2008-2009 Sixteenth Season
Concert Series at the Harwood Museum of Art

The Taos Chamber Music Group continues to enrich life in the Land of Enchantment with programs that are adventurous, inspiring, magical and evocative. Combining chamber music masterpieces by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Mahler, Rachmaninoff and Ravel with New Mexico premieres as well as world, minimalist and electronic music, TCMG's sixteenth season expands and enhances the traditional concept of chamber music by presenting an exciting and innovative variety of performances.

Drawing on the ranks of New Mexico's finest musicians as well as special guest artist pianist Robert McDonald, TCMG shares with audiences a musical experience that is both intimate and powerful. Highlights include an unusual collaboration with ZoukFest founder Roger Landes that incorporates melodies and rhythms inspired by the indigenous music of the Balkans, Spain, Ireland, the Middle East and India; works that combine live and recorded music by Steve Reich and Pierre Boulez; and colorful compositions with marimba. An enduring connection to the land that surrounds us is reflected in a collaboration with the exceptional Taos photographer Geraint Smith and in the performance of Edie Hill's Land Meeting Sky: Four Portraits of New Mexico's Landscape as well as In Blue Spaces, named by composer Paul Elwood for the "vast blue spaces of the high desert outside Taos."

Presented in the rich acoustic setting of the Harwood Museum, TCMG concerts invite audiences into a multi-sensory aural and visual feast. As always, TCMG will also bring educational programs to hundreds of Taos County school children, both in the schools and at the museum, funded this year by a generous grant from the Taos Community Foundation.

Once again, TCMG's sixteenth season has something for everyone, from the best in classical to outside-the-box collaborations. We invite you to be part of the magic of live chamber music!

 

Sincerely,

Nancy Laupheimer
Director, TCMG

TAOS CHAMBER MUSIC GROUP
591 Piedmont Road
Taos, NM 87571
nancy@taoschambermusicgroup.org

Call 575-758-0150 for further concert information.
Call 575-758-9826 for ticket information at the Harwood.