Friday, December 6, 2019 — 5:30pm Traditional and favorite seasonal tunes for Celtic harps Katie Cosgrove is the current director of the High Desert Harp Ensemble, a group in existence for over 20 years. She began playing her first instrument at age 10, but diverged to become a professional ballet dancer, so music has always […]
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Carol Redman, flute, and David Solem, organ
Friday, November 29, 2019 — 5:30pm Flute sonatas of J.S. Bach
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Friday, November 22, 2019 — 5:30pm Music arranged for Saxophone Quartet and Quintet Most heartfelt thanks to Jackie Ehlers, our coach and mentor. The Ensemble Peggy Abbott, piano, is a long time pianist and teacher in Santa Fe. She received a BA in piano performance. Peggy has performed chamber music in the United States and abroad. […]
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Friday, November 15, 2019 — 5:30pm Children’s Corner: Brief Piano Pieces Pamela McClain is on the music staff of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe, and a vocal coach and accompanist. She has performed in Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, Colorado, Virginia, Arizona, New Mexico and Japan.
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Friday, November 8, 2019 — 5:30pm Music of Vierne and Duruflé David Solem was born and raised in Washington D.C. David has Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Peabody Conservatory of Music where he studied organ, harpsichord, and piano. He is currently assistant organist for First Presbyterian Church (Santa Fe) and a member […]
Read moreKathleen Ryan, composer & pianist
Friday, November 1, 2019 — 5:30pm Music by Kathleen Ryan What can you say about a pianist whose first favorite sound was made by marbles rolling in an aluminum dishpan? In addition to practicing scales and classical repertory on her way to earning undergraduate and graduate degrees in music, Kathleen Ryan played snare drum in […]
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of First Presbyterian Church Friday, May 31, 2019 — 5:30pm Theresa Mass in Bb by Franz Joseph Soloists: Nancy Maret, soprano Barbara Roush and Nina Brown, altos Doug Escue, tenor Travis Bregier and Tim Willson, basses Linda Raney, director David Solem, organist Travis Bregier, assistant director
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Linda Mack Bervin and Scott Hagler Friday, May 24, 2019 — 5:30pm Music of Gilbert and Sullivan, Bizet, and Bernstein Linda Mack, a native of the Chicago area, received her doctoral degree from the University of Illinois. As Director of Choral Activities and Professor of Music at Fort Lewis College, her teaching responsibilities include […]
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of First Presbyterian Church Friday, May 17, 2019 — 5:30pm Music by First Presbyterian composers Linda Rice Beck and David W. Beatty, along with James Smith, William Payn, Hart Morris, and Cynthia Dobrinski Ringers: Jeannie Bowman, Cheryl Lockhardt, Linda Beck, Paula Lockhardt, Nancy Peterson, Judy Montaño, Jodi Bustos, Barb Hutchison, Travis Bregier, David Beatty, Bill Humphreys, Campbell Martin, and Darryl Bowman […]
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Friday, May 10, 2019 — 5:30pm Music of Korngold and Barber As clarinetist/bass clarinetist for the San Francisco Opera Orchestra from 1980 to 1998, Gregory Dufford performed with many of the world’s finest opera singers. His performing experience went well beyond the opera stage to include 13 years as Principal Clarinetist of the San Francisco Contemporary […]
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