Scene from the 2024 Los Alamos High School Music Festival held May 9 at the school. Courtesy/John Courtright Read More
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Video Of 2024 Los Alamos Summer Concert Series
The Santa Fe Opera And Northern New Mexico College Partner To Create Internship Program
Intern Natalia Tealer among set pieces at the Santa Fe Opera. Courtesy/NNMC
Intern Nicholas Taylor addresses film industry professionals at the announcement of the new NNMC Film Studio during the 2024 New Mexico legislative session. Courtesy/NNMC
NNMC News:
- Northern students benefit from mentorships and hands-on experience
ESPAÑOLA — A unique partnership between the Santa Fe Opera and Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) is giving Northern students the chance to experience backstage production firsthand. A new internship program provides mentoring and hands-on training to NNMC Film Read More
Choral Society’s ‘Bouquet Of Love Songs’ Concert May 19
Los Alamos Choral Society during a recent rehearsal at United Church. Courtesy photo
Los Alamos Choral Society News:
Los Alamos Choral Society Musical and Artistic Director, Mary Badarak, shares her thoughts about the upcoming Bouquet Of Love Songs concert at the United Church Sanctuary:
Musical and Artistic Director Mary Badarak
Spring is the season of flowers and love, and Los Alamos Choral Society is embracing these themes in our upcoming concert on Sunday, May 19. The concert will open with the rhetorical question, “How Can I Keep From Singing”, an American Folk hymn arranged by Ronald Read More
‘Wall Of Honor’ Joins ‘Mayfest In The Mountains’ Celebration In Red River Memorial Day Weekend
Courtesy/Wall of Honor
Town of Red River News:
RED RIVER – The Town of Red River has announced the inclusion of the Wall of Honor as a significant part of this year’s Mayfest in the Mountains celebration over Memorial Day weekend.
Originally known as Faces of the Fallen, the Wall of Honor stands as a poignant visual tribute to every serviceman or woman who tragically lost their lives during the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The project originated in 2003 when Alicia Tallman, a student at Milwaukie High School, created the display as her senior project. It later became a labor of love Read More
Los Alamos Arts Council: Mariee Siou At Fuller Lodge May 11
Today Marks 200th Anniversary Of Beethoven’s Ninth
Santa Fe Symphony News:
The first performance of the Ninth took place in Vienna on this day, May 7, 1824, when Beethoven was 53. He had been deaf for years, but he sat on stage with the orchestra and tried to assist in the direction of the music. This occasion produced one of the classic Beethoven anecdotes. Unaware that the piece had ended, Beethoven continued to beat time and had to be turned around to be shown the applause that he could not hear; the realization that the music they had just heard had been written by a deaf man overwhelmed the audience.
Beethoven’s Ninth is at once his grandest Read More
Community Winds To Perform At Crossroads Bible Church
Los Alamos Community Winds will perform its final concert of the 2023-2024 season at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Crossroads Bible Church. Courtesy photo
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
A lot of great stories – either on the stage or on the screen – come with some great music. The Los Alamos Community Winds (LACW) will feature some of these memorable scores in its final concert of the season, “Music from the Stage and the Screen”.
The concert will be held 7 p.m. Saturday at the Crossroads Bible Church. Admission is free but there will be a $15 suggested donation.
A few program Read More
Sangre de Cristo Chorale Concert: Britten, Brahms May 18
The Sangre de Cristo Chorale. Courtesy photo
Members of the Sangre de Cristo Chorale. Courtesy photo
Sangre de Cristo Chorale News:
SANTA FE — The Sangre de Cristo Chorale will continue its 46th season with Earth Song at 4 p.m., Saturday, May 18 at St. Bede’s Episcopal Church in Santa Fe. The 36-voice Chorale is led by Music Director Dr. George Case and accompanied by pianist Deborah Wagner.
Earth Song presents the music of seven composers who explore choral expressions of nature in the celebration of spring. The centerpiece of the concert is Benjamin Britten’s Five Flower Songs, which was composed Read More
Scenes From Drums Alive® Event At Chamisa School
Chamisa Elementary School Physical Education Teacher Justin Black participates with students in a special Drums Alive® event April 30 in the gymnasium at Chamisa Elementary School. Drums Alive® joins the dynamic movements of aerobic dance with the pulsating rhythms of the drum. It is a unique sensory/motor program that is designed to give the mind and body instant feedback through continuous movement and rhythmical flow. Drums Alive® utilizes ‘whole brain – whole body’ thinking by developing sensory motor reflexes and kinesthetic awareness. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
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