New in 2008

Joan Tower
The 2008 Triple Grammy Award Winner has been engaged as the festival's American Composer-in-Residence.
Mark O'Connor
The great and versatile fiddler brings a special string quartet project to the Festival.
Robert Mirabal
The Master of the Native American Flute will enchant audiences for our Silver Anniversary

Silver Anniversary Season - Celebrating 25 Years of Music

Painted Violins

Concerts in Angel Fire, Taos, Raton, Las Vegas - August 15th - September 1st

Music from Angel Fire celebrates 25 years of bringing extraordinary chamber music to the magnificent Northern New Mexico mountain communities of Angel Fire, Taos, Raton and Las Vegas. Over 40 international artists will perform 15 exciting concerts with works ranging from the Baroque to the Contemporary.Grammy Award winning fiddler/violinist Mark O’Connor will join the Festival during this milestone season together with many of your Festival favorites, including pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, violinists Ida and Ani Kavafian and cellist Peter Wiley among many others. In addition to three weeks of glorious chamber music, the Festival will present once again, selected student-musicians from the Curtis Institute of Music of Philadelphia for the Music From Angel Fire Young Artist Program.

Joan Tower and the Bruce E. Howden, Jr. American Composers Project

Joan Tower, one of the most widely acclaimed and respected composers of today, has been engaged as the Festival’s 2008 American Composer-in-Residence. Ms.Tower has been commissioned by the Festival to write a string quartet which will be premiered by the Miami String Quartet in Angel Fire. She also won three 2008 Grammy Awards, Best Orchestral Performance and Best Classical Album for "Tower: Made in America" and Best Classical Contemporary Composition for the track "Made in America" from that album. We are very honored that she has agreed to include Music from Angel Fire as part of her 70th Birthday Celebration Year!

Music To Your Ears!

Music To Your Eyes!

For our 25th Anniversary Season, 25 noted Southwestern Artists have transformed 25 violins into unique works of art for a Special Auction. Online Bidding for the violins will begin Thursday, August 14th and will conclude with an exciting Live Auction entitled, "The Painted Violin Crescendo" at 4:00 PM August 31st at the Angel Fire Community Center, immediately following the 2:00 PM Concert. Don't miss your opportunity to add one of these delightfully unusual pieces to your Art Collection! Watch for them on display in galleries and other locations in Northern New Mexico!

This project is sponsored by Robertson & Sons Violin Shop of Albuquerque, who very generously donated the violins to the Festival.

Ticket Prices

Ticket prices range from $20 to $30 with all Family/Youth concerts and the Raton Community Concert complimentary.

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Festival Poster

Each year, a new work by a renowned artist is chosen for the Festival poster. We are very pleased to announce that the 25th Anniversary Season poster was created by the esteemed landscape painter Walt Gonske. Supporters of the Festival who contribute $200 and more will receive a copy of the season's poster.

The poster for the current year and a wide range of beautiful festival posters from previous seasons can be also purchased.