Anna Clyne’s Within Her Arms performance April 28, 2024 Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra, Thomas O’Connor, Conductor Laureate

KHFM’s Brent Stevens interviews Pro Musica featured artist Magos Herrera  Listen to their discussion about where Song comes from—of the inspiration, creation, and collaboration that culminates in Pro Musica’s Season Opening Orchestra Concert. Click to listen Read our full E-Newsletter on Mailchimp.

Gabriela Lena Frank Gabriela Lena Frank was born in Berkeley, California to a mother of Peruvian-Chinese ancestry and a father of Lithuanian-Jewish descent. She drew inspiration for her six-movement work Leyendas (Legends) from “the idea of mestizaje … where cultures can coexist without the subjugation of one by the other. As such, this piece mixes elements from the Western classical…

Walt Whitman Woven throughout the concert are poems from Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass with music by our artistic director Colin Jacobsen, his brother Eric, and GRAMMY-winning guitarist Kyle Sanna. Whitman’s words reach out to us from a fragile moment in America’s democracy—the Civil War—and call us to attention in our own times. Read our full E-Newsletter on Mailchimp.

The Season Opening Orchestra Concert titled “I Hear America Singing” features the Mexican singer–songwriter Magos Herrera in a program that connects music from across the American continent and across centuries. The program opens with Vivaldi’s La Folia, a dance form that has shadowy roots dating back to 15th-century Central America. The Peruvian-American composer Gabriela Lena Frank is featured in…

La Folia is an old form of music that is based on a repeating chord sequence or bass line upon which variations are performed. From noisy dances on the streets and plazas to elegant renditions in lavish courts, this simple form has been adapted across centuries and continents. Read our full E-Newsletter on Mailchimp.

Magos Herrera is best known for her eloquent vocal improvisations, singing in Spanish, English, and Portuguese, and her bold style that combines elements of contemporary jazz with Latin American melodies and rhythms. NPR called her style “bold, thrilling, and effortlessly global.” Read our full E-Newsletter on Mailchimp.

Join us for string quartet concerts at 3 pm, and a three-course dinner and wine with the artists at 5 pm. After putting your concert tickets in the cart, you’ll receive a prompt to buy tickets for that evening’s dinner. Catalyst Quartet Sunday, October 13 Concert at St. Francis Auditorium Artist Dinner at 315 Restaurant…

Each of our five orchestral programs features special guest soloists who have a composing or improvisation practice as well as being virtuosic performers themselves. Read our full E-Newsletter on Mailchimp. Season Opening Orchestra Concert I Hear America Singing Sun. Sept 29 at 3 pm Lensic Performing Arts Center Buy Tickets Fall Orchestra Concert Art of Concerto…

Mozart Requiem (completed by Robert D. Levin) performance April 28, 2024. Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra, Thomas O’Connor, conductor laureate, Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico, Maxine Thévenot, Artistic Director. Sherezade Panthaki, soprano, Meg Bragle, also, Thomas Cooley, tenor, Douglas Williams, bass. Download the Text & Translations from the concert.

“Armed with vision, courage, a sense of humor and a devastating bow arm, violinist Colin Jacobsen is emerging as one of the most interesting figures on the classical music scene.” Washington Post 2011 Colin remarks that “Pro Musica’s 2024–25 season programming is indicative of my continuing interest in classical music being a living tradition in…

I Hear America Singing Sunday, September 29, at 3 pm Lensic Performing Arts Center We kick off our 43rd Season with Magos Herrera and her Jazz Trio, with the Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra conducted by David Felberg… Read our full E-Newsletter on Mailchimp.

Just Added! Arnold Steinhardt Wednesday, January 22 at 6 pm | Governor’s Mansion A Musical Salon in the Key of Strawberry. Arnold Steinhardt … Read our full E-Newsletter on Mailchimp.

They’re Back! Twice! Brooklyn Rider How’d we do it? We know a guy… Read our full E-Newsletter on Mailchimp.

Johnny Gandelsman, violinist, member of Brooklyn Rider, and music producer on two Ken Burns documentaries, performs the six Bach Cello Suites on violin. “…His approach is singular: feather-light and rooted in dance and folk music ”—The New York Times, Joshua Baron, June 1, 2021. Full article… Read our full E-Newsletter on Mailchimp.