Carrizozo Music

Carrizozo Music, Inc. presents La Ultima Carrizozo for a concert and dance on Saturday, November 2 at 6 PM.  Enjoy an evening of lively music at the Carrizozo Country Club at 115 Water Canyon Road, a large venue with a wonderful dance floor. The doors open at 6PM, and the dance starts at 7 PM. 
La Ultima is a band made up of four Carrizozo, New Mexico locals performing New Mexico Spanish, Country, Rock and much more. La Ultima is sure to get you dancing all night long!  Band members are Daniel Zamora lead guitar and vocals, Steve Wheeler Sr., lead guitar and vocals, Steve Wheeler Jr., bass, and  Nathan Chavez, drums.
Burritos and chips and salsa will be sold ‘til they run out’ to benefit the Dali Ballet Company.  Burritos are $5 and chips and salsa, $2.  The historic Carrizozo Country Club is located off 380, east of Carrizozo. Turn south onto Water Canyon Road and go ¼ mile to the big white building. It is behind the golf course.
On Sunday afternoon, December 1, at 3 PM, the Southwest Chamber Winds from Las Cruces will perform a holiday concert of early and renaissance music. The double reed quintet will play the music of Vivaldi, Bach, Haydn, Gabrieli, Morley, Handel, Telemann and Byrd.
For information about Carrizozo Music, Inc., the 2020 season schedule and concert updates, please check www.carrizozomusic.org, email carrizozomusic@gmail.com or call Elaine at 575-648-2757.  Carrizozo Music, Inc., a 501c3, sponsors a series of free classical concerts, summer Portico Concerts and an extensive school outreach program of concerts and workshops, with a commitment to providing free quality music to the students and residents of Lincoln County and the surrounding area.

Carrizozo Music, Inc. presents an afternoon performance by Evan Drachman, cellist and Audrey Vardanega, pianist, on Sunday, October 13 at 2 PM, at Trinity United Methodist Church. The program features Elegie, Opus 24 by Gabriel Faure, Cesar Franck’s Sonata in A Major, and the glorious Kol Nidrei by Max Bruch.  The duo will perform a school outreach concert on Thursday, October 17 at 3 PM in the Carrizozo School Old Gym.  Both concerts are free and open to the public.  These programs are sponsored by a generous grant from New Mexico Arts.
 
Evan Drachman established The Piatigorsky Foundation in 1990 in honor of his grandfather, cellist Gregor Piatigorsky.  Piatigorsky deeply believed in the healing and inspiration power of classical music.  He once said, “Music makes life better.  Music is a necessity.  It is rich.  It is imaginative.  It is magnificent.  And it is for everyone”.  Through his sizzling artistry and charismatic personality, Piatigorsky thus enlivened his mission by performing for millions of people around the globe.  The Piatigorsky Foundation is committed to carrying on Piatigorsky’s noble aspiration by evoking cultural curiosity through educational and accessible live performances.
Cellist Evan Drachman, Founder and Artistic Director of The Piatigorsky Foundation, has combined musical talent with artistic vision to create a rich and varied career. Mr. Drachman spends much of his time performing recitals, concerti and chamber music in the United States and abroad. As Artistic Director of The Piatigorsky Foundation, he has become one of this country’s most respected authorities on the presentation of live classical music to diverse audiences. The Foundation’s mission is to make live classical music a part of the fabric of everyday life for underserved communities throughout the United States. The organization is named for Mr. Drachman’s grandfather, cellist Gregor Piatigorsky.

