Music

Friday is Los Alamos Daily Post Night at Los Alamos County Concert Series at Ashley Pond!

June 21, 2012 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

By Russ Gordon

This Friday night, June 22 is Los Alamos Daily Post Night. This fantastic new website that specializes in local news is a new sponsor to our Series.

Please check out their site www.ladailypost.com and come and meet their staff Friday.

This Friday we’ll be at Ashley Pond with one of the great Texas entertainers of our time. Guy Forsyth is known for his great live shows.

He’s outrageously funny, as well as raucous, rowdy, gritty and full of hope. Guy plays folk, country, rock, blues, Americana and Tin Pan Alley.

Check out his website at www.guyforsyth.com

Rotary Club Sponsors Sunday’s Deborah Beene Memorial Award-Winners Concert

June 18, 2012 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Jin Park, left, and Dalton Smith wait for the Deborah Beene Memorial Award-Winners Concert to begin Sunday afternoon at Fuller Lodge. The Rotary Club of Los Alamos hosted the annual concert. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com

David Li plays a piece by Samuel Barber. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com

Bryant Letellier plays Sontata in A Minor on his trombone. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Jin Park plays a piece by Maria Theresa Von Paradis. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Susan Hargreaves, a soprano, sings In dem Shatten. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com Read More

Concert Series Entertains Community for 22 Years

June 17, 2012 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Concert Promoter Russ Gordon of the Los Alamos Summer Concert Series at Friday’s concert featuring The Police Experience. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com

By Bonnie J. Gordon

Summer’s here and every Friday night, big hunks of the population of Los Alamos can be found at the current Los Alamos Summer Concert Series show of the week, also known as the Gordon’s Concert.

Russ Gordon, father of the Concert Series, has been providing great free concerts in Los Alamos for 22 years.

Gordon didn’t start out to be a concert promoter. It just sort of happened.

Gordon was exercising his fanatical

Gordons Concert Draws Record Crowd

June 16, 2012 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

The Police Experience play Ashley Pond as part of the Friday Night Concert Series where an esitmated 2,500 people turned out to hear the band play. Many people also participated in the Relay for Life walk around Ashley Pond. Photo by Salvador Zapien.ladailypost.com

The Police Experience start their first set for the Friday Night Concert Series at Ashley Pond. Photo by Salvador Zapien.ladailypost.com

Pat Cherry, guitarist for The Police Experience. Photo by Salvador Zapien.ladailypost.com

DJ Paddy Mac mans the KTAO table at the Friday Night Concert series at Ashley Pond. Photo by Salvador Read More

Public Invited to 2012 Opera Season Preview

June 12, 2012 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

SFO News:

Well known soloist Alicia Solomon of Los Alamos will present highlights of the 2012 Santa Fe Opera season at 7 p.m., Thursday June 14 at Mesa Public Library.

The 2012 season runs June 29 – Aug. 25 and will feature five new productions, including three new to the Santa Fe Opera’s repertoire.

The season opens with Tosca, featuring the American debut of renowned soprano Amanda Echalaz.

Bizet’s stunning opera The Pearl Fishers will be performed for the first time in Santa Fe.

The season also features the world premiere of the new critical edition of Rossini’s Maometto Read More

Police Fans Will Love Friday’s Summer Concert

June 12, 2012 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

By Russ Gordon

Hope you’ve been enjoying the 2012 LA County Summer Concert Series because we’re not stopping.

This Friday night, 7 p.m., Ashley Pond, we’ll be paying a tribute to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band, the Police.

Our band will be the Police Experience. Like the Police, our guys play internationally and nationally and deliver a high energy show.

The incredible drummer for the Police, Stewart Copeland says “…every nuance, all the drum parts, and the singer has Sting down to a tee…”

Check out the Police Experience on www.policeexperience.com or on youtube and you’ll agree with Miles Read More

Community Winds in Semi-Finals for American Prize

June 12, 2012 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

The Los Alamos Community Winds has been selected as one of two semi-finalists for the 2012 American Prize in Wind Ensemble/Concert band Performance – Community Division.

“This is a tremendous honor and one which would not have been possible if it weren’t for your dedication and musicianship and that of many former members over the past 12 years,” Director Ted Vives said.

The American Prize is a series of new, non-profit national competitions providing cash awards, professional adjudication and regional, national and international recognition for the best recorded Read More

Celebrity Models and Vocalists Entertain Sold Out Crowd during Opera Guild Fashion Show at Blue Window Bistro Sunday

June 11, 2012 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Anna Caspersen, left, her celebrity model husband Roland Caspersen and Opera Guild President Mary Cummings at The Blue Window Bistro during Sunday’s musical fashion show. Julia Fair, Alicia Solomon and Jess Cullinan performed at the elegant event at which 11 local celebrities modeled fashions by Uli’s. The Blue Window Bistro partnered with the Los Alamos Opera Guild and the Guilds of Santa Fe Opera on this event, providing savory hor d’oeuvres, desserts and a variety of wines. Proceeds from the sold out event benefit the Opera Guilds. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Jin Park Hosts Concert for Charity at 6:30 p.m. Friday

June 11, 2012 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Jin Park performs Friday evening at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. Photo by Don Taylor

By Carol A. Clark

Jin Park will perform in his senior recital at 6:30 p.m., Friday June 15 at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church on Canyon Road.

The well-known local musician is hoping many people will turn out for this very special event.

“Music has been such an influence in my life. Before leaving for school in the fall, I wanted to share what music has come to mean to me after all these years,” Park said. “To me, music is a chance to share a bit of joy with others, be it through Read More

Scenes from Saturday’s ‘Bagpipes in the Park Concert’

June 10, 2012 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

The Order of the Thistle Pipes and Drums performed in Santa Fe Saturday at the annual “Bagpipes in the Park Concert” on the lawn of the Federal Court House in Santa Fe. The band is sponsored by the Scottish Rite of Santa Fe. Photo by N.S. Mills