Music

Lads And Lasses Of Enchantment Gear Up For 2026—Requests Being Taken For Valentine’s Day

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Lisa Rothrock was awarded a Barbershopper of the Year Award and Maurice Sheppard recveives the Harmony Award Thursday night. Courtesy photo

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Lads and Lasses of Enchantment

Last week, the Lasses and Lads of Enchantment (LALOE) held a celebration with members, after returning from a few weeks off as 2025 came to an end. The evening included a potluck dinner with family and friends, awards for efforts during 2025, and the installation of board members for 2026.

The Board Members are John Baillie, Chuck Tallman, Joe D’Anna, Gwen Lewis, Louise Mendius, Matt Michnovicz, Ron Read More

High Desert Winds To Hold Winter 2026 Concert Feb. 16

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Courtesy/High Desert Winds Santa Fe

CONCERT News:

High Desert Winds Santa Fe will present its Winter 2026 Concert at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, at St. Francis Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave. in Santa Fe.

This concert features High Desert Wind’s own Leroy Medina, soloist on Ewazen’s Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Orchestra.

Other selections include:

  • O Magnum Mysterium by Lauridsen;
  • The Wind and the Lion by Goldsmith;
  • Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn by Dello Joio; and
  • The New Mexico premiere of Kauymari by Gabriella Ortiz.

Admission is FREE, with donations gratefully accepted. Read More

Santa Fe Opera On Screen: Puccini’s La Bohème Is Coming To Locations Across New Mexico Including Los Alamos

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Scene from La bohème, which is going on tour Feb. 6 through March 1 around New Mexico. Courtesy/SFO

SANTA FE OPERA News:

La bohème is going on tour! The Santa Fe Opera invites opera fans and newcomers to enjoy FREE screenings at venues located across New Mexico including Los Alamos.

The evening will begin with a fun, family-friendly presentation about this beloved opera. Recorded live at the Santa Fe Opera during the 2025 Season, Opera on Screen offers audiences a fresh way to engage with this timeless tale of love and friendship, set to some of opera’s best-loved music. No opera glasses needed! Read More

Los Alamos Arts Council To Host February Concert

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LAAC News:
The Los Alamos Arts Council (LAAC) is hosting a concert featuring local favorites Tjett Gerdom and Jennifer Perezon on Friday, Feb. 13, in historic Fuller Lodge.
The program will be composed of operatic arrangements (from Mozart to Scriabin) followed by more contemporary songs made famous by the likes of Bob Dylan, Steven Sondhiem, and “Weird Al” Yankovic.

This concert just ahead of Valentine’s Day is a celebration of all the tender and world-shaking things that love can be in people’s lives … while also acknowledging that sometimes, love can be the absolute worst. Mocktails

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Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo: Popejoy Hall Feb. 14

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Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. Courtesy photo

POPEJOY News:

ALBUQUERQUE — This Valentine’s Day, celebrate love, laughter, and the art of ballet with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, performing at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 14, at Popejoy Hall.

Known worldwide as “the Trocks”, the acclaimed all-male comic ballet company delivers an evening of equal parts technical brilliance and joyful parody.

Founded in 1974, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo has earned international acclaim for its affectionate sendups of classical ballet, performed en pointe and en travesti (in drag) Read More

Los Alamos High School Graduates Reuben Goettee & Samantha Grow Perform In Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

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Los Alamos High School 2022 graduates and Northern Arizona University students Reuben Goettee and Samantha Grow perform in the 2025 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. Courtesy photo

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

While many Americans could be found seated around the dinner table Thanksgiving Day, two Los Alamos High School graduates – Reuben Goettee and Samantha Grow – found themselves on national television in front of millions of viewers.

Goettee and Grow are members of the Northern Arizona University marching band, which earned Read More

Teatro Paraguas Presents Flamenco Paraguas – Winter Tablao Flamenco Fridays

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Performance at Teatro Paraguas in Santa Fe. Courtesy photo

Performance at Teatro Paraguas in Santa Fe. Courtesy photo

TEATRO PARAGUAS News:

SANTA FE — After the tremendous success of Flamenco Paraguas – Summer Flamenco, Santa Fe’s acclaimed flamenco ensemble Compañía Chuscales & Mina Fajardo proudly announces a new winter series: Flamenco Paraguas – Winter Tablao Flamenco Friday 2026 at Teatro Paraguas.

Performances will be held Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, and every Friday in February 2026, offering audiences the intimate, high-energy experience of traditional Andalusian tablao flamenco Read More

Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis & Guitarist Jason Vieaux To Perform At Duane Smith Auditorium Sunday Afternoon

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COMMUNITY News:

Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis and Guitarist Jason Vieaux will perform in concert at 3 p.m. Sunday Jan. 11 at Duane Smith Auditorium, 1300 Diamond Drive.

This duo is performing in Los Alamos for the first time since the 2013-14 Season, don’t miss this “transcendent concert”. Read More