Music

Santa Fe Opera Named Festival Of The Year At International Opera Awards

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Crosby Theatre at the Santa Fe Opera alight and abuzz on Opening Night of Tristan und Isolde. Photo by Robert Godwin

SFO News:

SANTA FE — The Santa Fe Opera has been recognized as Festival of the Year at the International Opera Awards ceremony held at the historic Teatro Real in Madrid, Spain. The company was additionally honored to be nominated in the World Premiere category for its 2022 Season production of M. Butterfly 蝴蝶君 by Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang. Two 2022 Season artists, M. Butterfly 蝴蝶君 director James Robinson and The Barber of Seville conductor Iván López Reynoso were also celebrated Read More

Taos Chamber Music Group Presents Two Winter-themed Programs With Gleb Ivanov Dec. 9, 10 & 11

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Pianist Gleb Ivanov

TAOS CHAMBER MUSIC News:

The Taos Chamber Music Group’s (TCMG) 30th Anniversary Season celebrates the holiday season with two of its most popular programs.

Both feature the immensely gifted pianist Gleb Ivanov who will be presented in a solo piano recital, “Winter Scenes” Friday, Dec. 9, and then join TCMG musicians for a chamber music program, “Journey Into Winter” with two performances Dec. 10 and 11.

All concerts begin at 5:30 p.m. and take place in the Arthur Bell Auditorium at the Harwood Museum of Art.  

A TCMG regular – this year marks Ivanov’s 10th season of appearances Read More

Teatro Paraguas: A Musical Piñata For Christmas Dec. 9-18

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Teatro Paraguas presents ‘A Musical Piñata for Christmas’ is 7 p.m. Fridays and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sunday Dec. 9-18 at Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie in Santa Fe. Courtesy/Teatro Paraguas

Scene from ‘A Musical Piñata for Christmas’  at Teatro Paraguas. Courtesy/Teatro Paragua

TEATRO PARAGUAS News:

Teatro Paraguas will present its 10th annual community celebration “A Musical Piñata for Christmas” 7 p.m., Fridays and 2 p.m., Saturdays and Sunday Dec. 9-18, at Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie in Santa Fe. 

The Teatro Paraguas Orchestra will play traditional New Mexican and Mexican Read More

Guitarist Richard Smith To Perform At Fuller Lodge Dec. 15

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Guitarist Richard Smith will perform Dec. 15 at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy/John Eklund

COMMUNITY News:

Richard Smith, British-born guitarist and current Nashville resident will perform Thursday, Dec. 15 at Fuller Lodge.

Smith is a virtuoso in classical, ragtime, jazz, pop, and whatever else pops into his fertile brain and out his nimble fingers.

Bonus guitar lesson! Smith will offer a coaching/jam session at 5 p.m. Dec. 15 for musicians, beginners and veterans alike.

Details:

  • Lesson begins at 5 p.m.;
  • Doors for the show open at 6 p.m.;
  • Show at 7 p.m.

Tickets: $15 in advance, pick up at the Los Alamos Read More

LAAC Brown Bag Concert At Fuller Lodge Dec. 7

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The last LAAC Lunchtime Brown Bag Concert of the year is Wednesday, Dec. 7. Courtesy/LAAC

LAAC News:

The Los Alamos Arts Council (LAAC) will be hosting the December Lunchtime Brown Bag Concert noon-1 p.m. Wednesday Dec. 7 inside historic Fuller Lodge.

Attendance is free and donations are always welcome. They will have some hot apple cider and cookies, but as always, guests are welcome and encouraged to bring lunch (and a friend) to listen to the concert series. 

This month’s featured artist is Schola Cantorum of Santa Fe on their Christmas Music Tour!

About Schola

For 32 years the Schola Cantorum Read More

Compañia Chuscales, Mina Fajardo & Teatro Paraguas Present Holiday Flamenco Dec. 20-21

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Mina Fajardo. Courtesy/Teatro Paraguas

TEATRO PARAGUAS News:

Compañia Chuscales & Mina Fajardo and Teatro Paraguas present Holiday Flamenco, a seasonal celebration with music and dance, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20 & 21 at Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie, Santa Fe.

TICKETS: $25 General Admission; $20 Seniors and students

Online Tickets: ChuscalesHolidayFlamenco.bpt.com

Reservations: (purchase tickets at door): 505.424.1601

Information: teatroparaguasnm.org

Compañia Chuscales and Mina Fajardo return to Teatro Paraguas with an original and exciting flamenco extravaganza Read More

Taos Chamber Music Group Performances Dec. 9-11

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The Taos Chamber Music Group’s 30th Anniversary Season continues Friday, Dec. 9. Courtesy/TCMG

TAOS CHAMBER MUSIC News:

The Taos Chamber Music Group’s 30th Anniversary Season continues Friday, Dec. 9 with a solo piano recital and Dec. 10-11 with a chamber music program, both featuring the astonishingly talented pianist Gleb Ivanov. Ivanov will perform works by Ravel, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff in a program called “Winter Scenes” 5:30 p.m. Friday.

At 5:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Ivanov will be joined by flutist Nancy Laupheimer, violinist LP How, cellist Sally Guenther and pianist Read More

Sharon Isbin To Perform In Los Alamos With Pacifica Quartet Nov. 18

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Sharon Isbin. Courtesy/LACA

LACA News:

Acclaimed classical guitarist Sharon Isbin and the Pacifica Quartet will reunite to perform music from their bestselling album, Souvenirs of Spain and Italy, in Los Alamos at 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 18 in the Duane Smith Auditorium.

Presented by the Los Alamos Concert Association (LACA), the ensemble will also perform the Southwest premier of a work written for Isbin and the Pacifica by Joseph Schwantner.

Called “classical guitar’s reigning diva” by the Dallas Morning News, multiple Grammy-winner Sharon Isbin was named the Musical America Worldwide Read More

Los Alamos Concert Association Artistic Director Ann McLaughlin To Step Down At End Of 2022-23 Season

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LACA Artistic Director Ann McLaughlin

LACA News:

After 12 years as Artistic Director of the Los Alamos Concert Association, Ann McLaughlin has announced that she will step back from her responsibilities at the end of the 2022-23 concert season.

“In considering this, I wanted to make sure that LACA was in good shape following the pandemic shutdown. Our finances are solid, and we have an exceptionally strong Board of Directors to manage this transition, so the timing seems right,” McLaughlin said.

Deniece Korzekwa, President of the LACA Board of Directors, confirmed that a process for identifying Read More