Music

Fly High at Los Alamos Kite Festival

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Musicians entertain the crowd at the 2012 Los Alamos Kite Festival. Courtesy/LAAC

LAAC News:

Looking back at your childhood, what memories come to mind? Having family picnics at the park? Running through an open field with your friends? Gazing at the sky making shapes out of the clouds? How about attending the Los Alamos Kite Festival?

For the 16th year, the Los Alamos Arts Council presents the Los Alamos Kite Festival Friday, Saturday, and Sunday May 17-19 at the Soccer Field at Overlook Park in White Rock. Children of all ages are welcome to come and join the festivities. Whether you build a kite, Read More

Los Alamos Student Emily Silks Wins First Place in Deborah Beene Music Award Competition

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Emily Silks with her marimba, following her first place performance in the Deborah Benne Music Award competition. Courtesy photo

Staff Report

Music filled Fuller Lodge May 5 as five students competed for the Deborah Beene Music Award.

First place went to Los Alamos High School senior Emily Silks who performed on the marimba. She was awarded $1,200 and is planning to attend the University of Montana in the fall, where she will major in music. LAHS senior Aaron Bao on trumpet and junior Chip Mielke on violin tied for second place and each received $400. All three students will be honored at the May Read More

Rumelia Brings the Balkans to Los Alamos

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The members of Rumelia. Photo by Jennifer Esperanza. Courtesy/Rumelia

Staff Report

Rumelia is returning to the Pyramid Café, 751 Central Park Square, at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18.

The band has an enthusiastic local following, including Los Alamos folk dancers, who add their talents to the evening. There is a $10 cover and children are free.

Rumelia is a band composed of three women who are putting a new spin on music from Eastern Europe, a region generally known as the Balkans.

Rumelia’s repertoire is derived from the traditional and popular tunes of Albania, Turkey, Greece, Macedonia Read More

Atomic City Children’s Theater Offers Two Summer Musical Theater Workshops

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ACCT News:

Atomic City Children’s Theater (ACCT) is again offering Two Sessions*

  • Session 1: 9-11 a.m. Monday, June 17 to Friday, June 21 
  • Session 2 : 9-11 a.m. Monday, July 8 to Friday, July 12

Who can attend the ACCT Summer Workshops?

Any student entering grades 4th-10th (or a former member of ACCT) that have an interest in improving their musical theater skills. The material taught at these workshops will be applicable to ACCT’s attendance at Junior Theater Festival 2014** and to help students interested in improving their musical theater skills or to be a part of our ACCT productions next Read More

Hannemann’s Music Corner: What I Learned at LAPS

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Hannemann’s Music Corner: What I Learned at LAPS
By RICHARD HANNEMANN

This week we have been treated to some stellar performances of LAPS musicians at all age levels, from fourth graders to, well, our superintendent on trumpet with the fifth grade band, to our graduating seniors and we still have several concerts to go during the last week of school.

Try to make one of the performances if you can, even if, and particularly if, you don’t have a child or grandchild performing.

A few years back, a former Los Alamos band director asked me where I got my music education. I said, “Los Read More

Letter to the Editor: Thanks for Week Full of Resplendent Examples of Music in Los Alamos

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By TINA F. DERR
Los Alamos
 
This past week has been filled with resplendent examples of music in our community!
 
I have not been able to attend all, however of special note was the LAMS combined music program Monday, May 6 when band, orchestra and choir came together for one excellent performance of their talents.
 

The band and orchestra were outstanding! And finally, combining them into a symphonic orchestra for the 4th movement of Dvorak’s New World Symphony was just delightful.
 

The choir was much smaller than I remember. Thank you for introducing me to the unfamiliar

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The M.A.D. Hatters Play Fuller Lodge May 16

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The M.A.D. Hatters trio with Dan Nebel on horn, violinist Michael Allerheiligen and pianist Angela Steiner. Courtesy photo

MUSIC News:

The M.A.D. Hatters, consisting of Los Alamos native Dan Nebel on horn, violinist Michael Allerheiligen, and pianist Angela Steiner will present a free lunch time concert at noon in Fuller Lodge Thursday, May 16. 

The Hatters will present Johannes Brahms’ celebrated Trio in E flat Op. 40, a trio by nineteenth century hornist of Opera Paris Frederic Nicholas Duvernoy, and the Walden Trio by New York City-based jazz saxophonist Daniel Schnyder.  Read More

Clark & Kendall’s Weekend Preview: May 9

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This week’s preview sponsored by www.fyila.com

Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra presents its Spring Concert 7 p.m. Friday, May 10 at Crossroads Bible Church. $10 suggested donation – Procession of the Nobles, Rimsky-Korsakoff Caucasian Sketches Series 2, “Iveria” – Ivanoff Hungarian Dance No. 5, Brahms Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Dvorak

Stones in His Pockets 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 10 & Saturday May 11 at Los Alamos Little Theater (1670 Nectar St.)
Show will run three weekends at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays (May 3-18.) Tickets are available at CB Fox or Read More

Letter to the Editor: Show Consideration for Artists; Audience

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By JOYCE WOLFF
Los Alamos

I want to congratulate Nancy Wurden on her excellent review in the Los Alamos Daily Post of the Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 concert Sunday at Duane Smith Auditorium.

She described the event beautifully. It was a grand performance. The four vocalists were indeed a lovely blend. Perhaps because of the rewrite for winds only, I heard sounds and melodies that I have not picked out before in listening to this symphony.

I appreciated the addition of the Los Alamos High School Chorus to the Los Alamos Community Winds and Los Alamos Choral Society. It was indeed a “goose bump” Read More

Sangre de Cristo Choral Presents 35th Anniversary Concert

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Sangre de Cristo Chorale. Courtesy photo
 
SDCC News:

The Sangre de Cristo Chorale is celebrating its 35th anniversary and capping the season with its Spring 2013 Concert, titled “Celebrating Our Past, Present and Future.” 

The Los Alamos performance is scheduled for 5 p.m. Saturday, May 11 at Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2390 North Road.

Led by new artistic director Maxine Thévenot in celebrating this milestone, the chorale will perform Antonio Vivaldi’s “Gloria,” with orchestra and soloists. Several additional pieces, including a choral drama and a new commissioned Read More