LOS ALAMOS COMMUNITY WINDS NEWS

Los Alamos Community Winds will present its annual Holiday Prism Concert at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 via a concert event on YouTube.

The event will feature a series of performances by member of the community including: The Los Alamos Flute Choir, The Covid Clarinets, The SaxAtomix, The LACW Brass, and individual solo performances by flautists Heidi Morning and Tracey Speyrer and LACW director/trombonist Ted Vives, all accompanied by pianist Julian Chen.

The concert will be free for viewing, but LACW would request that anyone planning to watch the concert register with EventBrite at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/los-alamos-community-winds-holiday-prism-concert-2020-tickets-131941086341

The concert itself can be viewed at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 YouTube at: https://youtu.be/ZiLZOGFHvng

All viewers will also have an opportunity to donate to the Los Alamos Community Winds via a link to the LACW home page http://www.lacw.org in the event description on the YouTube site. 

The Los Alamos Community Winds have also released a new CD of performances created this past summer. The CD is entitled “The Social Distancing Sessions – Summer 2020 (Music Recorded in a Safe Environment)” and contains 53 minutes of newly recorded and previously unreleased tracks. This CD can be purchased through the LACW website as well.

All donations to the 2020 Holiday Prism Concert (including proceeds from the sale of this CD) will go to funding the 2022 National Convention of the Association of Concert Bands. The Los Alamos Community Winds are teaming up with the Santa Fe Concert Band and the Albuquerque Concert Band to host this event. The Association of Concert Bands is the umbrella organization that governs community bands and ensembles across the United States and abroad. LACW is honored to have been selected to host this prestigious event. LACW is a 501 (c) 3 organization and all donations are tax deductible.