Music

Longtime Santa Fe Youth Music Nonprofit Readies For Fiery Spring Performance April 29-30

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SFYAS News:

SANTA FE — More than 250 students in 16 ensembles are perfecting their Spring Concert music pieces.

Each group is taking the “We’re on Fire!” theme into a different direction. For example, the Jazz program focuses on Cuban music, the Intermezzo group is putting on “Suite for a Pestered Dragon,” and the Prelude orchestra’s pieces have been voted on and chosen by the students (which got them fired up)! There are pieces that are crowd favorites to get the audience going, and those that make you want to dance in your seat. 

The concert themed: “We’re on Fire!” will take place at the Scottish Read More

Sarah Lee Guthrie To Perform At Historic Fuller Lodge

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Singer Sarah Lee Guthrie, granddaughter of Woody Guthrie and daughter of Arlo Guthrie, is performing April 26 at Historic Fuller Lodge. Photo by Joanna Chattman

MUSIC News:

Award-winning folk singer Sarah Lee Guthrie is celebrating the release of her new solo single “Honey and the Dew” with a string of tour dates across New Mexico and Colorado including April 26 at Historic Fuller Lodge in downtown Los Alamos.

“I wrote ‘Honey and the Dew’ probably about 10 years ago and as the world would have it, it took all this time to be in the right hands at the right time and believe me it was worth the wait!” Guthrie Read More

Piano Duo Hosts Concert Saturday In Santa Fe

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

Piano concerts are a common occurrence and certainly having two pianists share the stage is not unusual. But what about two pianists sharing one piano? Now that is something new.

Santa Fe musician Natasha Stojanovska’s and featured artist Heejin An’s concert at noon April 28 at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe will showcase works by Brahms, Bach, Liszt and others using one piano and four hands.

An explained this novel way of performing the music will enhance it.

“Piano is often known as the only instrument Read More

Los Alamos Music Teachers Association Hosts Second 2023 Musicale April 23

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LAMTA News:

The Los Alamos Music Teachers Association (LAMTA) invites the public to attend its second 2023 Musicale, 2-3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 23 at Fuller Lodge, 2132 Central Ave. in downtown Los Alamos.

The LAMTA 2023 Musicale will have students from the studios of Aejin Chang, Janna Warren and Patricia Wood.

Aejin Chang:

  • Sydney Chen…Sonatina in G Major, Moderato, Anh 5, L. Van Beethoven;
  • Hannah Lee…Rondo Alla Turca, K331, W.A. Mozart;
  • Jinheon Kim…Nocturne in b flat minor, Op 9, #1, F. Chopin;
  • Yeanwoo Park, Scene No. 1-6 from Kinderszenen, Op 15, R. Schumann;

Janna Warren: Read More

Santa Fe Women’s Ensemble Spring Concerts May 6-7

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Santa Fe Women’s Ensemble to present 2023 spring concerts May 6-7. Photo by Ken Kirk 

SFWE News:

“The Wonder of Women: From Their Shoulders We Do Soar” is the theme for the Santa Fe Women’s Ensemble’s (SFWE) 2023 spring concerts at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 6 and Sunday May 7 at First Presbyterian Church at 208 Grant Ave., in Santa Fe.

Each performance is preceded by a prelude talk by Director Dr. Linda Raney at 1:30 p.m., with a question-and-answer period to follow.

Featuring a wide variety of powerful, inspiring pieces of which all the music and almost all the texts are by women, this concert repertory Read More

High Desert Winds To Present Spring Concert In Santa Fe

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Courtesy/HDW

HDW News:

High Desert Winds will present its Spring Concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 7, at the St. Francis Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Art at 107 W. Palace Ave. in Santa Fe.

Dr. Jan Gaynor will conduct:

  • Danzon Cubano by Aaron Copland;
  • Suite of Old American Dances by Robert Russell Bennett; and
  • SaxPack by Otto M. Schwarz, featuring soloist Cesario Quintana on saxophone.

Guest conductor Ricardo Hernandez will conduct Tears of the Princess Kushinada in Hii by Masanori Taruya.

Admission is FREE, with donations gratefully accepted.

For more information, visit www.HighDesertWinds.org Read More

TGIF: Black Mesa Brass Quintet Performs April 14, 2023

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TGIF News:

What: Black Mesa Brass Quintet

To: Arts Editors and Calendars

Date: April 14, 2023

Time: 5:30 (doors open at 5:15)

Where: First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave. Santa Fe, NM 87501

Admission: Freewill offering and open to all

For More Information call 982.8544 

Program: 

TGIF April 14, 2023

  • Star Wars . . . . . . . . . . . . . Williams
  • Golliwog’s Cake Walk . . . . Debussy
  • Porgy & Bess Sampler . . . . . Gershwin
  • Summertime
  • I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin,
  • Puttin’ On the Ritz . . . . . Berlin
  • A Foggy Day/Nice Work If You Can Get It . . . Gershwin
  • Birdland . . . . . . . . . . . . Zawinul

The Black Mesa Brass Quintet was formed Read More

Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra Presents ‘A Historical Hit Parade’ Spring Concert April 21

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LASO News:

“A Historical Hit Parade” sums up the content of the Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra’s (LASO) spring concert scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, April 21 at Crossroads Bible Church.

The program opens with the Overture to “H.M.S. Pinafore” recalling a performance in August 1948 of the entire Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in conjunction with the Los Alamos Choral Society and Little Theatre. Next up is Franz Schubert’s Symphony #8, dubbed “Unfinished” because it has only two movements instead of the expected four. Here again Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra, at one time called the Los Alamos Sinfonietta, Read More

LAHS Students Among High School Finalists From Across New Mexico To Perform At Awards Show In Popejoy Hall

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From the New Mexico High School Musical Theatre Awards:

Forty high school students from across New Mexico have been named as finalists for four top awards in the biggest celebration of high school theater in the state.

The Enchantment Awards named students from 10 high schools as nominees for their annual show. The students chosen as Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Supporting Actor will be announced during the show in Popejoy Hall at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 28.

“Our show puts as many as 150 students on Popejoy’s stage to perform throughout the evening,” said Laura A. Read More