Music

Upcoming Musical Performances—Max Gomez At Fuller Lodge & The Zia Singers In Santa Fe

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MUSIC News:

New Mexico’s own favorite singer-songwriter, Max Gomez, is returning to Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos to perform his holiday show at 7 p.m., Dec. 28—doors open at 6 p.m.

The Zia Singers will perform their winter concert at Christ Church in Santa Fe at 3 p.m., Jan. 10 & 11. The concert will feature only women-composed music with John Tiranno, Artistic Director at the helm. A notable composer in the mix is Santa Fe’s own singer/songwriter, Susan Anders, whose song “A Wave That Rocks Me” will be performed by the choir. 

For more information and to purchase tickets, please go to theziasingers.org Read More

LACW To Host Annual Holiday Prism Concert Saturday

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Scene from a previous Los Alamos Community Winds Holiday Prism Concert. This year’s concert will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Crossroads Bible Church. Courtesy/LACW

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

Be prepared to hear a whole genre of holiday music divide and subdivide into a wide spectrum of seasonal tunes. This audio spectacle is aptly called the annual Holiday Prism Concert, hosted by the Los Alamos Community Winds (LACW) at 7 p.m., Saturday at the Crossroads Bible Church.

According to the program notes, the concert is like a prism breaking up light; Read More

Beloved Holiday Classic ‘The Farolitos Of Christmas’ Debuts On National Hispanic Cultural Center Stage Dec. 7

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NMDCA News:

New Mexico author Rudolfo Anaya’s beloved children’s book The Farolitos of Christmas will move from the page to the stage as it makes its debut at the National Hispanic Cultural Center Dec. 7 at the NHCC Albuquerque Journal Theatre.

Produced in collaboration with Opera Southwest, The Farolitos of Christmas is a heartwarming holiday opera about love, tradition, and the quiet power of invention. Luz’s father is away at war. Her grandfather is too sick to build the luminarias. So, Luz finds a new way to light the path on Christmas Eve, one that will become tradition.

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TOTH: From Darkness To Light – A Service Of Lessons And Carols For Advent

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TOTH News:

In a recent Facebook post, travel writer Rick Steves extolled the virtues of one of his “favorite British experiences” – choral evensong in an English cathedral. But evensong, and the wider English choral tradition, doesn’t just happen in cathedrals, but in thousands of parish churches throughout Britain and the Anglican Communion, including here in Los Alamos.

A significant part of this choral tradition is the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. In the weeks following the end of World War I, the chaplain of King’s College, Cambridge, Eric Milner-White, introduced a new Read More

LAAC Daytime Performance Series: Los Alamos Flute Choir

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LAAC News:
The Los Alamos Arts Council (LAAC) will present the December installment of its free Daytime Performance Series, featuring the Los Alamos Flute Choir, noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, in the Pajarito Room at Fuller Lodge.
Composed entirely of musicians from the Los Alamos and White Rock communities, the ensemble brings together a group of people from a range of backgrounds. Musicians in the group are scientists, engineers, teachers, volunteers and parents, all united by their shared passion for music.
Andrea Dowdy conducts the choir that offers a performance showcasing the talents
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Coro De Cámara To Brighten Spirits In Holiday Concerts

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Coro de Cámara chamber choir. Courtesy photo

CONCERT News:

Celebrate the holidays with Coro de Cámara in the chamber choir’s upcoming “Making Spirits Bright” concerts. Enjoy a cheerful blend of music featuring carols and holiday favorites, and lively performances that capture the spirit of the season.

Coro and guests offer two showings—at 4 p.m., Dec. 13 in Los Alamos and Dec. 14 in Santa Fe. Dancers from Dance Arts Los Alamos (DALA) join Coro in the Santa Fe concert, following Coro’s guest appearance the day before in the DALA Winter Showcase in Los Alamos.

In “Making Spirits Bright”, you will Read More

Celebrate Los Alamos WinterFest Weekend 2025 Dec. 5-7!

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos WinterFest Weekend 2025 celebrates winter in Los Alamos, Dec. 5-7. This year’s theme is “Red, Green, or Christmas”.

Businesses/organizations have scheduled events, including ballets, bazaars, shows, sales:

Friday, Dec. 5​​

  • 1-3 p.m. Community Art Program: Lino Block Printed Tea Towels, Los Alamos Arts Council
  • 1-7 p.m. 32nd Annual Creche Show, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • ​7-8 p.m. December Night Sky, Los Alamos Nature Center (PEEC) Planetarium
  • ​7-9 p.m. Sugar Plum on “The Hill” at Duane Smith Auditorium​

Saturday, Dec. 6

  • ​​8-11 a.m. Kiwanis
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Taos Sunday Sit Down: Be The Most Interesting Person At Your Holiday Gathering

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Taos School of Music News:

This Thanksgiving, while everyone else is arguing about stuffing versus dressing, you’re casually going to drop: “Did you know there are two skulls in Haydn’s tomb… and also that ‘karaoke’ literally means empty orchestra?”

Boom. Most Interesting Person at the Table unlocked.

Classic FM’s “20 downright bizarre classical music facts” is basically a cheat sheet of outrageous, bite-sized stories you can sprinkle between courses.

Examples:

  • The piano sitting in the other room? Its strings are under about 20 tonnes of tension – that’s like parking
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Sangre de Cristo Chorale Holiday Concert Will Feature Lauridsen’s Mid-Winter Songs Dec. 6-7

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Courtesy/Sangre de Cristo Chorale

SCC News:

SANTA FE — The Sangre de Cristo Chorale will perform its holiday concert, Mid-Winter Songs, at 4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6 and Sunday, Dec. 7 in Santa Fe. Both concerts will be at the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe. Celebrating its 48th season, the 52-voice Chorale is led by Music Director George Case and accompanied by pianist Deborah Wagner.

The centerpiece of this concert is Morten Lauridsen’s five-movement choral symphony Mid- Winter Songs for chorus and piano. Based on the poetry of British poet and novelist Robert Graves, Mid-Winter Songs Read More

DALA Opens ‘Sugar Plum On The Hill’ Friday Dec. 5

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Jasper Lee and Anabel Irving in costume as the Cavalier and Sugar Plum Fairy at the Santa Fe Botanical Gardens. Courtesy/DALA

Jasper Lee (Cavalier) rehearses the Sugar Plum Grand Pas de Deux with Allyson Harbert (Sugar Plum Fairy). Courtesy/DALA

BY KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

Ten years ago, Dance Arts Los Alamos (DALA) premiered “Nutcracker on the Hill”, a ballet that drew from the holiday classic but added in local lore and history. Then came the sequels: “Ratcracker on the Hill” followed by “Sugar Plum on the Hill”, which punted the story to a whole new level Read More