Los Alamos Concert Association

10/02/2026

Celebrate 80 years of music with the Los Alamos Concert Association!
Since its founding, LACA has brought world class artists to Los Alamos. Explore highlights from our history in this timeline slideshow.
See the historical display in person at our first concert of the season featuring Frisson Winds. Take a closer look at the posters and milestones that celebrate eight decades of music in Los Alamos at the after-concert reception.
Frisson Winds
October 17, 2026 | 3:00 PM
Duane Smith Auditorium
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Following the concert, join us and the musicians for refreshments and conversation.
🎟️ Tickets and information: https://losalamosconcert.org
Learn more about the Los Alamos Concert Association and our upcoming performances. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jglX5--cG8Y

Celebrate 80 years of music with the Los Alamos Concert Association...

09/15/2026

WELCOME TO THE 80TH SEASON at LOS ALAMOS CONCERT ASSOCIATION!

We begin our season with this chamber ensemble including the brilliant wind musicians of the group Frisson. Frisson Winds features the best and brightest of classical music’s stars and showcases emerging young artists as well as seasoned professionals. The members of Frisson all have impressive biographies and many have performed at such prestigious venues as the Verbier Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Marlboro Festival, and Ravinia Festivals as well as in New York City at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall. In just a few seasons the group has skyrocketed to become one of the leading classical music groups in the field. The virtuoso wind players of Frisson perform a wide variety of music for winds of various combinations as well as wonderful programs of music for piano and winds. Concerts feature trios, quartets and quintets by such composers as Beethoven, Mozart, Francaix, Poulenc, William Grant Still, Valerie Coleman, Gershwin, Paquito d’Rivera and many more.

09/15/2026

We begin our 80th season on Saturday, October 17 at 3pm in the Duane Smith Auditorium with Frisson Winds!
Come and hear the Overture to the Magic Flute - W. A. Mozart
Harmoniemusik for the Temple of the Night - Antonio Salieri
Rondino for winds in E flat major, WoO25 - Beethoven
Serenade No. 10 in B-flat major for 13 Winds ("Gran Partita"), K. 361 (370a)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
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Everyone is welcome to join us and Frisson Winds after the concert in the lobby for refreshments, conversation, and a look at the Los Alamos Concert Association’s 80th anniversary display.

08/06/2026

The post-concert dinner at Beef & Leaf Cafe with the Isidore String Quartet was a wonderful conclusion to last season’s concerts. Preseason ticket sales for the 2026-27 concert series are going on now. Purchase by 9/15 for preseason savings! Click the link to our website in the bio. ❤️

06/05/2026

We are excited to close out the 2025-2026 season with the Isidore String Quartet this Saturday! Don't miss the free pre-concert lecture by KHFM's Brent Stevens at 2 pm, courtesy of the Los Alamos Arts Council. The concert begins at 3 pm. Concert tickets are still available online and at the box office. Only a few tickets remain for the Dinner with the Artists which are available online only through Friday. If any remain on Saturday, they can be purchased at the box office.

School may be out, but students ages 6-18 still attend the concert for free!

05/31/2026

The Los Alamos Concert Association invites you to close out our 2025-2026 season with a performance by the young and dynamic Isidore String Quartet. Join us this Saturday, 6 June 2026, 3 PM at Duane Smith Auditorium.

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Tickets for the Dinner with the Artists may be purchased at the auditorium while supplies last.

A lecture by Brent Stevens, the former executive director of 95.5 KHFM New Mexico’s listener-supported classical music station, precedes the concert at 2 PM also at Duane Smith Auditorium. After the concert enjoy our popular Dinner with the Artists event at Beef and Leaf in Los Alamos. Tickets for the Dinner with the Artists may be purchased at the auditorium while supplies last.

The evening's program is titled "Brahms, The Admirer" and shines a light on Brahms' deep admiration and reverence for the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven. The program starts with an arrangement by Devin Moore that evokes the traditional layout of the Tridentine Mass. Interspersed with arrangements of choral works by Bach and Brahms that reinterpret this liturgical form, the program follows the skeletal structure of the Mass Ordinary - Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei. This is followed by a string quartet by Beethoven (B-flat major, Op. 18, No. 6). conclusion. With its expressive contrasts and structural ingenuity, Op. 18 No. 6 showcases Beethoven’s ability to honor the Classical form while injecting it with new emotional and formal complexity—a hallmark of his evolving style.

The second half is entirely comprised of a string quartet by Johannes Brahms himself (B-flat major, Op. 67). Composed during the summer of 1875, Brahms’s String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Major, Op. 67, is a radiant and refined work that stands apart from the emotional weight of his earlier quartets.

05/17/2026

On Saturday, June 6 at 3 PM, the Isidore String Quartet will offer this exciting program!
Choral Arrangements for String Quartet – Bach & Brahms arranged by Devin Moore
String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 18, No. 6 – Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major – Johannes Brahms

The concert will be followed by Dinner with the Artists at 5 pm. Seating limited—reserve your seat when you purchase your Season Tickets. Purchase tickets for the concert and the dinner online here:
https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/losalamosconcert/6559/

05/07/2026

Join the Los Alamos Concert Association in welcoming the Isidore String Quartet on Saturday, June 6 at 3 PM.

The concert will be followed by Dinner with the Artists at 5 pm. Seating limited—reserve your seat when you purchase your Season Tickets. Purchase tickets for the concert and the dinner online here:
https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/losalamosconcert/6559/

Winners of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant, and the 14th Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2022, the New York City-based Isidore String Quartet was formed in 2019 with a vision to revisit, rediscover, and reinvigorate the repertory. The quartet began as an ensemble at the Juilliard School, and has coached with Joel Krosnick, Joseph Lin, Astrid Schween, Laurie Smukler, Joseph Kalichstein, Roger Tapping, Misha Amory, and numerous others. The quartet is heavily influenced by the Juilliard String Quartet and the idea of ‘approaching the established as if it were brand new, and the new as if it were firmly estaWinners of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant, and the 14th Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2022, the New York City-based Isidore String Quartet was formed in 2019 with a vision to revisit, rediscover, and reinvigorate the repertory. The quartet began as an ensemble at the Juilliard School, and has coached with Joel Krosnick, Joseph Lin, Astrid Schween, Laurie Smukler, Joseph Kalichstein, Roger Tapping, Misha Amory, and numerous others. The quartet is heavily influenced by the Juilliard String Quartet and the idea of ‘approaching the established as if it were brand new, and the new as if it were firmly esta .’

04/29/2026

What a fantastic, thoughtful, moving performance by violinist Rachel Barton Pine pictured here post-concert with LACA board member Todd Urbatsch who handled back stage arrangements, long-time piano accompanist Matthew Hagel, and LACA artistic director Linda Deck.

At this concert, we also released next season's schedule to help our audience members reserve the dates in their calendars:
Saturday, October 17, 2026, 3 pm
Sunday, November 22, 2026, 3 pm
Saturday, February 27, 2027, 3 pm
Sunday, April 18, 2027, 3 pm
Saturday, June 12, 2027, 3 pm

The artists will be announced at our final concert on Saturday, June 6th with Isidore String Quartet, and season brochures will be available to take home.