Creative Coverage of Santa Fe's Arts Communities
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Although the tango has inspired many of the pieces in Serenata of Santa Fe’s concert “Red Tango,” the May 5 program contains quite a diverse group of compositions.
“Carter Brey’s “Tango para llaria” for cello has a driving rhythm, written in an unabashedly Piazzolla-like style,” says cellist Dana Winograd, who plays this solo work.“Brey is a really talented cellist. I think he wrote the piece for himself. It has a nice splash to it.” [Read More…]
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Mantra-based music is presented at the Lensic Performing Arts Center when The Wings of Mantra World Tour 2019 comes to Santa Fe on May 3.
Featuring Deva Premal, Miten and bamboo flutist Manose with support from band members Joby Baker (bass/vocals/keyboards), Rishi (percussion), and Spencer Cozens (keyboards), the concert includes traditional chants from India as well as original chants with a Western flair. [Read More…]
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A former member of Ricky Skaggs’s Grammy-winning band Kentucky Thunder, Scott Mulvahill is touring to promote his September 2018 release “Top of the Stairs (EP).” AMP Concerts presents Muvahill on April 25 at GIG Performance Space.
It was during the time he toured with Skaggs that Mulvahill started writing his own songs on his upright bass. [Read More…]
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Dwight Loop’s No Compromise! 2019 series continues with a presentation of Gamelan Encantada on April 14 at Paradiso.
A percussion ensemble based in Albuquerque, Gamelan Encantada has musical roots in the gong and metallophone orchestras of Southeast Asia. The ensemble presents traditional Javanese music. It also commissions and performs contemporary and experimental music, with a focus on works by New Mexican composers. [Read More…]
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Dwight Loop has had a lifelong interest in electronic and experimental music.
He expresses his passion through writing original compositions, playing with his trio The Rampant Egos, broadcasting radio shows and presenting musical acts at Paradiso through his new No Compromise! 2019 series of concerts.
“Paradiso wanted live music, and I was looking for a place that would host a new series of concerts,” says Loop. “It’s a terrific partnership.” [Read More…]
