Music

Celebrated Organist Damin Spritzer To Perform At New Mexico Museum Of Art Oct. 21

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Damin Spritzer

NMDCA News:

Acclaimed organist Damin Spritzer will perform a concert on the Frederick R. Haas Pipe Organ Oct. 21 in the St. Francis Auditorium.

Scheduled for 5:30 p.m., in the New Mexico Museum of Art’s historic auditorium, the concert will include pieces by Pierre Kunc, René Louis Becker, William Grant Still, Mary Howe and other notable composers.

The Frederick R. Haas Pipe Organ recently underwent the second phase of its renovation, which included the installation of a lift that will allow the console to be placed on the stage. Future work will include a player reel that will Read More

Community Winds Opens Season With ‘Musical Gems’

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By TED VIVES
Artistic and Musical Director
Los Alamos Community Winds
As the weather begins to cool, the Los Alamos Community Winds will present its 2022-2023 Season Opener “Musical Gemstones – Rare Works and Transcriptions for Band”, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8 at Crossroads Bible Church.
Having just completed a very exciting and busy season which included traveling to Hawaii as New Mexico representatives at the Pearl Harbor 80th Anniversary Celebration, and then co-hosting the 2022 National Convention for the Association of Concert Bands, LACW will be presenting a concert of somewhat
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Santa Fe Pro Musica Presents Quartetto Di Cremona

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Santa Fe Pro Musica presents Quartetto Di Cremona to perform Oct. 23, to kick off its String Works Series. Courtesy/Santa Fe Pro Musica

Santa Fe Pro Musica News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Pro Musica begins its String Works Series at 3 p.m. Oct. 23 at St. Francis Auditorium (107 W. Palace Ave. in Santa Fe) with the Quartetto Di Cremona.

The program includes works by Boccherini, Verdi, Puccini and Respighi.  

About Quartetto Di Cremona:

This Italian ensemble performs an all-Italian program on rare Italian instruments from the 17th and 18th centuries. Quartetto Di Cremona has performed at international Read More

Scenes From Boese Brew Co. Oktobe(e)rfest At Pond

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All decked out for the Boese Brew Co. Oktobe(e)rfest event underway this evening and Saturday, Sept. 24 at Ashley Pond Park. Tonight’s featured bands are Gary BlackChild & The Ghost Train and Igor and the Red Elvises. The two-day event includes food vendors, beer tastings from five fantastic New Mexico breweries, a costume contest, a kids’ bounce house, and more! Saturday the gates open at 2:30 p.m. with featured bands Swing Time Polka, DK and the Affordables and Katy P and The Business. The biergarten on Saturday will include brews from Boese, Bathtub Row, Santa Fe Brewery, Tractor, and Read More

Soprano Bárbara Padilla Performs At The Lensic Oct. 14

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Bárbara Padilla was 1st runner up on ‘America’s Got Talent’. Courtesy/Lensic

The Lensic News:

Losita Productions presents Bárbara Padilla, at 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 14 at the Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe.

Padilla is an award-winning soprano who became a household name when she received outstanding reviews for her unforgettable performances on “America’s Got Talent”, achieving 1st Runner Up.

Ever since, Padilla has enjoyed years of success performing with multi-Grammy Award-winning music professionals such as David Foster, Juan Gabriel, Raul Di Blasio, Fernando De La Mora, Read More

TGIF Concert Series: Thomasluke Flores-Mansi, Sept. 30

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TGIF News:

What: Thomasluke Flores-Mansi, tenor

Music: TBA 

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

Date: Sept 30

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: 

TBA

First Presbyterian offers weekly recitals 5:30-6 p.m. Fridays. These concerts are free and open to all. A freewill offering for the recital fund will be received. Read More

Lensic Opens Season With Back-To-Back Shows Oct. 6-7

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Courtesy/Lensic

LENSIC News:

SANTA FE — The Lensic Performing Arts Center launches its new season of Lensic Presents with two back-to-back shows. The iconic funk and soul band Tower of Power kicks things off with a night of horn-blasting hits at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 6. Acclaimed Canadian folk band The Wailin’ Jennys will perform their dreamy, heartfelt melodies at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 7.

About Lensic Presents

Since its renovation in 2001, the Lensic has presented its own shows in addition to being a community performing arts center for Santa Fe’s vast and varied arts groups. The Lensic Read More

Teatro Paraguas Presents ‘Our Rhythms, Our Voices’ Latin American Musical And Oral History Project Oct. 15

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Javier Jara and others will present a musical project honoring the Latin American immigrant population, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 15 at Teatro Paraguas. Courtesy/TP

TEATRO PARAGUAS News:

Javier Jara, along with a group of musicians, will present a very special musical project honoring the Latin American immigrant population living in the United States. For the “Our Rhythms, Our Voices” project, Jara and his team of collaborators interviewed immigrants from all walks of life and from all over Latin America to create songs, using the rhythms from their native lands.

The tour celebrates Latin Read More

Santa Fe Opera Presents World Premiere Performances Of ‘This Little Light Of Mine’ About Voting Rights Activist Fannie Lou Hamer Beginning Oct. 28

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The Santa Fe Opera presents the world premiere of ‘This Little Light Of Mine’ beginning Oct. 28. Courtesy/SFO

SFO News:

SANTA FE — The Santa Fe Opera (SFO) will present the world premiere of This Little Light of Mine, a new opera about the life of voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer beginning Oct. 28.

The one-act opera is composed by Chandler Carter with libretto by Diana Solomon-Glover. Under development since 2017, the piece is commissioned by the Santa Fe Opera and its Opera for All Voices (OFAV) consortium partners.

Writes Carter, “The music of This Little Light begins and ends with the voice Read More