Mr. Drachman received his BMA from The Curtis Institute of Music in 1988. His teachers have included Luis Garcia-Renart, Orlando Cole, Laurence Lesser, William Pleeth and Stephen Kates. In 1994, Mr. Drachman performed with the Odessa Philharmonic in Odessa and Kiev. In 1997, at the invitation of Mstislav Rostropovich, Drachman traveled to Russia to perform as soloist with the St. Petersburg Symphony under Maestro Rostropovich.
Praised as a “[musically] eloquent” (San Francisco Classical Voice) player “with the kind of freedom, authority, and strength…that one expects from the world’s finest pianists” and a “bewitching musical presence” (The Piedmont Post), Audrey Vardanega has performed as a solo and collaborative pianist across Europe, China, and the United States. She has received instruction from notable artists including Leon Fleisher, Thomas Adés, Gidon Kremer, Robert Levin, Miriam Fried, and Jonathan Biss. She currently studies piano with Richard Goode. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Musaics of the Bay, a nonprofit chamber music series dedicated to music mentorship in the Bay Area. 2019 highlights include her participation in Argentina’s New Docta Music Festival in August 2019, her two-part Beethoven Piano Sonata Project at the Berkeley Maybeck Studios, and the launch of Musaics of the Bay, a concert series and mentorship initiative founded by Audrey in the Bay Area.
 Audrey was born and raised in Oakland, California and began her piano studies at the age of six with Araks Aghazarian. She began formal piano training with Robert Schwartz at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music from 2002 to 2013 as well as formal composition training with Arkadi Serper at the Berkeley Crowden School from 2004 to 2013. Her past instructors include Seymour Lipkin, Jeremy Siepmann, Christopher Elton and Victor Rosenbaum. Audrey earned her B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University in May 2017 and received her Masters in Music in May 2019 from Mannes The New School under the tutelage of Richard Goode. 
Other concerts in the Carrizozo Music 2019 Season include a concert and dance by La Ultima on Saturday, November 2 at the Carrizozo Country Club, and a Sunday afternoon, December 1 holiday performance by the Southwest Chamber Woodwinds from Las Cruces.
To reach Trinity United Methodist Church from route 54, turn west at 12th Street, between the 54 Emporium and Roy's Ice Cream Parlor.  Turn right onto D Ave and go two blocks to the church, 1000 D Ave, Carrizozo, NM.
For information about Carrizozo Music, Inc., the 2019 season schedule and concert updates, please check www.carrizozomusic.org, email carrizozomusic@gmail.com or call Elaine at 575-648-2757.  Carrizozo Music, Inc, a 501c3, sponsors a series of free classical concerts, summer Portico Concerts and an extensive school outreach program of concerts and workshops, with a commitment to providing free quality music to the students and residents of Lincoln County and the surrounding area.

Carrizozo Music, Inc. presents an evening of baroque music by Joel Becktell, baroque cello, and Kristin Ditlow, harpsichord on Friday September 6, at 7 PM at Trinity United Methodist Church. The program features the music of Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi, Domenico Gabrielli, and Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini.  The duo will perform a school outreach concert on Thursday, September 5 at 3 PM in the Carrizozo School Old Gym.  Both concerts are free and open to the public.  These programs are sponsored by a generous grant from New Mexico Arts.
 
Cellist Joel Becktell has performed, taught, and lectured throughout North and Central America and Europe. He has been a member of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Nichols Quartet, the Harrington String Quartet, and the Moveable Feast chamber ensemble. He has served as Principal Cellist of the Austin Symphony Orchestra and the Santa Fe Pro Musica and is Assistant Principal cellist of the Santa Fe Symphony. Joel appears frequently on Baroque and modern cello and violoncello piccolo as soloist and with ensembles throughout North America. He is a founding member of REVEL, a chamber ensemble performing an exceptionally wide-ranging repertoire (www.revelmusic.com), and of The Analog Cello Company, an ensemble dedicated to original and arranged works for multiple cellos. He is also a founding member of Movable Sol and the baroque ensemble BWV, both of which perform a popular, intimate concert series in New Mexico. Joel has appeared as soloist with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Santa Fe Symphony
Joel is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees with honors. His teachers include Anne Cole, Alan Harris, and Stephen Geber. A dedicated teacher and coach, Joel teaches privately and at various festivals and master classes. He has also written on pedagogical and luthiery topics for Strings Magazine.
Kristin Ditlow, American pianist, harpsichordist, vocal coach and conductor, is enjoying a career in opera and recital in the United States and abroad. Dr. Ditlow is an Assistant Professor of Voice and Vocal Coaching at the University of New Mexico. Notable highlights from the past few seasons include conducting world premiere operas written by Steve Block, Joseph Illick, Nell Shaw Cohen, and Ron Strauss. She has appeared as a pianist with Ellen Rose (principal violist, Dallas Symphony Orchestra), Tara Venditti, the Metropolitan Opera National Council, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, OperaWorks, and New Mexico organizations Chatter, Santa Fe Opera, Movable Sol, Opera Southwest, and New Mexico Winds. She recently conducted Bellini’s Norma to critical acclaim.
Prior to her appointment at the University of New Mexico, Dr. Ditlow served on the music staffs and faculties of the Curtis Institute of Music, Settlement Music School (Philadelphia, PA), Westminster Choir College, Ithaca College, and the Eastman School of Music, Spoleto Festival USA, Opera Philadelphia, Syracuse Opera, Finger Lakes Opera, San Francisco Opera Center, Delaware Valley Opera Company, InterMountain Opera Bozeman, the Princeton Festival, the CoOPERAtive Program, Crescendo International Summer Institute (Hungary), Si Parla, si canta (Urbania, Italy) and the Ameropa International Festival (Prague, Czech Republic).  
She is an alumnus of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Westminster Choir College, Tanglewood Music Center, and Merola Opera Program. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Accompanying and Chamber Music from the Eastman School of Music, where she was a student of Dr. Jean Barr.  
Other concerts in the Carrizozo Music 2019 Season include a mid-October Piatigorsky Foundation Concert with Evan Drachman, cellist accompanied by Audrey Vardanega, pianist.  December 1 brings the Southwest Chamber Woodwinds in an early music Holiday Concert. 
To reach Trinity United Methodist Church from route 54, turn west at 12th Street, between the 54 Emporium and Roy's Ice Cream Parlor.  Turn right onto D Ave and go two blocks to the church, 1000 D Ave, Carrizozo, NM.
For information about Carrizozo Music, Inc., the 2019 season schedule and concert updates, please check www.carrizozomusic.org, email carrizozomusic@gmail.com or call Elaine at 575-648-2757.  Carrizozo Music,Inc, a 501c3, sponsors a series of free classical concerts, summer Portico Concerts and an extensive school outreach program of concerts and workshops, with a commitment to providing free quality music to the students and residents of Lincoln County and the surrounding area.

