Los Alamos Pianist Juanita Madland
COMMUNITY News:
Los Alamos Arts Council is hosting a special Brown Bag performance noon Wednesday at Fuller Lodge.
This will replace the regularly scheduled show first Wednesay of the month. Join the arts council in welcoming Juanita Madland, a frequent guest of Los Alamos Arts Council, as she performs a selection of pieces from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johannes Brahms.
Madland is an accomplished musician, who has been playing since age 3. She has played hundreds of concerts in the U.S., Caribbean and Europe. Just some of her winning contests were the New Mexico concerto competition with Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto. She was the only New Mexican asked to enter the Cliburn contest in Dallas and three Clibrun YouTube contests. Her photo was on the front page of the New York Times. She tied for first place in the Albuquerque International; she was the winning director for a USO (United Service Organization) competition. Madland performed in Antwerp’s Peter Paul Rubens house and at the Italian branch of the Salzburg Mozarteum. She won two Ted Mack contests.
Madland is Professional Music Teachers of New Mexico winner; she is a nationally certified Teacher of Music in Piano, and is certified to teach violin and voice, and teaches organ and harpsichord. She taught at UNM-LA and kindergarten through grade 12 for 18 years and has taught untold numbers of private students since age 14.
The Brown Bag Performance series is made possible by members of the Los Alamos Arts Council, the County of Los Alamos, and contributions from the audience. The organization also thanks Dr. Donald Dudziak, who made a contributed in memory of his wife, Judy. Judy was an accomplished musician and a strong supporter of music and arts in the community. She served on the LAAC board in 1972.
The Los Alamos Arts Council, a 501c3 non-profit corporation and public charity, has supported creative arts activities in Los Alamos for 50 years. For more information, visit at www.losalamosartscouncil.org or call 505.663.0477.