Music

Los Alamos Summer Concert Series Features The Foggy Memory Boys Friday Night At Ashley Pond!

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The Foggy Memory Boys from Taos headline the Summer Concert Friday night at Ashley Pond Park. Courtesy photo

Sancre Productions News:

The Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce and Wheeed LLC bring the Foggy Memory Boys from Taos to the stage for the Summer Concert Friday night at Ashley Pond Park!

Drawing from a deep well of musical experience the Foggy Memory Boys have a unique string band perspective, contorting the sound into a New Mexican Wild-grass like nothing else out there. Structured around strong lyrical content, powerful melodies, and a musical bond that only a band of true brothers can create. Read More

Los Alamos Community Winds Announces 2024 ‘Music-Filled Life’ Scholarship Award Recipients

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LACW Scholarship Committee Chair Bryan Fearey, left, with 2024 LACW ‘Music-Filled Life’ Scholarship winners from Los Alamos High School, from left, John Cawkwell, Jamie Meana, Nathan McCulloch and Anna Miller. Photo by Maureen Connolly

LACW News:

The Los Alamos Community Winds (LACW) has announced this year’s scholarship winners for 2024 at their Spring Concert Performance on May 11, 2024. The LACW scholarship recognizes graduating Los Alamos High School (LAHS) seniors who demonstrate a strong commitment to having a Music-Filled Life by continuing to play instrumental music now and Read More

Live In Los Alamos To Present Melissa Carper And Theo Lawrence In Concert At Pueblo Canyon Inn June 8

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Melissa Carper

COMMUNITY News:

Melissa Carper is teaming up with Theo Lawrence for a Live in Los Alamos Concert June 8 at the Pueblo Canyon Inn. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the music begins at 7:30 p.m.

This is the first time a concert has been performed at the Pueblo Canyon Inn, which is owned by Matthew and Elizabeth Allen. However, the previous owners of the inn were the original sponsors of Live in Los Alamos, something that the Allens continue to do.

Carper is on tour in support of her fifth album and while reviews are not yet in on that release, her 2022 release Ramblin Soul came in at #23 on Rolling Read More

Scenes Of 2024 Summer Concert Featuring Powell Brothers

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Scene of the first Summer Concert of the 2024 season Friday evening at Ashley Pond Park. The Los Alamos High School Jazz Ensemble opened and The Powell Brothers, a nationally touring Country/Americana band from Texas headlined the event, which was sponsored by TechSource and Longenecker & Associates. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com 

The Los Alamos High School Jazz Ensemble was the opening act for the first Summer Concert of the 2024 season Friday evening at Ashley Pond Park. The Jazz Ensemble opened for The Powell Brothers. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com 

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Santa Fe Women’s Ensemble And Durango Women’s Choir Present ‘Together Again!’ Sunday June 9

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Durango Women’s Choir. Courtesy/SFWE

SFWE News:

After a pandemic hiatus, the Santa Fe Women’s Ensemble (SFWE) and the Durango Women’s Choir will join forces to present concerts in both Durango and Santa Fe in June. Combining into one chorus, the groups will perform three exhilarating pieces that celebrate women singing together.

For Norwegian-American Ola Gjeilo’s dramatic “Gloria,” Bill Epstein and Christi Livingston, collaborative pianists for each group, unite to perform the exciting four-hand piano accompaniment.

“Choose Something Like a Star,” with poetry by Robert Frost and Read More

2024 Los Alamos Summer Concert Series Opens Friday Night Featuring The Powell Brothers

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The Powell Brothers open the 2024 Los Alamos Summer Concert Series Friday night at Ashley Pond Park. Courtesy photo

From Sancre Productions:

The 2024 Los Alamos Summer Concert Series has announced its opening night artists, The Powell Brothers, a nationally touring Country/Americana band from Texas, sponsored by local tech companies and long-time series supporters Longenecker & Associates and TechSource.

The Powell Brothers combine elements of folk-rock, rootsy soul, and country that make this band a special treat for concert attendees who enjoy many genres. Perseverance, resilience, Read More

LAHS Choir Cabaret To Perform On Stage Wednesday

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LAPS News:

The third annual Los Alamos High School Choir Cabaret will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 22 on the Ramsey Stage in the Duane Smith Auditorium.

This year’s theme is the “Journey of Love” with special guests, The Atomic City Follies.

This event is free and open to the public. Donations to support scholarship funds are always welcome.

Prior to the Choir Cabaret, there will be a booster informational meeting in the lobby at 6 p.m. All are welcome to attend. Read More

Concordia Santa Fe Wind Orchestra Concert Sunday June 9

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(re)Creation. Courtesy/Concordia Santa Fe
CONCORDIA SANTA FE News:

Concordia Santa Fe’s Wind Orchestra presents its second concert of 2024 at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 9 at the New Mexico Museum of Art in the St. Francis Auditorium.

Under the direction of Dr. Emily Moss, Director of Bands at the University of New Mexico, the 40-member ensemble will perform works by Aaron Copland, Paul Dooley, David Gillingham, H. Owen Reed, Kathryn Salfelder and Viet Cuong.

The Wind Orchestra was founded in 2007 to provide high-caliber wind-centric musical exposure to audiences in northern New Mexico.

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2024 Summer Concert Series Begins May 24 With Changes

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Courtesy/LAC

Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

Summer is officially here with the arrival of the annual Los Alamos Summer Concert Series, beginning May 24 through Aug. 30.

Every Friday night, local and regional musical acts in a variety of genres will take the Ashley Pond Park stage, while attendees mingle, dance, sing along, and enjoy the beautiful atmosphere of the park and downtown Los Alamos.

There are some changes to the 2024 Los Alamos Summer Concert Series, that Sancre Productions and the Los Alamos Community Services Department would like to make the community and concert-goers aware of: Read More

Friends Of Cathedral Music Presents Chaski Quartet June 16

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Chaski Quartet performs June 16 at the Cathedral of St. John in Albuquerque. Courtesy photo

MUSIC News:

The Friends Of Cathedral Music will present Chaski Quartet in concert at 3 p.m. June 16 at the Cathedral of St. John, 318 Silver Ave. SW in Albuquerque.

Haydn’s Op. 76 No. 1 in G Major — nicknamed “Jack-in-the-box” — opens the program with a labile mood ranging from boisterous fun to prayerful pathos. From that taste of the early days of the string quartet, we move to more recent works that continue to stretch the definition of what four string instruments can sound like.

Voodoo Dolls by Jessie Montgomery Read More