Music

SaxAtomix To Present Lunch Time Christmas Concert At Betty Ehart Senior Center Wednesday Dec. 13

COMMUNITY News:

The SaxAtomix will present a lunch time Christmas concert at the Betty Ehart Senior Center beginning at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 13.

The quintet will perform a variety of Christmas music including traditional, pop, jazz, county and rock arrangements.

Admission is free.

To reserve a lunch, contact the Senior Center before 9 a.m. at https://larso.org/meal-services or call 505.662.8920.

The SaxAtomix are an amateur saxophone quintet comprised of players from the Los Alamos community. The members have been playing together since 2017.

To learn more about the SaxAtomix, Read More

Lads And Lasses Of Enchantment Singing & Ringing The Bell For Salvation Army At Smith’s Marketplace 2-4 PM Today!

The Lads and Lasses of Enchantment, along with some Santa Fe Harmonizers will be at the Los Alamos Smith’s Marketplace in Los Alamos 2-4 p.m. today, singing and ringing the bell for the Salvation Army. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen

The Lads and Lasses of Enchantment masked leader Maurice Sheppard, along with the Lads and Lasses and some Santa Fe Harmonizers will be at the Los Alamos Smith’s Marketplace in Los Alamos 2-4 p.m. today, singing and ringing the bell for the Salvation Army. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen Read More

Community Winds Presents Holiday Prism Concert Dec. 16

A scene from a past Los Alamos Community Winds holiday concert. Courtesy/LACW

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Community Winds is offering its annual Holiday Prism Concert 7 p.m. Dec. 16 at Crossroads Bible Church.

This concert is free, but donations are accepted.

The Holiday Prism Concert is not the run-of-the-mill traditional holiday programs; the Community Winds has put a unique twist on its seasonal concert.

The Winds Music and Artistic Director Ted Vives explained the concert’s name, Holiday Prism, is literally translated into the concert. Read More

Heather And The Bad Breaks To Perform At VFW Dec. 15

Heather & The Bad Breaks will perform 8-10 p.m. Dec. 15 at the VFW Post 8874 at 1793 Deacon St. They are a newish local band playing dance music composed of Swing, Jazz, Latin and more. Band members include, from left, Nick Dennisen on piano, Kile Ulenbrock, Heather Beemer on vocals, Quinn Marksteiner on saxophone, Craig Reingold on bass, Meinhardt Greeff on lead guitar and John Frary (not pictured) on drums. Courtesy photo Read More

Live In Los Alamos Presents Musician Son Little At SALA

Musician Aaron Livingston (Son Little) will perform at 7 p.m., Dec. 6 at SALA Event Center. Courtesy/LLA

COMMUNITY News:

Live in Los Alamos presents musician Son Little at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6 at SALA Event Center.

Aaron Livingston (Son Little) is described as a “polyglot translator and rightful torchbearer of the celebrated musical tradition known as rhythm and blues” (R&B). Continuing to revolutionize the modern understanding and expectation of the R&B sound in his newest album “Like Neptune”, Son Little delivers an unadulterated transmission of Black American music performed Read More

Opera In The Chapel: Classical Christmas Crooning Dec. 16

NMDCA News:

FORT STANTON — Embrace the warmth of the cultures and attend Fort Stanton Historic Site Chapel 1-2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16 in the afternoon to listen to opera singer Karla Ramos perform a lineup of holiday classics.

Karla is from El Paso, Texas and has performed with the El Paso Opera, El Paso Symphony Orchestra, and El Paso Chorale.

The coloratura soprano singer has performed as far away as Seoul, South Korea and is with the Eastern New Mexico University choir.

Come enjoy her outstanding, melodic voice singing many of your favorite holiday songs. Tickets are limited and are $10 per person Read More

Santa Fe Pro Musica Presents The Diderot Quartet Jan. 14

The Diderot Quartet. Courtesy/Santa Fe Pro Musica

The Diderot Quartet. Courtesy/Santa Fe Pro Musica

SFPM News:

SANTA FE — In the new year Santa Fe Pro Musica (SFPM) continues their String Quartet Series with the celebrated period instrument ensemble, the Diderot Quartet.

Through the music of Bach, Mendelssohn, and Caroline Shaw this concert explores Bach’s profound legacy across continents and centuries.

DISCOVERY SERIES

Why Historical Instruments?—Conversation and Demonstration

10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 14 at St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art | FREE

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The Santa Fe Opera Energizes Education In New Mexico With Its Active Learning Through Opera (ALTO) Program

Students with art educator and workshop presenter Roni Rohr during the ‘Win-Win Workshop: The Intersection of Contemplative Practice and Visual Art’ in September 2023. Courtesy/Charles Gamble for the Santa Fe Opera

Santa Fe Opera News:

SANTA FE — Over the last 13 years, the Santa Fe Opera’s Active Learning Through Opera (ALTO) program – which supports elementary and middle-school students in making meaningful connections between an academic topic and an element of opera, and demonstrating that understanding through original performances – has expanded from its initial partnership Read More