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Lensic Online brings the best of The Lensic to you, wherever you are. Check this page often to watch clips of past Lensic Presents performances, learn more about your favorite Lensic artists, access arts resources especially for kids, and more. We’ll be adding new content regularly.
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Ghost Light Sessions at The Lensic
During the 2020-21 shutdown, The Lensic’s Ghost Light Sessions helped support local artists and keep the music alive in Santa Fe! Each Ghost Light Session was recorded on stage between April 2020 and September 2021, with only one or two crew members present and face masks worn by all off-camera. The series is named for the single bulb that’s left burning when the theater is dark. You’ll see it on stage in these sessions.
Jono Manson
Nathan Dunton
Nathan Dunton is a composer, arranger, and teacher based in Santa Fe. He’s also an intergenerational music facilitator, working with FamJam, Lifesongs, and the Santa Fe Opera ALTO program. Before moving to Santa Fe, he created his music in Austin. Nathan’s original work is featured on several albums, including Love Runs to the Sea, released in 2018. Learn more at NathanDuntonMusic.com.
Laurianne Fiorentino & Michael Kott
Laurianne Fiorentino and Michael Kott have been playing together for over 25 years. Kott is featured on Laurianne’s 2017 award-winning CD When I’m An Angel. With Michael, masked and outside on the porch, and Laurianne at the computer, they raised over $500 for The Food Depot with a streaming concert during lockdown. The pandemic put a temporary hold on their Elemental Concert Series at San Miguel Chapel, where the duo had celebrated a single element from the periodic table each month. Laurianne’s latest release in 2020 features spoken word and nonscripted acoustic music: Charming the Universe ~ Poems from the book The Gift ~ Hafiz. www.lauriamusic.com
John Kurzweg
John Kurzweg is a multi-platinum record producer and multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter who first became known for his work with post-grunge band Creed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Kurzweg, who in the late 80’s signed with Atlantic records as a solo artist, continues recording & performing his own brand of rock music and can often be found playing various venues around the Santa Fe area. Learn more at JohnKurzweg.com.
Dos Gatos
Albuquerque musicians Felix Peralta and Dave Barclay are Dos Gatos! For their Ghost Light Session, the duo performed the same Zydetejano Blues (a blend of Latin, blues, Tejano, and rockin’ outlaw country music) we know and love from their full band, Felix y Los Gatos. Find them on Facebook here.
Mustafa Dill
Taos-based musician and communications professional Mustafa Stefan Dill plays oud—a lute-like Middle Eastern instrument—and guitar. Based in Taos, he has created and participated in a number of award-winning and global music projects. Mustafa will reopen Oud Strings, an online musical instrument store, this summer. Learn more about Mustafa and his music here.
Drww Christopher
Musician Drww Christopher is a Santa Fe native who grew up on the city’s west side. His message for young people from his community: Everything you want is possible to attain. It takes work, but nothing is impossible. Hear more of Drww’s music on his Soundcloud page at https://soundcloud.com/drwwchristopher.
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Sean Healen
Sean Healen is a prolific New Mexico-based, award-winning singer/songwriter. With music and lyrics reminiscent of Leonard Cohen and Steve Earle, his style is at once intricate and eloquent. He has performed double bills with musical notables including John Hiatt, Michael Franti, Peter Case, The Flatlanders, Junior Brown, and many others. