Music

Music Of Drama And Contrasts – Los Alamos Symphony Fall Concert Oct. 7

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LASO News:

Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra welcomes guest conductor William Waag to the podium for the opening concert of its 2023-24 season at 7 p.m. Oct. 7, at Crossroads Bible Church.  

Following the concert, a reception will be provided in the lobby.  

The program Waag has chosen for this concert begins with the Overture to Nabucco, the work that solidified Giuseppe Verdi’s career as an opera composer in 1842. Among other themes from the opera, the overture previews the “Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves,” who lament both the ruin of their temple in Jerusalem and enslavement in Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar. Read More

Life After 50: Retirement Goals … I Believe In Music!

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The Lads of Enchantment, from left, Maurice Sheppard, Dick Heaton, Stan Bennett and Stan Brown with Bernadette Lauritzen, center. Photo by Chad Lauritzen

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos

I can die happy at any moment, but more on that at the end. I’d like to throw my support behind 100% fond of being able to retire. I had some goals, so I wasn’t led down a path of no return and by the end of November I will meet the goals.

First of all, I was determined NOT to sit on any Board of Directors during my first year. I kid you not, that my office chair wasn’t even warm to the touch when I was asked to do so for four different Read More

Los Alamos Arts Council Presents: An Evening of Classics Concert & Silent Auction Tonight!

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CHAMBER News:

Los Alamos Arts Council presents “An Evening of Classics Concert & Silent Auction” 5:30-8:30 p.m. today, Sept. 19, at Fuller Lodge.

Jennifer Perez and Tjett Gerdom present an evening of classics, accompanied by Natasha Stojanovska. This will be an evening to remember and will benefit the Month of Arts and Culture programming in October.

Tier 1 & 2 Tickets include early access at 5:30 p.m. to a cocktail reception, with beer and wine by Bathtub Row Brewing Coop and catered hors d’oeuvres. A silent auction begins at 6 p.m. with art, football tickets and more. Each of Read More

Los Alamos Choral Society 2023 Season Begins Sept. 26

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Los Alamos Choral Society rehearses for a spring 2023 concert. Courtesy Photo

By WENDY SWANSON
Los Alamos Choral Society

Los Alamos Choral Society invites all interested singers to join us for our 2023-24 season!

We are an amateur choral group that has been singing in Los Alamos since November 1943. We encourage any one, regardless of age or musical background, who enjoys singing and seriously wants to participate in the production of choral music, to join our choral society. Join with us in the challenge and thrill of performing the great works of classical and modern composers. We perform in Read More

Teatro Paraguas ‘United In Blood: The Revolutionary Music And Poetry Of Chile’ Oct. 13 At NHCC In Albuquerque

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United in Blood: The Revolutionary Music and Poetry of Chile, opens Oct. 13. Courtesy/Teatro Paraguas

TEATRO PARAGUAS News:

Teatro Paraguas presents United in Blood: The Revolutionary Music and Poetry of Chile, opening Friday, Oct. 13 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque for one weekend.

United in Blood is a fully staged performance celebrating the artistic, social and political vision of four of Chile’s most beloved musicians and poets: Pablo Neruda, Victor Jara, Violeta Parra, and Gabriela Mistral. Though not all four knew each other, several of them did, Read More

5th Occasional Los Alamos Pub Crawl Saturday Sept. 23

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The Hill Stompers liven up the aisles at Smith’s during a previous Pub Crawl. Photo by Skip Wecksung

Hill Stompers News:

The Hill Stompers, Los Alamos’s own eccentric adult marching band, will be leading the Fifth Occasional Pub Crawl on Saturday, Sept. 23. The purpose of the Los Alamos Pub Crawl is to get music in the streets and other unexpected places, to educate the public about marching band music, and to have great fun!

The band will play a lot of music, march from place to place, and interact with the crowd. This is an excellent opportunity for the whole family to learn about brass, woodwind and Read More

Scenes From Taste Of Knowledge 2023 At Fuller Lodge

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LAPS Foundation Board Member Leslie Bucklin addresses the crowd at Taste Of Knowledge today at Fuller Lodge as Oppie looks on puffing his pipe at right, (AKA LAPS Foundation Board Member Kurt Steinhaus). Taste of Knowledge is an annual fundraiser for the Los Alamos Public Schools. Proceeds benefit teachers, staff, students and facilities. Courtesy Photo

Scene from Taste of Knowledge today where a little rain didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of guests outside Fuller Lodge. Courtesy Photo

Scene from the live auction and paddle raise event today at Taste of Knowledge from which the proceeds benefit Read More

Scenes From 2023 UllrFest Saturday On Pajarito Mountain

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Scene from 2023 UllrFest, the annual ode to the coming winter, returned to Pajarito Mountain Ski Area Saturday. Festivities included  music by DK and the Affordables, Bike and Hike, Strava Downhill Race, New Mexico Craft Brewfest with brewers from Bathtub Row, Bear Creek, Boxing Bear, Canteen, Flix Brewhouse, Hidden Mountain, Palmer Brewery and Cider House, Red River, Second St., Steelbender and Tumbleroot Distillery and Brewery. Courtesy photo

DK and the Affordables entertained the crowd Saturday at UllrFest. Courtesy photo

Scene from 2023 UllrFest Saturday at Pajarito Mountain Ski Read More

Classical Music World: Smith Auditorium Steinway Back Home After Major Restoration

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Piano technician Kevin Stock backstage at the Smith Auditorium with the recently refurbished Steinway grand piano. Courtesy/LACA

By Ann McLaughlin
Artistic Director
Los Alamos Concert Association

The Steinway grand piano in the Smith Auditorium has a long and distinguished history. It has been played by the great artists presented by the Los Alamos Concert Association, Emanuel Ax being the most recent. It is over seventy years old. 

Those of us of a certain age can empathize with the piano’s creaking joints, little problems that can be frustrating for pianists and signs of worse come.    Read More