Shady Pines Chamber Players

06/10/2026

ARE YOU AWARE???
Shady Pines Chamber Players CELLO BAND will be opening the SPCP 14th Season with a FREE concert A WEEK FROM SATURDAY (June 20) at 3 p.m. at the High School Comons (310 James Canyon Hwy 82 in Cloudcroft). Featuring a gang of wonderful cellists, the band will perform works from the classics to contemporary,
Performers include: Joel Bectell, Jorge Espinoza, Erin Espinoza, John Cox, Kateri Bunting, Grace Spulak, Dorian Ramirez, Evan Daitz and newcomer Ozge Serceler.
Admission is free thanks to donations from we hope you and so many others, including CONCERT SPONSOR – THE LODGE AT CLOUDCROFT.
Bring your donation or send it to Shady Pines Chamber Players, P.O. Box 1115, Cloudcroft, NM 88317
361-557-1960

01/18/2026

Season FOURTEEN is around the corner!!
Thirteen years ago, a handful of accomplished musician hobbyists gathered at the little cabin on Wren called “Shady Pines” to begin their conversation in classical chamber music. Many notes have happened since then – classical and country. And the garden has evolved into a destination for many of its visitors. Come enjoy it all again this summer. Though all events are free and we do want to see you no matter what, SEND A DONATION IF YOU CAN.
Shady Pines Chamber Players 361-557-1960
P.O. Box 1115, Cloudcroft, NM 88317

Donations and your vigorous snow dance will help the garden fairies dance and give a boost to the continuation of this jewel of a Cloudcroft tradition.

10/01/2025

We expect darling of Cloudcroft “Tiger Alley” to grace us once again in 2026. They were recently featured in a popular Austin podcast (in case you’d like to know more about them). Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn8ehWV5igk
Help us continue making this corner of Cloudcroft match the energy of our sweet Village. Send early donations NOW!
Shady Pines Chamber Players,
P.O. Box 1115, Cloudcroft, NM 88317

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09/02/2025

We now say “goodbye” to 2025 with our annual donation to promote the newly energized music education programs at the Cloudcroft Schools. Pictured are Superintendent Jocelyne Gillespie, Shady Pines Chamber Players founder Suzannah Cox and Music Director Kathy Draves receiving this year’s donation. Thanks again to CMS staff and administration for their cooperation in especially our July 5 "Stars & Stripes Cellos" production.
Photo in Band Hall by CMS Yearbook counselor Josh Montana.
Donations to help with next year’s Season 14 may be sent to
Shady Pines Chamber Players
POB 1115, Cloudcroft, NM 88317

08/25/2025

Take a quiet little break from the upcoming weekend to be charmed by the Fairies of Shady Pines’ garden. Enjoy the critters, eavesdrop on musicians if they are ‘jamming’. We’ll be open from 2-5 pm each day Friday, Aug 29 – Monday, Sept 1.
Though the garden magic is free, we do appreciate and need donations to continue concerts and to make our annual donation to Cloudcroft Schools music.
200 Fox Ave (facing Wren just down from The Lodge) in Cloudcroft. GPS will get you lost. Call if you need further instructions: 361-557-1960

Donations may be mailed to Shady Pines Chamber Players, POB 1115, Cloudcroft, NM 88317.

08/12/2025

THANKS AGAIN to everyone who has helped up to now this 13th season of Shady Pines Chamber Players music and garden whimsy. Soon we’ll be making our annual presentation to CMS music programs and we’ll celebrate another delightfully successful season of music and garden adventures.
Whether or not you can jump on the wagon to encourage our little corner of Cloudcroft uniqueness, we and our garden creatures would love a visit from you one afternoon (2-5 pm) this weekend. No human musicians will be here this weekend but the birds make up for it in their chorus of hundreds.
Though the magic here is free, we do appreciate and need donations to continue concerts and to make our annual donation to Cloudcroft Schools music.
200 Fox Ave (facing Wren just down from The Lodge) in Cloudcroft. GPS will get you lost. Call if you need further instructions: 361-557-1960
Donations may be mailed to
Shady Pines Chamber Players, POB 1115, Cloudcroft, NM 88317.

