Santa Fe Arts Journal

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In the Studio With…Chris Jonas Meet this Santa Fe artist, musician and composer who co-founded Littleglobe

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Music/Visual Art

Chris Jonas is a man on the move, constantly going from working on one exciting collaborative project to another one. 

He’s the co-founder and executive director of Littleglobe, a non-profit organization partnering with local, national and international communities to create interdisciplinary collaborative art projects that foster connections and understanding of diverse communities.

Jonas is also an active musician and a painter.

“I grew up in southern California with a split personality, doing both visual arts and music during high school,” says the Santa Fe artist, who continues to work in a variety of media.  [Read More…]

Arts Brief: Santa Fe Desert Chorale

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The music in the Santa Fe Desert Chorale’s 2018 Winter Festival focuses on children. “Celebremos El Niños” (Let Us Celebrate the Child), which is presented from December 15 through 23 at two venues in Santa Fe and also in Los Alamos and Albuquerque, includes traditional carols and lullabies from the Americas. [Read More…]

Masterfully Strumming the Banjo Tony Furtado plays Americana roots music at GIG

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Music

“When I do a solo show, I don’t have a planned set,” explains banjo and guitar player Tony Furtado, who appears at GIG Performance Space at 7:30 p.m. on December 13. “I pick instrumental and vocal tunes from different albums, whatever I feel like doing at the moment.”

A banjo player since the age of 12 who writes that he was inspired to learn the instrument after watching the television show “The Beverly Hillbillies,” Furtado plays original and folk cover tunes as a solo, duo and trio act and with his five-person band in venues around the country. He’s also an accomplished slide guitarist who’s very attached to his 1944 Martin O-17 guitar that he found in a store in Salt Lake City. [Read More…]

Moving to the Music The Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble return to town

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Dance and Music

“I’m a musician working in dance,” says Mark Morris, the founder, artistic director and choreographer of the Mark Morris Dance Group. Performance Santa Fe presents this 38-year old company based in New York at the Lensic Performing Arts Center on November 30.

The Mark Morris Dance Group has programmed four works from its extensive repertoire for the Santa Fe performance. One of them, “Grand Duo,” was choreographed in 1993 to music by composer Lou Harrison (1913-2003), who was a good friend of Morris.

Connecting with composers is important to Morris, who builds dances around music. [Read More…]

Clowns to the Rescue! Clowns save the day in the upcoming Circus Luminous production

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Theater and Music

The six clowns that star in the 2018 Circus Luminous show taking place at the Lensic Performing Arts Center during the Thanksgiving weekend try to help humans transcend the negative words and actions that have been dominating recent news.

“These clowns are called to Earth from wherever clowns live,” explains Cynthia Ruffin, who directs this Wise Fool New Mexico production presented November 23 through 25. “They come to us with the power of laughter and love.”

“Clown Alchemy,” the 15th annual Circus Luminous show at the Lensic, is an upbeat, family-friendly performance filled with music, acrobatics, aerial work and dancing that presents serious problems with optimism. [Read More…]