Music

Taos Chamber Music Group Presents Hub New Music Jan. 28 & 29 At The Harwood Museum In Taos

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Courtesy/TCMG

TCMG News:

The Taos Chamber Music Group’s (TCMG) 30th Anniversary Season continues 5:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 28 and 29, in a program called “New Pathways” at the Harwood Museum in Taos.

The concerts feature Hub New Music, a Grammy-nominated flute, clarinet, violin and cello quartet that paves new musical pathways. “Shatter Me” by 17- year-old composer Sage Shurman, a co-commission with TCMG, will have its world premiere. in addition to James Diaz’s Lines of acid dreams, Dai Wei’s how the stars vanish, Julius Eastman’s Joy Boy and, with TCMG flutist Nancy Laupheimer, Read More

Scenes From Max Gomez, Bill Hearne & Friends In Concert

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Singer-songwriter Max Gomez brought his annual holiday show back to Fuller Lodge, Friday, Dec. 30, courtesy of Live in Los Alamos. Gomez, left, drew a packed house and was joined this year by New Mexico legend Bill Hearne and other friends and fellow musicians. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com 

Max Gomez, center, joined in concert by his good friends singer-songwriter Earl Buck, left, and master fiddle player Ollie O’Shae. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

The whole group of musicians on stage to perform a smokin version of ‘White Freightliner’ among other tunes. Read More

Concordia Santa Fe Thanks Public For Supporting Wind Music In Northern New Mexico

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Courtesy/Concordia Santa Fe

From Concordia Santa Fe:

Concordia Santa Fe hopes the public was able to join them for the performances presented by the Concordia Santa Fe Wind Orchestra and the High Desert Winds during 2022.

As they reflect on a successful and joyous year of music making, they ask the community to also mark calendars for the following concert events in the new year:

  • High Desert Winds
    Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023;
  • CSF Wind Orchestra featuring Dr. Glen Adsit, guest conductor
    Sunday, March 19, 2023;
  • High Desert Winds
    Sunday, May 7, 2023;
  • CSF Wind Orchestra featuring Dr. John Lynch, guest conductor
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Opera Southwest: New Year’s Performance Dec. 31!

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NHCC News:

New Year’s with the Opera! is a fun variety show playing 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31 at the Albuquerque Journal Theatre featuring Opera Southwest’s most beloved recent performers, the Albuquerque Youth Symphony, and the Opera Southwest Chamber Orchestra.

With a variety of opera favorites and light classics, there is something for everyone to ring in the New Year.

This event is part of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs’ New Mexico Traditions program. For more events like this, visit nmculture.org/traditions.

Tickets $53 to $73, with an additional $95 for the Opera Southwest Read More

Santa Fe Pro Musica: Danish String Quartet Performs Jan. 22

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Danish String Quartet. Photo by Caroline Bittencourt

SFPM News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Pro Musica starts the new year with the Danish String Quartet 3 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 22 at the Lensic Performing Arts Center. The program includes works by Haydn, Shostakovich, Britten, and Nordic Folk Music. This is the fourth of five concerts in Pro Musica’s compelling String Quartet Series. Tickets: $22 – $92.

“The Danish are remarkable, as ever – capable of intense blend, extreme dynamic variation (in which they seem glued together), perfect intonation even on harmonics, and constant vitality and flow”—Andrew Read More

Live In Los Alamos: Max Gomez And Bill Hearne Dec. 30

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Max Gomez/LADP file photo

MUSIC News:

Max Gomez will bring his annual holiday show back to Fuller Lodge, Friday, Dec. 30. Gomez will be joined this year by New Mexico legend Bill Hearne, as well as a backup band and perhaps one other guest artist.

This is the fourth time the holiday show has been hosted at Fuller Lodge and this one appears headed to a sell out just as the other three have. At press time there were fewer than 30 tickets remaining.

Gomez hails from the hills to the north, calling Taos home even though he is working in Los Angeles. He received critical acclaim for his debut album Rule the World Read More

Festival Ballet Albuquerque & NHCC Present: Nutcracker In The Land Of Enchantment, Today Through Dec. 18

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Nutcracker in the Land of Enchantment will be performed Today, Dec. 16 through Sunday, Dec. 18 at the Albuquerque Journal Theatre. Courtesy/NHCC

NHCC News:

Festival Ballet Albuquerque is partnering with the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) to present an original production, Nutcracker in the Land of Enchantment, choreographed by Patricia Dickinson Wells.

The beloved holiday classic is transported to territorial New Mexico in the late 1800s, with added elements of the state’s heritage and traditions including Spanish dancers, Southwestern snakes, sheep and shepherdesses, Read More

TGIF Series: eSSO Eternal Summer String Orchestra Friday

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TGIF News:

What: eSSO Eternal Summer String Orchestra

Music: Vaughan Williams, J. C. Bach and Mozart

Date: Dec. 16

Time: 5:30 p.m. (doors open at 5:15 p.m.)

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: In Memory of Helen Hare

  • RV Williams, Fantasia on Greensleeves
    Janet Yaker-Murray, flute and David Ponder, harp
  • JC Bach, Sinfonia Concertante in A.
    Keri Brinegar, violin and Michael Brinegar Cello.
  • Mozart Symphony #24
  • Daniel Villanueva Conductor

First Presbyterian offers weekly Read More

Barranca & Chamisa Choirs Perform At Senior Center

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Choirs from 4th, 5th and 6th grades at Barranca Mesa Elementary School delight attendees with Christmas songs and skits under the direction of Valerie Collins at noon Wednesday at the Betty Ehart Senior Center. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Choirs from Chamisa Elementary School under the direction of Megan Tholen perform for attendees Wednesday at the Betty Ehart Senior Center. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Choirs from Barranca and Chamisa elementary schools join together Wednesday to sing Christmas Carols to attendees at Betty Ehart Senior Center. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More