1. Art and Diseño

Piano Battle — Grant County Community
Concert Association presents the dueling
pianos presentation at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
31, at WNMU Fine Arts Auditorium in Silver
City. Tickets: $20 ($5 students 17 and
younger). Information: (575) 538-5862 or
gcconcerts.org.
UTEP Department of Music —
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. at Fox Fine Arts
Recital Hall. Tickets for most performances are
$5 ($3 seniors, military, non-UTEP students)
and free ages 6 and younger, UTEP students,
faculty and staff). Information: 747-5606 or
utep.edu/music.
• UTEP Virtuosi Strings — Tuesday, Feb. 3.
• Choir concert — 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22.
• Symphonic Winds concert — Tuesday, Feb.
24.
• UTEP Symphony Orchestra — Thursday,
Feb. 26.
• Faculty Composition Recital — Friday, Feb.
27.
• Orlando Murillo, violin graduate recital — 3
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28.
• Symphony Band — Tuesday, March 3,
under the direction of Ron Hufstader.
• UTEP Jazz I performance — Wednesday,
March 4.
NMSU Department of Music — Recitals
are in the Atkinson Music Recital Hall at
NMSU. Ticket information: (575) 646-2421 or
nmsu.edu/~music.
• Friday, Feb. 6: Southwest Honor Band Jazz
Concert.
• Saturday, Feb. 7: Symphonic Band, Wind
Symphony and Philharmonic Concert.
• 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8: Southwest Honor
Symphonic Band, followed at 2:45 p.m. by
Southwest Wind Symphony and 3:30 p.m. by
Southwest Honor Orchestra.
• Thursday, Feb. 12: “Auf Duetshe,” featuring
University Singers and Concert Choir.
• Thursday and Friday, Feb. 26-27:
Contemporary Arts Festival and NMSU performances.
Young People’s Concerts — The El Paso
Symphony Orchestra presents “The Orchestra
Moves,” the 75th season of free programs for
area fifth-graders at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday through Thursday, Feb. 3-5, at the
Plaza Theatre, led by Andy Moran. The program is presented in collaboration with
Carnegie Hall’s Link Up Program. The public is
invited on a space-available basis; call for availability. Information: 532-3776.
Music Forum El Paso — The forum pres-
ents Joy Zalkind and Esequiel Meza at 2:30
p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, at St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church, 1000 Montana, performing works by
Bach, Mozart, and the seldom performed
Concerto by Lowell Liebermann. Admission is
free. Information: 533-3081 or musicforumelpaso.org.
WindSync — Grant County Community
Concert Association presents the innovative
wind quintet at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, at
WNMU Fine Arts Auditorium in Silver City.
Tickets: $20 ($5 students 17 and younger).
Information: (575) 538-5862 or gcconcerts.org.
This award-winning quintet of musicians from
Houston has been thrilling audiences nationwide with its fresh approach to classical music.
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El Paso Scene
Playing exclusively from memory, these musicians incorporate dance, and the use of masks
and costumes to present their music in a completely new way.
Young El Paso Singers auditions —
The Y.E.S. youth choir, directed by Dr. Cindy
Jay with pianist Ruben Gutierrez, seeks singers
ages 8-23 for the choir’s 6th anniversary season. Auditions are by appointment through
Feb. 17 at Western Hills United Methodist
Church, 524 Thunderbird. Singing and/or music
experience a plus, but not required; singers will
be trained. Tuition is $85, plus $20 uniform fee.
Information: 227-6002 or [email protected]. Web: youngelpasosingers.org.
The community choir performs music ranging
from Broadway to pop and classical. Multiple
performances throughout the season are part
of our community outreach.
Spring season begins with regular rehearsals
Tuesdays 5:15 to 6:45, beginning Feb. 3.
El Paso Symphony Orchestra: ‘The
Language of Romance’ — The Symphony
with guest conductor Leonardo Gasparini performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Feb.
20-21, in the Plaza Theatre, with guest pianist
Mauricio Nader. Selections include Verdi’s I
vespri sicillani (The Sicilian Vespers)
and Inverno and Primavera from Vespri
Siciliani, Ponce’s Concerto Romantico, and
Ravel’s La Valse. Tickets: $15-$40. Information:
532-3776 or epso.org.
Free Pre-concert talks are 5 to 7 p.m. in El
Paso Museum of Art’s Dede Rogers Special
Events Gallery.
‘Berlin to Broadway: A Musical
Journey’ — Doña Ana Lyric Opera presents
the music of Kurt Weill Feb. 21-22, at NMSU’s
Atkinson Music Recital Hall. Weill is known as
writer of the hit “Mack The Knife,” but also
penned songs like “Speak Low,” as recorded by
Sarah Vaughan. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Friday
and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Ticket information: (575) 646-1986 or on Facebook.
EPSYOs Winter Concert — The El Paso
Symphony Youth Orchestras, directed by
Andres Moran, perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
22, at the Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $12 ($7 students/senior/military). Information 525-8978 or
epsyos.org.
2Cellos — ASNMSU and the NMSU Office of
Special events presents the wildly popular cello
duo of Sulic and Hauser at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 4, at NMSU’s Pan
American Center. Tickets: $25.50 and $35.50
(Ticketmaster). Information: (575) 646-1420.
The video for Michael Jackson’s “Smooth
Criminal” video went viral with over 20 million
YouTube views, but it wasn’t the King of Pop
performing the song. Two musicians have
taken the world by storm with cover versions
of AC/DC, Paul McCartney, Mumford & Sons,
Iron Maiden, Avicii, and more.
LCSO with Antonio di Cristofano —
Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra presents
guest artist Robert Bonfiglio, harmonica, as part
of its Classics series at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and
3 p.m. Sunday, March 7-8, at NMSU’s
Atkinson Music Recital Hall. Tickets: $35, $40
and $45. Information: (575) 646-3709 or
lascrucessymphony.com.
February 2015