Saturday, June 29, 2019 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM
Trinity United Methodist Church, 1000 D Ave, Carrizozo, NM 88301, United States
 
Seth’s program consists of one musical work from different eras in music history. Alongside the concert, he will also give a small talk about how music has developed from one of the earliest eras to today as well as a guide on how to listen to classical music.

Zamora is a local pianist, growing up in Tularosa, NM. When he was 13 years old, Joseph took piano lessons from his grandmother Jonnie Haley. He studied at the El Paso Conservatory for a year with Esequiel Meza, and then at NMSU for his bachelor’s degree in piano performance with Dr. Laura Spitzer. Seth has won and placed very high in competitions throughout the New Mexico and Texas area and has performed several times with local orchestras.

The goal of Zamora’s 2019 summer tour is to educate the public on classical music. He intends to give a brief overview of classical music history and provide examples of the stylistic traits of each period through solo and chamber music. This series will also help those who aren’t familiar with classical music understand how to listen and appreciate it.


Program:
J.S. Bach Prelude and Fugue in Eb/D# minor, BWV 853
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata in F-sharp major, Op. 78
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Dumka, Op. 59
Maurice Ravel Jeux d’eau
Lowell Liebermann Nocturne No. 4, Op. 38
 

Carrizozo Music, Inc. celebrates the 4th of July by sponsoring a free concert from their Portico Concert Series.   From 4:30-6:30, Paul Pino and the Tone Daddies will perform original New Mexican music on the porch of the Carrizozo Woman’s Club.   The Tone Daddies feature the vocals, original music and guitar of Paul Pino,  lead guitar and vocals of Mike Layden, Mike Campos on bass and vocals, and Johnny Arater on drums and vocals.  Several of their songs have been rated #1 on Reverb Nation, and in the top ten of KANW 89.  The Tone Daddies will play a variety of two steps, rancheras, reggea, rock, waltzes, R&B, blues and cumbias.
Bring a lawn chair, grab a brisket dinner with all the fixings, hosted by the ladies of the Carrizozo Woman’s Club and join us for an evening of celebration.   Dinner is available from 4-7 PM.   Advance tickets are $10, or $12 at the door.  For tickets, contact any club woman or Anne Exterkamp 575-686-0794.   Purchase tickets by mail – send your check payable to Carrizozo Woman’s Club at PO Box 252, Carrizozo, NM 88301.  Include your name, phone number and mailing address. 
Paul Pino was raised like a free-range nighthawk on a ranch near Carrizozo New Mexico listening to poetry, rock, stillness, Spanish, country, birds, coyotes and wind howling through barbed wire. Many of his original Spanish, country, blues, rock, folk, educational, quizzical, and genre defying songs are played on radio stations throughout New Mexico. Mike Layden grew up in Santa Fe and has played with Jr. Brown and all the good bands in Santa Fe. Mike Campos has won most of the New Mexico Spanish Music Awards, and Johnny Arater holds down the drum section.  Listen to the Tone Daddies at: https://www.reverbnation.com/paulpinoandthetonedaddies.sunsetgrilleandbar.com
Our next Portico Concert brings The Gimble Band from Waco, Texas, in a Western Swing Dance/Concert and Dinner at the Carrizozo Country Club on Saturday, August 24 at 6 PM.  On Friday, September 6, Joel Becktell, baroque cello and Kirsten Ditlow, harpsichord, will perform in concert with Vivaldi and More! at the Trinity United Methodist Church at 7 PM.
For information about Carrizozo Music, Inc., tour 2019 season schedule and concert updates please check www.carrizozomusic.org, email carrizozomusic@gmail.com or call Elaine at 575-648-2757.  Carrizozo Music sponsors a series of classical, summer Portico Concerts and school outreach performances with a commitment to providing free quality music to the residents of Lincoln County and the surrounding area. 
To reach the Woman’s Club from Rt 54, turn West at 12th Street, turn right by Roy's Ice Cream Parlor. Turn right onto D Ave and drive one block north to the historic WPA building at 11th Street and D Avenue.