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 Spirits from Orfeo ed Euridice for flute and piano, David Lang’s wed for solo piano, Michael Torke’s Sprite for flute and piano and Benjamin Britten’s Gemini Variations for flute, violin and piano four-hands.
Musicians are Kim Bakkum and Martha Shepp, piano, Elizabeth Baker, violin and Nancy Laupheimer, flute.
Elizabeth Baker
Laupheimer, who is also TCMG’s founder and director, said having performers for this program who all live in the Taos area is a return to the group’s early years. “It was always a dream of mine to live in a rural setting where there were musical colleagues of a high enough caliber, and out of that might come some concerts.”
Since its inception in 1993, TCMG’s roster expanded to include performers from around the country, the state, and even the world. Over one hundred artists have presented hundreds of concerts and educational programs, earning TCMG a reputation for artistic excellence and innovative programming rooted in Taos’ rich cultures, arts community and awe-inspiring natural surroundings.
Nancy Laupheimer
Beginning Oct. 1 and 2 and continuing with seven different programs (mostly presented twice), the 30th Anniversary Season features a wide variety of concerts that combine master musicians with other artistic disciplines in one-of-a-kind performances at the Harwood Museum of Art where TCMG has been the Resident Chamber Music Group since 1998. The season’s culmination June 2 and 3, 2023 will be a commission by long-time TCMG collaborator Robert Mirabal, who is composing a new piece for TCMG’s anniversary that honors Taos Pueblo and the greater Taos community. It will coincide with the opening celebration of the Harwood’s Centennial Anniversary.
More information is on TCMG’s brand-new website, where the concert calendar, artists’ bios, program descriptions, history, videos and ticket links can be found. Visit taoschambermusicgroup.org.