Carrizozo Music

Carrizozo Music, Inc. and the New Mexico Humanities Council present Todd Green in a lecture and concert featuring instruments from Africa and the Middle East.  The event will take place on Thursday, February 14, at 5 PM at the Carrizozo School Old Gym.  Multi-Instrumentalist Todd Green performs original music on over 30 acoustic strings, flutes and percussion instruments from all over the world, inspired by many different cultures in the Middle East, Central Asia, Far East and South America. His custom-built electronic system allows him to layer instruments as he performs, which in effect turns him into a high-tech one-man-band of World Music. As Todd takes his audience on a fascinating tour of many countries and their diverse styles of music, he intersperses his playing with entertaining and informative explanations of the music and the instruments. Todd’s artistic mission is to "help bring down the barriers that divide us by experiencing other cultures through their music."
At 3PM, in the Old Gym, Todd will present a concert for Carrizozo School students.  All events are free and open to the general public.
Todd Green began studying guitar at the age of ten. He has been writing and performing his own music professionally since the age of fifteen. He studied composition and arrangement at Berklee College of Music, in Boston, Mass. At the same time he was studying privately with Mick Goodrich, jazz guitar legend at New England Conservatory of Music, Pat Metheny, Grammy Award winning guitarist and George Benson, international recording star. After spending five years in Boston, he moved to New York City where he performed with the top echelon of studio musicians and toured with bands throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.
While in New York, he began studying Western Flute, East Indian Bansuri Bamboo Flute (with Steve Gorn), and Tablas (Indian hand drums) with Ray Spiegel. He now lives in Northern Nevada near Lake Tahoe.  Todd performs nationally as a multi-instrumental solo artist in the college and fine arts markets. Frequently, along with his concerts, Todd conducts college master classes and interactive school clinics and assemblies. His columns on improvisation have been published in Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine
Other events in the Carrizozo Music, Inc. 2019 spring season include the Sunday, March 31, fundraising Italian dinner, silent auction and concert featuring Lone Pinon and Margot Leverett.  Saturday, April 13 brings a collaboration with the artists of Carrizozo in celebration of World Art Day.  William Feasley, guitar, has developed a program entitled Echos of Goya, a powerpoint program of Goya paintings accompanied by music of the time.  On Monday, May 13, James Onstad, tenor, and David Leisner, guitar, will present a program of songs and lieder, many composed by Mr. Leisner. 
 
For information about Carrizozo Music, 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 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. 

Carrizozo Music is pleased to announce that violinist Linda Rosenthal, accompanied by pianist Maxim Pakhomov, will perform in Carrizozo on Friday, November 16, at 6 PM at Trinity United Methodist Church.   The free performance, featuring music by Beethoven, Bartok, Sarasate, Massenet and Bock, is presented by the Piatigorsky Foundation of NYC.
The duo will present a special school concert on Monday, November 12 at noon in the Carrizozo School Old Gym.  All concerts are free and open to the public.
Violinist LINDA ROSENTHAL performs throughout North America, Europe and Asia in recitals, as a soloist with orchestra and as a chamber musician.  Linda is the Founder and Artistic Director of the annual Lake Placid Chamber Music Seminar in Lake Placid, New York and Founder of Juneau Jazz & Classics Music Festival, where she served as Artistic Director for thirty years.  In addition to a busy schedule performing solo and chamber music, Ms. Rosenthal also tours Strings & Stories, a show for young audiences that she created and premiered at the Kennedy Center in 1995.  Over the past decade, Ms. Rosenthal has commissioned and premiered more than a dozen works, including pieces for solo violin, electric violin and violin & narrator.  Her four solo CDs include Three American Sonatas, featuring the works Copland, Piston and Porter; Favorite Violin Encores; Fiddle de Bop, a collection of Americana music for violin and piano; and Glacier Blue, A Concerto for Violin and Jazz Big Band. Linda Rosenthal plays on a violin made in Turin, Italy in 1772 by J. B. Guadagnini.
 
MAXIM PAKHOMOV, pianist, has toured England, Scotland, Austria and Estonia in both solo and chamber music performances.  He is a founding member of The Bronx Chamber Players and is principal pianist of the Bronx Opera Company.  His solo performances include piano concertos by Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens, Brahms, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and Grieg with the Orchestra of the Bronx, the Orchestra of The Barge Music Festival, and the Staten Island Philharmonic.  Mr. Pakhomov is a graduate of The Moscow Conservatory.
 
To reach Trinity United Methodist Church from route 54, turn West at 12th Street, between the 54 Emporium and Roy's Ice Cream Parlor.  Go right on D Ave and go 2 blocks to the church.   The Old Gym is located across the street from the church. 
For information about Carrizozo Music, Inc., the 2018 season schedule and concert updates please check www.carrizozomusic.org, email carrizozomusic@gmail.com or call Elaine at 575-648-2757.  Carrizozo Music, a 501c3, sponsors a series of 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.