Music

Teatro Paraguas Presents: ‘Katie’s Tales – A Woman’s Desire In The Whirlwind Of History’ April 1

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Teatro Paraguas presents ‘Katie’s Tales – a Woman’s Desire in the Whirlwind of History’ April 1. Courtesy/TA

TEATRO PARAGUAS News:

Teatro Paraguas presents “Katie’s Tales — a Woman’s Desire in the Whirlwind of History”, a solo show at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1 with Agnieska Kazimierska from Poland at Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie in Santa Fe.

Katie’s Tales interlaces song, poetry, evocative physicality, and striking stage imagery, to create the dream traces of one woman’s encounter with love, war, ancestral memory, and a future still-to-come.

Katie’s Tales is the story of a woman and Read More

Legendary Coach Lenny Roybal At Long Last Is A Hit

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Legendary Coach Lenny Roybal, 83, was a star for a few minutes Thursday as he played his original tune ‘Red or Green?’ for members of the House of Representatives in an effort to get lawmakers to adopt the tune as New Mexico’s official State Chile Song (link). Post screenshot

By ROBERT NOTT
The Santa Fe New Mexican

Lenny Roybal was dreaming of stardom about the time Glen Campbell’s version of “By The Time I Get to Phoenix” hit the radio airwaves late in 1967.

It was a huge hit for Campbell, leaving Roybal’s version — recorded as a single on the Corby Records label around the same time — to languish in obscurity. Read More

Los Alamos Community Winds Beethoven Concert March 11

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The Los Alamos Community Winds rehearses for its performance ‘Beethoven 250+’,  at 7 p.m. March 11 at Crossroads Bible Church. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Pianist Julian Chen who will perform the solo in Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 ‘Emperor’ looks over  music for the March 11 perfrmance at. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
bjgordon@ladailypost.com

The Los Alamos Community Winds will present an all-Beethoven program “Beethoven 250+”, at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 11 at Crossroads Bible Church. All Winds concerts Read More

Northern New Mexico College Alumnus Brenda ‘G Precious’ Atencio Wins Native American Music Award

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NNMC alumnus Brenda ‘G Precious’ Atencio wins Native American Music Award. Courtesy/NNMC

NNMC News:

ESPAÑOLA — It sounds like a plot from a Hollywood movie: a chance conversation opens the door for a hip-hop/R & B artist from Ohkay Owingeh to write lyrics and record a song with Grammy Award Winner Macy Gray. But that is what happened to Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) alumnus Brenda “G Precious” Atencio. That recording, “Unforgettable”, won the Native American Music Awards 2022 “Best Song of the Year.”

“During COVID, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time in the right Read More

Los Alamos Middle & High School Jazz Bands Perform At Albuquerque Jazz Festival

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Los Alamos High School and middle school Jazz Bands perform Feb. 17 at Albuquerque Jazz Festival. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

The Los Alamos Middle School and high school jazz bands performed Feb. 17, along with their directors, Ryan Finn, Alexander Mancino and William Finn, at the 2023 Albuquerque/UNM Jazz Festival.

Students in all four ensembles played works by Herbie Hancock, Sammy Nestico, Cole Porter, Tito Puente, Thelonious Monk, Victor López and more.

Part of this event included performing for an expert panel. Three judges provided written and voice recorded comments for the bands. Read More

Monthly Daytime Performance Series: Haewon Yang

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Los Alamos Arts Council presents Haewon Yang at noon Wednesday, March 1 inside the Historic Fuller Lodge. Korean-Canadian pianist Yang has been recognized for her colorful and sensitive performances and described as an ‘expressive, intelligent & meticulous performer’. She is sought after for her flexibility across different genres and her carefully studied interpretations of solo, chamber, and collaborative repertoire. This concert is free to the public and open to all ages. Find more information here. Courtesy/LAAC Read More

LAMTA Invites Community To First Musicale Of 2023

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LAMTA News:

The Los Alamos Music Teachers Association (LAMTA) invites everyone to its first Musicale of 2023, 2-3:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26 at Fuller Lodge.

We are excited to have students from the studios of Aejin Chang, Janna Warren and Patricia Wood:

Alicia Chen, Tabi Chiou, Gavin Hu, Katelyn Yoon, Serenity Tao, Annabel Tucker, Alice Chen, Eric Xu, Isaac Miller, Aniuta Dzuiba, Justin Lei, Santiago Tucker, Lyla Lo, Bryan Lee, Anna Simakov, Adrian Koo, Gala Nelson and Fayrouz Mourad.

Selections from the Baroque to Contemporary periods will be performed.

LAMTA is the local affiliation Read More

Santa Fe Community Foundation Grant Enables Los Luceros Historic Site To Improve Preservation And Educational Reach

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Folklórico dancers during Fall Harvest Festival. Courtesy/Carlyn Stewart

LLHS News:

ALCALDE — Los Luceros Historic Site (LLHS) has received a $15,000 Arts and Culture Grant from the Santa Fe Community Foundation (SFCF). The grant will support the Site’s mission to preserve and interpret its history and culture, while improving its capacity to reach surrounding communities.

“I am honored and excited that Los Luceros Historic Site received this grant from the Santa Fe Community Foundation,” LLHS Regional Manager Carly Stewart said. “Los Luceros has an incredibly layered history that Read More