07/29/2025

The big hail a couple of weeks ago trimmed many of Shady Pines’ posies but the rains have continued and the happy Tiger Alley audience last Saturday made the fairies smile so now the garden mirrors the greening forest around Cloudcroft.
Tiger Alley will make encore appearances at the Cloudcroft Chamber Art & Wine in the Cool Pines festival (on the Cloudcroft Museum grounds) Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
Embellish your weekend activities by coming to the Garden for a quiet visit in Shady Pines’ Fairy Garden. Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons from 2 to 5, entrance is FREE (we welcome donations to help with our musical productions and our annual donation to Cloudcroft Schools music programs).
200 Fox Ave (facing Wren just down from The Lodge) in Cloudcroft. GPS will get you lost. Call if you need further instructions: 361-557-1960
Donations may be mailed to Shady Pines Chamber Players, POB 1115, Cloudcroft, NM 88317.

07/22/2025

THIS SATURDAY, come see Tiger Alley in Shady Pines’ Fairy Garden AT SEVEN P.M..
Come rain or shine, they’ll be singin’, shreddin’ and pickin’ their sweet tunes on Shady Pines’ “Bertha” Stage. If there is a drop of rain, all the sweeter. Bring your ‘brella and your own refreshments and spend a little time with our neighbors and all the fanciful critters of this magical place. We’ve probably got enough seating but you can bring your own if you like.
THIS EVENT IS FREE but tips for the band are MOST APPRECIATED and will help encourage them to come back next year. SPCP also makes a donation at the end of each season to the Cloudcroft Schools Music programs. Gifts may be sent to:
Shady Pines Chamber Players
P.O. Box 1115, Cloudcroft, NM 88317
361-557-1960

07/16/2025

When you wish for cool and wet, you get a glorious Sunday HAIL!
So the Fairies were covered in drifts of ice pebbles and green pine needle mulch. Their posies have been trimmed. They are anxious for visitors this FRIDAY through SUNDAY afternoons from 2 to 5. Come for a visit and a walk around our little patch of magic. No human musicians will be here this weekend but the birds and bees are singing strong.
Though the Garden magic is free, we do appreciate and need donations to continue concerts and to make our annual donation to Cloudcroft Schools music.
200 Fox Ave (facing Wren just down from The Lodge) in Cloudcroft. GPS will get you lost. Call if you need further instructions: 361-557-1960
Donations may be mailed to Shady Pines Chamber Players, POB 1115, Cloudcroft, NM 88317.
P.S. Tiger Alley will play in the garden on Saturday, July 26 at 7 p.m.. Don’t miss them!

07/10/2025

We made an atrocious mistake on an ad we placed in this month’s Mountain Monthly. We listed the wrong concert TIME on the ad !@ #$! MM was SO gracious in allowing us to manually fix mistakes on as many yet to be distributed copies as we could but we’d like your help in spreading the word to everyone else. We were not able to change mailed MM issues so the time in the ad is incorrect (but times in the events sections are correct).
The TIGER ALLEY concert on Saturday, July 26 is at 7 p.m. at Shady Pines’ “Bertha” Stage in Cloudcroft at 200 Fox (facing Wren – just down the hill from The Lodge). This years’ original DUO will again give you the good country/swing/blusey feeling they always do while shredding their instruments and singin’ their sweet tunes. That’s in a couple of weeks so we’ll remind you again as time approaches.
BTW… this concert is FREE. Donations are welcome to support this charming band. Come with your pockets full and byo refreshments if you like. And your umbrella just in case we get a few more rain drops. You are welcome to bring your own chair but we think we’ll have enough for everyone.
Mail donations to Shady Pines Chamber Players, POB 1115, Cloudcroft 88317.