Dr. Lisa Cheryl Thomas will perform at Sacred Grounds' new location
Posted: 11/26/2014 11:20:32 AM MST
The Winter Music Festival is about to begin.
The festival, previously known as the Chamber Music Festival, begins with a free performance by Cuban-born classical master guitarist Hector Garcia Dec. 5 at the St. Joseph's Apache Mission Church in Mescalero.
Thought by many to be the best classical guitarist in the world, Garcia received his master of guitar and master of music degrees from Peyrellade Conservatory and subsequently joined the faculty of the conservatory.
He later studied with the eminent musicologist and guitarist Emilio Pujol in Barcelona, and assisted him with master classes for advance students and performing artists.
Garcia's repertoire consists of works spanning the Renaissance through the present day, performed on the original instruments. Garcia plays a Pimentel guitar in addition to vihuela, lute, and baroque guitar. He has performed with orchestras including the Havana Symphony, Los Angeles Sinfoniette, New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, University of Albuquerque Chamber Orchestra, Dupon Consortium, and Caspar Symphony, and has toured major U.S. and European cities as well as Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Canary Islands, and Africa.
Garcia will perform at 6 p.m. Admission is free but a voluntary donation to the church restoration fund is requested.
Dec. 6 marks the date for a fundraiser for the Mountain Entertainment Group for the Arts, the new auspice of the Chamber Music Festival.
Pianist Dr. Lisa Cheryl Thomas will perform following the Festival of Lights Parade at the future location of Sacred Grounds Coffee & Tea House, 2702 Sudderth Drive.
Thomas graduated with a doctor of musical arts degree in piano performance from the University of North Texas. Her research and lecture recitals on American Classical Native Piano Repertoire and Indianist Piano Repertoire have awakened a new enthusiasm and interest in the music, which she has performed internationally in Varna, Bulgaria and Amalfi, Italy and in America.
Thomas is of Native American stock, counting members of the Cherokee, Blackfoot and Sioux tribes among her ancestors.
Tickets for the Dec. 6 performance are $20.
Thomas also will perform Dec. 7 at 3 p.m. at the Mescalero School Auditorium and again the following week for the Ruidoso Public Schools.
The Winter Music Festival also includes Christmas concerts by the Ruidoso High School Band at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 9, and the Ruidoso High School Choir at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 11. Admission for both performances is free and will be held in the Ruidoso High School auditorium on Warrior Drive.
Finishing out the Winter Festival will be a performance by 2013 Van Cliburn Competition bronze medalist Sean Chen.
Hailed as a charismatic rising star, pianist Chen won over fans and critics at the competition with 'an exceptional ability to connect with an audience combined with an easy virtuosity,' the Huffington Post reported.
The first American to earn a Cliburn award since 1997, Chen took home third prize, just months after being named the 2013 Christel DeHaan Classical Fellow of the American Pianists Association.
Chen will perform at 3 p.m. Dec. 13 at the Ruidoso High School auditorium. Admission is $15 for students; $25 for adults.
'We are very happy and excited to announce that the first new and improved festival presented by the Mountain Entertainment Group for the Arts will be held Dec. 5-13,' said Rebecca Ponder, board member. 'It will be held in multiple locations in and around Ruidoso. We're calling this first festival, the 2014 Winter Music Festival and are looking forward to bringing diverse and new musical offerings to the area.'
To purchase tickets or for information on supporting the Mountain Entertainment Group for the Arts call 575-937-0411 or visit www.megarts.net.
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