Music

Los Alamos Light Opera Auditions Open For 2023 Show

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To get to Graves Hall, enter through the double doors at the end of the parking lot and take the stairs to the second floor. Graves Hall is at the end of the hallway on the northeast end of the building. Courtesy photo

LALO News:

It’s time at last to audition for the Los Alamos Light Opera (LALO) 2023 show “Pajama Game” 5-8 p.m.(ish), Tuesday, Sept. 13, 14 and 20 in Graves Hall at Los Alamos United Church, 2525 Canyon Road.

Auditions will consist of reading from a script, learning some choreography and singing a piece of the auditioner’s choosing. 

Singing something from the show is not recommended, rather Read More

Updates To The Lensic Presents 2022/2023 Season

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Lensic Performing Arts Center announces changes to the Lensic Presents 2022–23 season. Courtesy/The Lensic

The Lensic News:

Lensic Performing Arts Center announces changes to the Lensic Presents 2022–23 season, which features music, dance, family events, and more.

The originally scheduled performance by The TEN Tenors Dec. 1 has been canceled. The Manhattan Transfer, originally scheduled for Dec. 22, has been rescheduled for April 14, 2023.

Tickets for all shows are now available online, by phone at 505.988.1234, or in person, 211 W. San Francisco St., Santa Fe.

Email communications@lensic.org Read More

La Emi To Extend Popular Flamenco Series Into Fall

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La Emi

MUSIC News:

SANTA FE — La Emi, New Mexico’s very own Flamenco artist, is returning this fall to the Benitez Cabaret stage at The Lodge at Santa Fe, 750 N. St. Francis Dr.,  following a successful summer series.

The extended showcase will run Sept. 22 through Oct. 9. This year’s series introduced locals and visitors alike to traditional Flamenco at a grander scale incorporated with modern elements. Tickets are now on sale, with shows Thursday through Sunday available every week. 

“This summer, we were able to produce a larger scale show that resonated with our community,” La Emi said. “We Read More

LACF Announces Ken Milder Has Established Endowment Supporting Los Alamos Little Theater

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LALT Board President Megan Pimentel, Ken Milder, center, and LACF Executive Director Steve Laurent. Courtesy/LACF

LACF News:

The Los Alamos Community Foundation (LACF) announced today that longtime resident and community theatre participant, Ken Milder, has established the Los Alamos Little Theatre (LALT) Endowment Fund with a seed gift of $10,000. The purpose of the fund is to provide unrestricted operating support to LALT.

“I want to support the Little Theatre because it’s tough to sustain a performing arts center, put on plays, and provide educational programs and opportunities Read More

Taos Chamber Music Group 30th Anniversary Season Begins At Harwood Museum Of Art Oct. 1-2

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Taos thespian David Garver

TCMG News:

The Taos Chamber Music Group’s (TCMG) 30th Anniversary Season begins 5:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 1 and 2, at the Harwood Museum of Art.

A program called “Sounds of Shakespeare” launches the 2022-2023 series with a signature multimedia presentation that combines some of Shakespeare’s most powerful words with music connected to them.

The performances will feature Taos thespian David Garver reciting from the plays.

Music includes Erich Korngold’s Much Ado about Nothing Suite for violin and piano, Christoph Gluck’s Minuet and Dance of the Blessed Read More

Tchaikovsky Competition Winner To Perform In Los Alamos

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In 2019 at just 18, Zlatomir Fung was the youngest musician ever to win first prize in the International Tchaikovsky Competition’s cello division. Courtesy/LACA

LACA News:

The Los Alamos Concert Association (LACA) opens its 76th season on Sept. 25 with American cellist Zlatomir Fung, winner of the 2019 International Tchaikovsky Competition. At just 18, Fung was the youngest musician ever to win first prize in the competition’s cello division.

Fung’s blossoming international career has taken him to recital and orchestral performances in Italy, Russia, China, and Japan. He made his Carnegie Read More

The Jauntee Rock Final 2022 Summer Concert At Pond

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The Jauntee rocked the final concert of the 2022 Summer Concert Series season Friday evening at Ashley Pond Park. The Jauntee is known for bust-outs, fresh jamming, poignant covers and accessible songwriting. From left, guitarist Caton Sollenberger, bass player John Loland and keyboard player Tyler Adams. The Jauntee drummer Scott Ferber is keeping the beat behind the cymbals. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

TechSource, Inc., co-sponsored the summer Concert Friday evening and Chairman/CEO V. Brian D’Andrea, center, and members of his team are shown here with concert Read More

Scenes Of Local Youth From Tonight’s Opening Act: New Mexico Talent Showcase At Summer Concert

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Scene of local youth from the area featured in tonight’s opening act: New Mexico Talent Showcase at the summer concert at Ashley Pond Park. Courtesy photo

Scene of local youth from the area featured in tonight’s opening act: New Mexico Talent Showcase. Courtesy photo Read More

Los Alamos Light Opera’s Broadway Revue Fundraiser ‘The Summer Of Love’ Performances Tonight Through Sunday

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Don’t miss the Los Alamos Light Opera’s (LALO) Broadway Revue fundraiser, ‘The Summer of Love’, featuring favorite Broadway love songs from musicals such as My Fair Lady, the Fantastiks, A Chorus Line and many more. Performances are 7:30 p.m. today Aug. 26 and Saturday, Aug. 27 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28. Suggested donation is $20. Funds raised will help LALO – a Los Alamos institution since 1943 – bring The Pajama Game to the Smith Auditorium in February 2023. Tickets are available at the door one hour before each performance – cash, check or credit card accepted. There will be raffle prizes, including Read More