Music

SALA To Host After Party Following Summer Concert Tonight

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SALA News:

SALA is hosting an “Unforgettable Post-Concert Celebration” at the “Exclusive Friday Night After Party” starting tonight following the first Summer Concert of the 2023 season.

Music lovers and party enthusiasts to invited to join the “electrifying post-concert celebration” with games, dances and sensational karaoke sessions. SALA will be transformed into a vibrant party hub, adorned with dazzling lights and pulsating energy. 

For more information and to secure tickets, visit sala.losalamos.com/tickets. Follow SALA on Facebook (sala.losalamos) for the latest updates Read More

Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters Opens 2023 Los Alamos Summer Concert Series Friday Night May 26

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COUNTY News:

The 2023 Los Alamos Summer Concerts presented by Toyota of Santa Fe, kicks off this Friday, May 26 at Ashley Pond Park in Los Alamos. The nationally acclaimed, Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters have opened for American music icons such as Willie Nelson, ZZ Top, and Los Lobos. Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters were founded in 2007 by Billy Bob Thornton (often credited as W.R. Thornton when with the band) and sound engineer J.D. Andrew. The band’s distinct rockabilly sound is not only influenced by distinct Americana roots, but from a fusion of 60’s rock of the British invasion Read More

Opus OP Presents ‘Discovering The Music Of Bach’ June 10

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Conductor and Educator Oliver Prezant

Opus OP News:

SANTA FE — Join conductor and educator Oliver Prezant and harpsichordist Kathleen McIntosh for an in-depth look at a Prelude and Fugue from Bach’s celebrated Well Tempered Clavier. 

During the program, Prezant will lead an interactive exploration of the music, as we look at how Bach works his material to create a brilliant, character-filled Prelude. Then they’ll examine the short melody that begins the Fugue and follow its twists and turns as it appears and reappears throughout the piece.

McIntosh will demonstrate a variety of approaches Read More

Santa Fe Symphony Hosts Memorial Day Concert Sunday

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SFS News:

Choral Director Carmen Flórez-Mansi leads The Santa Fe Symphony (SFS) Chorus and The Symphony Chamber Ensemble for an afternoon of uplifting music at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 21 at the beautiful Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi.

Join the Symphony as they remember those who served and their families with an inspirational program performed by the full Santa Fe Symphony Chorus and The Symphony Chamber Ensemble.

Experience Dan Forrest’s Requiem for the Living with talented soloists Joanna Armstrong, Soprano; Zadrian Wyeth Stout Baker, Boy Soprano; Thomasluke Flórez-Mansi, Read More

Upstart Crows Of Santa Fe Presents King Lear In Tribute To Itai Rosen Beginning June 8

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Upstart Crows of Santa Fe News:

Upstart Crows of Santa Fe presents King Lear in tribute to Itai Rosen at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays – Sundays, June 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18 at The Garden Stage at La Tienda (7 Caliente Road, Eldorado, Santa Fe.

Tickets $20 for adults, $10 for students, at the door or online.

Upstart Crows of Santa Fe present Shakespeare’s King Lear, a tragic tale of family and kingdom destroyed through dishonesty, greed and wisdom found too late.

This production is a tribute to Itai Rosen whose sudden passing in 2022 came just as he was beginning his own production of the play. Lear was Read More

MIAC: 19th Annual Native Treasures Art Market May 26-28

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Courtesy/MIAC

Jacob Shije Trio to perform May 26 at the Native Treasures Art Market at the Santa Fe Convention Center. Courtesy/MIAC

MIAC News:

SANTA FE — The 19th annual Native Treasures Art Market takes place Memorial Day weekend, May 26-28, at the Santa Fe Convention Center.

Each year, the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) brings together hundreds of Native artists for the annual art market. For its 2023 edition Native Treasures Art Market will present the highest quality artworks from a range of media—from painting and sculpture to jewelry and fashion, including Southwest favorites Read More

Metropolitan Opera Presents Live Transmission Of Mozart’s Don Giovanni May 20

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Baritone Peter Mattei as Don Giovanni. Courtesy/The Met

THE MET News:

NEW YORK, NY — The Metropolitan Opera (The Met) presents a live transmission of Tony Award–winning director Ivo van Hove’s new production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni at 12:55 a.m. Saturday, May 20 as part of The Met: Live in HD series. 

This production marks Met debuts for both van Hove and Maestro Nathalie Stutzmann, who will lead the star-studded cast that includes baritone Peter Mattei, considered one of today’s great Don Giovanni interpreters, alongside the Leporello of bass-baritone Adam Plachetka. Sopranos Federica Read More

Tuesdays At The Square Kicks Off June 13

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This year the concert series is 6-8 p.m. every Tuesday June 13-27 and July 11-25 on the lawn in Central Park Square. Courtesy/MainStreet and Creative District

MAINSTREET News:

Presented by Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District, Tuesdays at the Square (formerly at Ashley Pond) is gearing up for a rocking summer.

This year, Tuesdays will be activating the lawn next to Boese Bros with six Tuesday evenings of live music, spanning rock, jazz, blues and more. The Atomic Follies will kick of our season with their all-ages cabaret show during Pride Week.

Then the series will continue with The Los Read More

Los Alamos Community Winds Features Blockbuster Pieces In Final Concert Of 2022-2023 Season

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The Los Alamos Community Winds rehearses Tuesday at White Rock Baptist Church in preparation for its concert at 7 p.m. Saturday at Crossroads Bible Church. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Community Winds Musical and Artistic Director Ted Vives conducts the concert band. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Flutist Heidi Morning, right, will be a soloist in Saturday’s concert. She will perform Cècile Chaminade’s ‘Concertino for Flute’. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

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

Los Alamos Community Read More