey, Mozart! New Mexico Selects 9-year-old’s Composition for Orchestration

August 21, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Karin Ebey

MUSIC News:

Hey, Mozart! New Mexico has chosen Coelophysis on the Rio Grande by 9-year-old Karin Ebey of Los Alamos as one of the compositions to be orchestrated for the 2013 Child Composer Project.

“I like music because it lets me express my ideas using beautiful sounds, and because it challenges me,” Ebey said.

Ebey’s melody will be arranged for orchestra by Christian Newman. The Albuquerque Youth Orchestra of the Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program will perform the works for orchestra at the concert.

Ebey will perform her piece on piano at the Hey, Mozart! New Mexico concert at 7 p.m. Read More

Singer-Songwriter Lisa Morales Plays the Pond Friday

August 15, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Lisa Morales on the cover of her album, ‘Beautiful Mistake.’ Courtesy photo

By RUSS GORDON

The Los Alamos Summer Concert Series continues at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16 at Ashley Pond with the wonderful singer-songwriter and rocker, Lisa Morales and her new band. Morales sings rock and blues, honkytonk and, by request, some of her traditional Mexican-Arizona music.

Morales has played here a number of times with her sister Roberta and their band, Sisters Morales. They have presented some of the best concerts the Series has had in its 24 years. The ladies went through some personally tough Read More

Live Music Under the Stars at Opera on the Rocks

August 15, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Opera on the Rocks in 2012 at Bandelier National Monument. Courtesy/LAOG

LAOG News:

Enjoy an exciting night of opera at Bandelier National Monument during the second annual Opera on the Rocks event, Saturday Sept. 21.

Opera Alta will perform Amahl and the Night Visitors at 6:15 p.m. at the Juniper Campground Amphitheater. This opera was originally created by the composer Gian Carlo Menotti for NBC making it the first opera written entirely for television. The event is an opportunity for those not familiar with opera, as well as for opera enthusiasts to enjoy listening in a special venue.