Music

Annual Pumpkin Patch Raises Over $8,000 For Choirs

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This year’s Pumpkin Patch Fundraiser was the most successful of its kind to date, bringing a profit of more than $8,000 for all the local school choirs. Courtesy/LAPS

 

By OLIVIA LONG
LAMS LAHS Choirs

Thank you to the Los Alamos community who shopped this fall from Oct. 15 to Oct. 31 at the annual Pumpkin Patch Fundraiser supporting the Los Alamos Middle School (LAMS) and Los Alamos High School (LAHS) choirs.

It has become a fall festival community event, bringing to the community the fun experience of picking out quality pumpkins of a large variety of shapes, sizes and colors right here at the Read More

A Year With Frog & Toad Dec. 3 At Santa Fe Playhouse

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Santa Fe Playhouse News:

SANTA FE — Frog and Toad are the amphibious best buddies from Arnold Lobel’s well-loved children’s books.

The pair takes to the stage in ‘A Year with Frog and Toad’, with music by Robert Reale, and book and lyrics by Willie Reale, opening at Santa Fe Playhouse 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3.

Previews are Thursday, Dec. 1 and Friday, Dec. 2.

A Year with Frog and Toad was nominated for three Tony Awards in 2003, including Best Musical. Co-directed by Patrick MacDonald and Emily Rankin, “it’s a family-friendly romp about friendship, appreciating our differences, and loving unconditionally Read More

NHCC Hosts Two Nights Of Flamenco Nov. 11-12

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NHCC News:

The National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) is hosting two nights of flamenco, 8 p.m. Nov. 11 and 4 p.m. Nov. 12, as the NHCC and the National Institute of Flamenco present Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company in Çiertas Danças.

The performance features spirited collaborations between invited artists Rafael Estévez and Valeriano Paños and musical guests Alicia Morales and Ángel Ruíz. 

The powerhouse Albuquerque flamenco company will showcase new choreographies by Estévez and Paños featuring music created collaboratively among Estévez, Paños, Yjastros Artistic Read More

Janna Warren Named 2022 Music Teacher Of The Year

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Janna Vidisheva Warren

COMMUNITY News:

Janna Vidisheva Warren of Los Alamos has been named the 2022 Teacher of the Year by the Professional Music Teachers of New Mexico (PMTNM). She will receive her award at the organization’s state conference Nov. 11 in Clovis.

Warren is an outstanding piano teacher, active member of the Los Alamos Music Teachers Association (LAMTA), Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) and its affiliate Professional Music Teachers of New Mexico.

Warren began studying piano at the age of 11 in her home town, Bishkek, Kyrgystan, where she eventually received a master’s Read More

Date Correction On Midsummer Night’s Dream

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CHAMBER News:

Los Alamos High School Olions presents Midsummer Night’s Dream this evening and Saturday afternoon and evening.

Performance Days & Times:

          • Friday, Nov. 4 (tonight) @ 7 p.m.; and
          • Saturday, Nov. 5 @ 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. (not Nov. 6!).

All performances are at Duane Smith Auditorium.

Buy tickets now at LAHSolions.org. Read More

Los Alamos Arts Council Seeks Musicians & Performers For 2023 Monthly Brown Bags Season

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Los Alamos Arts Council is accepting applications for not only music but also poetry readings, short plays, dances etc. for its 2023 season. Applications are free and open until all the dates are filled. Dates still available in 2023: June 7, Sept. 6, Oct. 4 and Nov. 1. Performances are noon to 1 p.m. the first Wednesday of every month. Performers are given a $100 Honorarium check. Apply Here. Courtesy/Los Alamos Arts Council Read More

Elementary Music Teachers Host District Choir Workshop

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LAPS elementary students gather at Mountain School for the first District Elementary Choir Workshop. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) elementary students gathered at Mountain Elementary School earlier this fall for the first District Elementary Choir Workshop hosted by the LAPS elementary music teachers.

Students from all LAPS elementary choir clubs were invited to advance their singing skills and sing in a large choir, led and accompanied by members of the music team.

Around 100 students participated in the workshop, and spent the time working on three pieces Read More

Los Alamos Arts Council Events For November 2022

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Los Alamos Arts Council News: 

Here is a compilation of all the events happening from the Los Alamos Arts Council throughout November:

Nov. 2: Daytime Performance-The Quemazon Combo noon to 1 p.m. at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy/Los Alamos Arts Council 

Nov. 5: Early Bird Deadline for Winter Fair. Don’t miss the $25 discount for applying early! Apply here. Courtesy/Los Alamos Arts Council 

Nov. 8: Clay Teapot Workshop. Come learn how to make Clay Teapots on the Wheel with Alison Ticknor in this two part workshop! Sign up here. Courtesy/Los Alamos Arts Council 

Nov. 9: Last Day of The Road Taken Read More

TGIF Concert Series: Pianist Michael Tortorella Nov. 4

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TGIF News:

What: Michael Tortorella, piano

Music: Griffes and Skryabin   

Date: Nov. 4

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: 

  • Three Tone Pictures – Charles Griffes (1884-1920)
    -The Lake at Evening
    -Vale of Dreams
    -The Night Winds
  • Two Poems, op. 32 – Aleksander Skryabin (1871-1959)
  • Sonata no. 4 in F# Major, op. 30 – Aleksander Skryabin (1871-1959)
    -Andante
    -Prestissimo volando

First Presbyterian offers weekly recitals 5:30-6 p.m. Read More

Santa Fe Opera Guild Unveils New Website

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By BERNADETTE SNIDER
VP of Communications
Santa Fe Opera Guild

Today is the day the Santa Fe Opera Guild launched its first ever website and we are exhausted but thrilled with the opportunity to expand our reach to opera lovers everywhere.

The venerable Operagam still exists in a shorter format, which allows our members to register for events without wading through long articles. The links in the Operagram navigate to the website, allowing members the opportunity to read additional information if so desired.

One feature from the Operagram that has not transitioned to the website is Diversions, Read More