Taos Music

The Taos Chamber Music Group (TCMG) has been performing throughout New Mexico and Southern Colorado since its inception in 1993.

Unlike most chamber music ensembles based in large cities, Taos Chamber Music Group is unique in making its home in a rural, mountainous area with a strong Hispanic and Pueblo Indian presence.

The cultural diversity of Northern New Mexico is represented in programs that combine works by Spanish, South American and Native American composers with more well-known chamber music repertoire.

Taos Chamber Music Group's innovative concerts also include commissioned works, compositions by women and jazz composers, and collaborations with writers and dancers.

Distinguished guest artists from around the world often join TCMG's roster, which includes some of New Mexico's finest musicians. This compilation of live recordings is a sample of the wide variety of instrumentation, nationalities and styles for which TCMG has become known.

What is so appealing for both chamber music performers and their audiences is a certain kind of magic that happens when a group of talented and often highly individualistic musicians translates a shared vision into sound, when their coming together creates a palpable personal and musical synergy. This is the on going goal of the Taos Chamber Music Group.

The Artists: Debra Ayers, piano, Pamela Epple, oboe, David Felberg, violin, Angela Gabriel, marimba & drum, Gabriel Gordon, violin, Jim Goulden, percussion, Sally Guenther, cello, Edie Hill, composer, LP How, violin, Nancy Laupheimer, flute, Kirsten Lear, mezzo-soprano, Keith Lemmons, clarinet , Robert McDonald, piano ,Kathleen McIntosh, harpsichord, Patrick Neher, double bass, Teddy Robie, piano, Cármelo de los Santos, violin, James Shields, clarinet, Rosalind Simpson, harp, Elena Sopoci, viola, Robert Tweten, piano, Amber Vasquez, choreographer, Dana Winograd, cello. Jake Magee, filmmaker

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RECORDING: SELECTED LIVE PERFORMANCES

Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Trio Sonata in g minor, op.2 no. 8, for two bassoons and continuo
1. Andant
2. Allegro
Benjamin Kamins and Richard Hall, bassoons
David Schepps, cello
Kathleen MacIntosh, harpsichord

Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)
Deux Interludes for flute, violin and harp
3. Andante espressivo
4. Allegro vivo
Nancy Laupheimer, flute
Elena Sopoci, violin
Rosalind Simpson, harp

5. Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Cafe from Histoire du Tango for flute and guitar
Nancy Laupheimer, flute
Brian DeLay, guitar

6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Allegro from Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K.581 for clarinet and strings
Keith Lemmons, clarinet
Elena Sopoci and Carol Hawkins, violins,
Anne Martin, viola
Mary Reynders, cello

Sylvia Woods
The Harp of Brandeswhiere for folk harp (1982)
7. Dialogue with a Brook
8. Lament
9. Triumphant Return
Rosalind Simpson, folk harp

10. Nancy Laupheimer
Revelation for solo flute (1981)
Nancy Laupheimer, flute

Andre Jolivet (1905-1974)
Pastorales de Noel for flute, bassoon and harp
11. L'Etoile
12. La Vierge et L'Enfant
Nancy Laupheimer, flute
Richard Hall, bassoon
Rosalind Simpson, harp

13. Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
London Trio No. 4 in G Major, for flute, violin and bassoon
Nancy Laupheimer, flute
Elena Sopoci violin
Richard Hall, bassoon

Angel Lasala (b. 1914)
Poema del Pastor Coya for flute and harp
14. Con la Chola y el Changuito
15. Quena
Nancy Laupheimer, flute
Rosalind Simpson, harp

16. Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and strings
Rosalind Simpson, harp
Nancy Laupheimer, flute
Keith Lemmons, clarinet
Elena Sopoci and Carol Hawkins, violins
Anne Martin, viola
Mary Reynders, cello

Special thanks to the wonderful musicians who are the heart and soul of TCMG, to the many supporters and volunteers who make concerts possible, to Harold Geller for so generously recording all Taos performances and to Teruko Wilde for donating her exquisite art work.

All selections, except "Revelation" which was made by CactusFire Productions, were recorded live at the Harwood Museum in Taos, NM, the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM, and Adams State College in Alamosa, CO.
Produced by the Taos Chamber Music Group
Mastered by Andy Salamone - CactusFire Productions, Arroyo Hondo, NM
Photograph of Nancy Laupheimer by Vishu Magee

American String Quartet —
Peter Winograd, violin
Laurie Carney, violin
Daniel Avshalomov, viola
Margo Tatgenhorst Drakos, cello

2002-2003 Taos Chamber Music Group Artists*
Robert Avalon, composer-in-residence
Brian DeLay, guitar
Pamela Epple, oboe
David Felberg, violin
Carol Hawkins, violin
Jacquelyn Helin, piano
Benjamin Kamins, bassoon
Nancy Laupheimer, flute
Kerri Lay, violin
Carla Lehmeier, cello
Keith Lemmons, clarinet
John Marshall, percussion
Jan McDonald, trumpet
Kathleen McIntosh, harpsichord
Kathleen Mills, piano
Richard Morris, composer-in-residence
Kay Newnam, violin
Suzie Schwartz, viola
Rosalind Simpson, harp
Elena Sopoci, viola
Mark Tatum, double bass
Keith Underwood, flute
Benjamin Verdery, guitar
Dana Winograd, cello

2001-2002 Taos Chamber Music Group Artists*
Pamela Epple, oboe
Greg Evans, horn
David Felberg, violin
Kim Fredenburgh, viola
Michail Gelfandbein, cello
Richard Hall, bassoon
Carol Hawkins, violin
Jacqueline Helin, piano
Nancy Laupheimer, flute
Carol Lehmeier, cello
Keith Lemmons, clarinet
Kathleen MacIntosh, harpsichord
Kathy Mills, piano
Kay Newnam, violin
James Pellerite, Native American flute
Gretchen Pusch, flute
Suzie Schwartz, viola
Irina Sharogradsky, piano
Rosalind Simpson, harp
Lisa Snyder, violin
Mary Springfels, viola da gamba
Mark Tatum, double bass
Dana Winograd, cello
*not all artists are represented on these recordings.

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