Taos Soundscapes presents its annual Great Women Composers concert, this year featuring music of the sisters Lili and Nadia Boulanger and their circle in early 20th c. Paris. Lili was tragically ill and short-lived (1893-1918) but in that short time turned out multiple masterpieces of vocal and chamber music and was the first woman to win the Prix de Rome. Her older sister Nadia (1887-1979) was a famed organist, conductor, composer and professor at the American School at Fontainebleau, where she taught 300 some 20th c. American composers, from Aaron Copland to Quincy Jones. The concert will also feature refreshments and lots of opportunity to talk with the performers. All are welcome!
Please join us for this music filled with mesmerizing and exhilarating soundscapes, these women are geniuses at captivating and transporting performers and audience alike!
Great Women Composers: Lili and Nadia Boulanger
Performances by: Curator, Pianist & Musicologist Claire Detels;
Violinist Ari Le; Cellist Rebecca Carón and Soprano Elizabeth Calvert
Dates:
Saturday, 3/2/24, 7:00 pm
Venue: Wildflower Playhouse, 1339 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur, Taos, NM
Sunday, 3/3/24, 3:00 pm
Venue: El Pueblito United Methodist Church, 1309 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte, Taos, NM
Price: Tickets: General Admission: $20.00, Students & Vets: $10.00, Children under 12 free. Please make reservations on our website, www.taossoundscapes.com, also by phone or text at 505-901-3140
Future Concerts
QUINTESSENCE
Featuring the artistry of master violinmaker and Taos County Resident, David Carón.
Saturday, May 18, 2024, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 19, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
Hosted by Don & Vicky Zillioux, 210 Ledoux St., the original RC Gorman studio / gallery and residence,Taos, NM 87571
Fiddling Around, featuring National Fiddle Champion Roberta Rast Smith, selections TBA. Entertaining, crowd pleasing viola duets by Dave Rimelis. We will conclude the program with: L. Van Beethoven String Quintet in C Major, Op. 29, “The Storm”
Performances by: Roberta Rast Smith, fiddle & violin; Lee Harvey, violin; Barbara Sudweeks & Rebecca Glass, viola; Rebecca Carón, cello
We realize these dates are the same as Taos Chamber Music Concerts; this was unavoidable in order to reschedule this concert that was cancelled due to Covid-19. Our performers couldn’t make it until university teaching commitments curtail in May, nor could they be later then this date due to the onset of fiddle competitions that Roberta judges. We hope our audiences who wish to attend both our concerts and those by TCMG may opt to hear one on Saturday and the other on Sunday. We have a wealth of cultural offerings in our town!
SUMMER CONCERT AT CROOKED CREEK: stay tuned
Song of the Birds for Violincello with String Quartet from “Celebrating 60 years of Violinmaking”
Relax with this full piece from our 2019 concert “Celebrating 60 years of Violinmaking” featuring Cello Soloist Rebecca Carón with Kay Newman, Emily Aquin, Barbara Sudweeks and David Carón. Written by Pablo Casals (1876-1973), arranged by Dale Terbeek (b. 1944). (flyer, program)
Excerpts from “Celebrating 60 years of Violinmaking”
Enjoy selections from our 2019 concert “Celebrating 60 years of Violinmaking” featuring instruments by David Carón and performed by Kay Newman, Emily Aquin, Barbara Sudweeks, Rebecca Glass and David & Rebecca Carón. Works by Ralph Vaughn Williams, Frank Bridges and Felix Mendelssohn. (flyer, program)