2009 Season Highlights
Music from Angel Fire celebrates its 26th Season of presenting exquisite, world class chamber music in the beauty and seclusion of Northern New Mexico's spectacular mountain communities of Angel Fire, Taos, Raton and Las Vegas beginning Friday, August 21 and continuing through Sunday, September 6, 2009.
The Festival continues its 26-year tradition of presenting chamber music concerts in the magical, intimate settings of the Festival's concert venues including the Angel Fire Community Center and United Church of Angel Fire, the Taos Community Auditorium, the Ilfeld Auditorium in Las Vegas, and the Shuler Theater in Raton.
Festival Artistic Director Ida Kavafian will host two special Musical Conversations at the United Church of Angel Fire on August 23 and September 3. Other program highlights will include the favorite 'Salon Concert' where artists strut their stuff in an informal setting with unique repertoire on August 30, followed by the annual Benefit Southwestern Auction, and an all Baroque Concert on September 2 to be presented at the Taos Community Auditorium. 2009 Composer-in-Residence Augusta Read Thomas will join the Festival this Season with a work commissioned by Music from Angel Fire through the Bruce E. Howden, Jr. American Composers Project, which will be premiered in Angel Fire on Sunday, September 6.
Continuing its commitment to education, the Festival will once again present the Music from Angel Fire Young Artist Program. In its 11th year, this ever popular educational outreach program will feature performances by wind and string students from the famed Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia. These "up and coming" young artists will be a part of the Music in Our Schools rural residency program and will present over 30 hands-on classroom programs in the public schools of Northern New Mexico.
In addition to brilliant performances of the world’s most beautiful music, the Festival will present the 'Closer Encounters Series' on Friday, August 21 and Wednesday, August 26 at 11:00 AM. Offering a 'behind the scenes' look, this series will provide a fun opportunity to learn more about music and to interact with artists in an open rehearsal setting.
The 2009 Season is presented in part by the Eugene V. & Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust of Santa Fe, the Albert I. Pierce Foundation of Albuquerque, the Benton Family of Houston, the Anderson Family of Gail/Angel Fire, the Kerr Foundation of Oklahoma City, the Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation of St. Paul, the Whited Foundation and United Chevrolet and Toyota of Raton, International Bank of Angel Fire and Raton, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation, Valley Market of Angel Fire, the Angel Fire Resort, the Angel Fire, Las Vegas and San Miguel County Lodgers' Tax, New Mexico Arts Division and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Join Music from Angel Fire in celebrating its 26th Season with one great concert after another. Ticket prices range from $20 to $35 with all Family/Youth concerts and the Raton Community Concert complimentary. The music will be dazzling and your experience exhilarating.
