Music

Emily Silks Presents Senior Recital Wednesday

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Emily Silks. Courtesy photo

SENIOR RECITAL News:

Emily Silks will present her Senior Music Recital at 7 p.m. Wednesday June 5 in Kelly Hall at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church.

Silks will perform on marimba, piano, drum set, cajon, djembe and other assorted percussion instruments. The program will include music ranging from Bach to the Beatles.

She will perform alongside her teachers Joe Cox and Steve Iliff as well as friends Nate Hall and Kile Uhlenbrock. Her brother Andrew will join her on acoustic and electric guitar and her mother Valerie will play a piano duet with her. Silks will also Read More

Posts Live from Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Getting Underway

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Posts Live from Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
By ANN MCLAUGHLIN
 
GETTING UNDERWAY
 
Every four years, Fort Worth throws a big party called the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. They do it Texas-style. The center of town is awash in the Cliburn logo. I’ve seen it on banners, t-shirts, cupcakes, pashmina shawls, notepads, and mugs.
 
The polished ladies of the Fort Worth Junior League are everywhere transporting official guests from the airport, welcoming them to the Bass Concert Hall and making sure that everyone gets a big Texas smile.
 
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Scenic Roots Plays Los Alamos June 10

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Amber and Erin Rogers are Scenic Roots. Courtesy photo

Staff Report

Amber and Erin Rogers are Scenic Roots. These sisters perform original and traditional Ozark, Appalachian, and Celtic music on mountain dulcimer, fiddle and clawhammer banjo.

Scenic Roots will be in Los Alamos at 7 p.m. Monday, June 10, for a concert at Morning Glory Bakery. This show is part of the sister duo’s nine-state spring 2013 concert tour. Both sisters have degrees in commercial music from the renowned bluegrass program at South Plains College.

Amber’s musical journey began when she started playing fiddle when she Read More

Posts Live from Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Introduction

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Posts Live from Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
By ANN McLaughlin
 
Introduction

On a spring day in 1958, a gangling young man perched atop the back seat of an open Chrysler Imperial as it rolled down 5th Avenue in New York.  Confetti and ticker tape swirled down. People packed the sidewalks and strained to catch a glimpse of him. He was not a visiting head of state, or a military hero, or a sports luminary. He was an American, he was a pianist and he had just won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.

The Tchaikovsky Competition was conceived as a demonstration Read More

Richard Hannemann’s Music To Benefit Posse Lodge

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Staff Report

There was a time when Richard Hannemann was billed as “The Rocky Mountain Balladeer.”

He’ll be returning to those roots when he plays 7-11 a.m., Sunday at the Posse Lodge Cowboy Pancake Breakfast. 

“There will be music and a money jar. Everything that goes in it, I will be donating to the Posse to help with their unexpected expenses,” Hannemann said. “I’m hoping we fill it.”

The Sheriff’s Posse is facing expensive repairs to the septic system and the kitchen at the Posse Lodge. 

The program, “The Frontier,” will include several songs and instrumentals Read More

Mambo to Los Pinguos Friday at the Pond

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Los Pinguos play Ashley Pond Friday. Courtesy photo

By RUSS GORDON

Los Pinguos play Ashley Pond at 7 p.m. Friday for the 2013 Los Alamos County Summer Concert Series.

The band is from Buenos Aires, Argentina and they play a mix of Latin rhythms, reggae, rumba, tango, flamenco and rock. The music is very energetic, fun, sexy, fiery and passionate. All right! It’s the third Friday night party of the Series!

I looked up Los Pinguos in the Spanish-English dictionary. Nada. On the computer, I only found an outstanding band from Buenos Aires. The Spanish word for “penguins” is “pinguinos”. I looked up Read More

Taos School of Music Concerts Are Family Affordable

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Staff Report:

The Borremeo String Quartet, the Brentano String Quartet, and the Shanghai Quartet – all internationally-sought artists commanding the world’s top venues – are guest artists on the 2013 summer schedule at Taos School of Music.

In addition, renowned pianists Robert McDonald and Thomas Sauer, as well as violist Michael Tree, founding member of the Guarnari String Quartet, also will perform during the June 16 – Aug. 4 season.

Best of all, tickets to these superb concerts are affordable, at $20 per adult and $10 for children under 16, so the entire family can enjoy a memorable Read More

Hannemann’s Music Corner: What About Music? (Part 1)

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Hannemann’s Music Corner: What About Music? (Part 1)
By RICHARD HANNEMANN
 
I’ve been attending the final concerts of the school bands and orchestras and it has been a real treat.
 
We grow some very talented kids here. More importantly, we encourage kids to develop their own talents. The proof, as they say, is in the pudding and the musical pudding our kids have been cooking up is very sweet indeed.
 
Somewhere along the line, one wonders, “gee, if I knew then what I know now, what would I change?” For me, the answer is simple – I would put as much time into my
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Inspirational Concert Fills IHM Church

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Community members begin to find seats for Sunday’s concert at Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) Catholic Church, which raised funds for the Catherine LeClaire Memorial Organ Fund. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Performing ‘Memorare’ are from left, David Moore, John Machuzak, Randy Erickson, Rene LeClaire, Julie Habiger, Viera Moore, Adrienne Borrego, Claudine Kasunic, Laura Erickson, Cathy Morzinski and Ruth Doyle. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Mezzo Soprano Julie Habiger performs ‘Blessings’ as her husband Kerry, left, and son Read More