Music

Taos Chamber Music Group Holiday Season Festival Dec. 8

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The Taos Chamber Music Group’s Holiday Season Festival kicks off Dec. 8, 2023! Courtesy/TCMG

TCMG News:

The Taos Chamber Music Group presents its annual Holiday Season Festival of two different programs in three performances with “The Classical Piano” at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, and “Holiday Jeux” 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9 and 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10., all at the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos.

A Taos favorite who has been called a “super-virtuoso” by the NY Times, pianist Gleb Ivanov opens the weekend at 5:30 p.m. Friday Dec. 8 with solo piano music from the Classical period. Works include Ludwig Read More

‘Give Thanks’ Piano Recital By Patti Merrill At WRPC Nov. 12

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In this season of thanksgiving, come ‘Give Thanks’ and enjoy a piano recital by professional musician and former White Rock Presbyterian Church accompanist Patti Merrill at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, at White Rock Presbyterian Church, 310 Rover Blvd. in White Rock; right next to Rover Park. Admission is free; donations will be received at the door. Courtesy photo Read More

LACA To Present Pianist Sir Stephen Hough In Los Alamos

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LACA to present eminent pianist Sir Stephen Hough in recital Sunday, Nov. 19 in the Smith Auditorium. Courtesy photo

LACA News:

The Los Alamos Concert Association (LACA) will present eminent pianist Sir Stephen Hough in recital at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 19.

The first classical pianist to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, he was awarded a Knighthood for Services to Music in the Queen’s Birthday honors in 2022.

Named one of Twenty Living Polymaths by The Economist, Mr. Hough combines a distinguished international career as a pianist with those of composer and writer. His most recent book, a memoir Read More

Pianists Host Afternoon Concert In Santa Fe Today

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Staff Report

Pianists Natasha Stojanovska and Chenxing Huang will take the stage at 3 p.m. today, Nov. 5 at First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe, 208 Grant Ave.

Stojanovska and Huang are familiar performers in Los Alamos. Stojanovska is a former resident but still teaches local students and Huang performed Wednesday in Fuller Lodge as part of the Los Alamos Arts Council’s Brown Bag Series.

Sunday’s concert will feature pieces by Mozart, Brahms, Dvoȓák, Debussy and Khachaturian.

Huang, who is Chinese, and Stojanovska, who is Macedonian and resides in Santa Fe, met at Northwestern University Read More

GoFundMe Started For Mountain Elementary Music Teacher

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Mountain Elementary Music Teacher Galina Austin lost her husband unexpectedly on Thursday. Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY News:

Erin Cook, a sixth grade teacher at Mountain Elementary School, started a GoFundMe to support Mountain Elementary music teacher Galina Austin, whose husband unexpectedly passed away Thursday.

“We would like to help Gala and her children with whatever they might need in this devastating time,” Cook said. “Mrs. Austin has a teenage boy who is still in the LAPS school district and other adult children.”

To contribute, click here: GoFundMe: Mountain Music Teacher Family Read More

Scenes Of Chenxing Huang’s Brown Bag Performance

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The Los Alamos Arts Council (LAAC) extends appreciation to everyone from the community who attended the  Brown Bag performance of pianist Chenxing Huang held Wednesday at historic Fuller Lodge. The community’s support for the arts keeps LAAC doing what it does. Next month’s series features the Los Alamos Flute Choir 12-1 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 6. To learn more about the LAAC, visit https://www.losalamosartscouncil.org/. Photo by Gerald Byrnes/LAAC

Scene of pianist Chenxing Huang performing Wednesday at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Gerald Byrnes/LAAC Read More

Santa Fe Symphony: Experience The Power And Glory Of ‘Handel’s Messiah’ Nov. 18-19

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Santa Fe Symphony News:

The Santa Fe Symphony presents the ‘Handel’s Messiah’ Nov. 18 & 19.

Experience the power and glory of Handel’s Messiah, a landmark oratorio, with soaring arias, memorable choruses, and a hallmark Baroque flourish at The Lensic. Featuring The Symphony Orchestra and full Symphony Chorus, with choral direction by Carmen Flórez-Mansi, plus a brilliant cast of rising stars from the Santa Fe Opera’s Apprentice Program, this year’s annual production is not to be missed!

Perhaps one of the most enduring messages of hope in the orchestral and choral repertoire, Read More

Pianist Chenxing Huang To Perform Nov. 1 At Fuller Lodge

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LAAC News:

The Los Alamos Arts Council (LAAC) has announced pianist Chenxing Huang for the Daytime Performance Series concert noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1 in the Pajarito Room of Fuller Lodge.

LAAC hosts a concert on the first Wednesday of every month featuring a curated slate of musicians, performers and speakers. These are free to the public and all ages are welcome.

Chenxing will play several pieces in the hour-long concert including compositions by Claude Debussy, Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt and modern composer Zhao Zhang.

Chenxing Huang, an award-winning Chinese pianist, has captivated Read More