Music

The Jauntee Performs Final 2022 Summer Concert Friday!

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Courtesy/Sancre Productions

Summer Concert News:

Friday marks the final concert of the 2022 15-week Los Alamos Summer Concert Series presented by Toyota of Santa Fe. 

The Jauntee concert is co-sponsored by Los Alamos businesses TechSource, Inc. and Wiemann Wealth Strategies / Raymond James.

The Jauntee pays tribute to music’s ability to transcend simple entertainment and cultivate a truly distinctive experience. The Jauntee has fostered a musical community based on a breadth of original material that engages fans through nightly exploration and risk taking. Averaging more than 100 Read More

Pro Musica Orchestra: Season Opening Concert Sept. 24

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Composer Jessie Montgomery

Santa Fe Pro Musica News:

SANTA FE — Under the Baton of Ransom Wilson, the Pro Musica Orchestra presents Rossini, Mozart, Jessie Montgomery and Prokofiev in its season opening performance Sept. 24.

Montgomery’s composition, Shift, Change, Turn was commissioned in 2019 by the Orpheus and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestras. She writes that “Shift, Change, Turn is my opportunity to contribute to the tradition of writing a piece based on the seasons, as change and rotation is something that we all experience as humans.” The inclusion of Montgomery’s work on this program Read More

LALO: ‘Summer Of Love’ Musical Revue Runs Aug. 26-28

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Performers from left, Rodney McCabe, Scot Johnson, Jeff Favorite, Darryl Garcia and Patrick MacDonald rehearsing ‘You’ve Gotta Have Heart’ from Damn Yankees for the upcoming musical revue ‘Summer Of Love’ to be performed Aug. 26-28. Courtesy/LALO

LALO News:

Talented performers are busy rehearsing for the upcoming musical revue “Summer of Love”, which will be performed this weekend at the Los Alamos Little Theater.

The show will feature love songs from Broadway musicals and is a fundraiser for the Los Alamos Light Opera (LALO) to help afford to stage the musical “Pajama Game” at the Smith Read More

Santa Fe Pro Musica Presents Its Season Opening Orchestra Concerts Sept.24-25

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The Pro Musica Orchestra presents works by Rossini, Mozart, Jessie Montgomery and Prokofiev in its season opening performances Sept.24-25. Courtesy/SF Pro Musica

Santa Fe Pro Musica News:

SANTA FE — Under the Baton of Ransom Wilson, the Pro Musica Orchestra presents works by Rossini, Mozart, Jessie Montgomery, and Prokofiev in its season opening performances. 

Jessie Montgomery’s composition, Shift, Change, Turn was commissioned in 2019 by the Orpheus and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestras. She writes that “Shift, Change, Turn is my opportunity to contribute to the tradition of writing Read More

Rumours And StoneDaddy Rock Summer Concert

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Jess Harwood channels Stevie Nicks as Rumours, a Fleetwood Mac tribute band, performs Friday at the Summer Concert Series at Ashley Pond Pavilion. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Jess Harwood performs with lead guitarist James Harrison (as Lindsey Buckingham) Friday night. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Singer and keyboardist Emily Gervers sings one of Christine McVie’s hits Friday night at the pond. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Opening for Rumours was new Taos-based rock band StoneDaddy. StoneDaddy played everything from classic Stones to the Read More

Rumours … Ultimate Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show Performs Summer Concert At Ashley Pond Park Friday

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Rumours, The Ultimate Feetwood Mac Tribute Show, headlines the Summer Concert Friday at the Pond. Courtesy/Sancre  

New Taos-based rock band StoneDaddyStone opens for Rumours, The Ultimate Feetwood Mac Tribute band at the Summer Concert Friday at the Pond. Courtesy/Sancre

Summer Concert News:

Rumours – The Ultimate Feetwood Mac Tribute Show, will be headlining this Friday’s second to last Los Alamos Summer Concert for the 2022 Series presented by Toyota of Santa Fe.

Rumours has meticulously put together a show that spares no detail. Recreating the band’s legendary persona, in Read More

TGIF Concert Series: Elaine Wang Meyerhoffer, Richard Bentley & Gerardo Lopez Aug. 19

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TGIF News:

What: Elaine Wang Meyerhoffer, mezzo soprano Richard Bentley, piano and Gerardo Lopez, flute

Music: “Hope is the Thing…” Vaughn Williams, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Ravel, Mahler, and Duparc 

Date: Aug. 19

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 505.982.8544 

Program: “HOPE IS THE THING…” a program of songs and instrumental selections that include composers such as Vaughn Williams, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Ravel, Mahler, Duparc, etc. Read More

Los Alamos Light Opera: Broadway Revue Aug. 26-28

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LALO News:
Do you LOVE Broadway? Los Alamos Light Opera will be presenting a Broadway Revue fundraiser at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 26 and a 2 p.m. matinee Aug. 28  at the Paforming Arts Center, 1670 Nectar St.
Suggested donation is $20. Funds raised will help LALO – a Los Alamos institution since 1943 – bring The Pajama Game to the Duane 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 amazing raffle prizes as well. Don’t miss it!
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LACW: Calling All Woodwind, Brass And Percussion Players

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LACW News:

The Los Alamos Community Winds (LACW) will begin rehearsals for its 23rd concert season at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23 in the Los Alamos High School Bandroom.

The Winds would lke to invite any and all players of woodwind, brass, or percussion instruments. We are in particular need of trombones and percussion. There is no audition. Just show up with your instrument ready to play.

Always striving to perform to a high level of musicianship and quality, in its 22-year history, LACW has been recognized nationally by winning first runner-up in the community band division of the 2011 American Read More

Whimsical & Magical Musical Of Seussical Proportions Opens At Electric Playhouse In September

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The Cardboard Playhouse Theatre Company presents ‘Seussical JR. the musical’ opening in September. Courtesy/Cardboard Playhouse Theatre Company 

Theatre News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Cardboard Playhouse Theatre Company will unlock the imaginations of Albuquerque citizens when they bring the Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, Gertrude McFuzz, Mayzie La Bird, the Whos in Whoville and other Seuss favorites to life with their production of Seussical JR.! Co-conceived by Lynn Ahrens (Anastasia, Once on this Island), Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime, Once on this Island) and Eric Idle (Monty Python) Read More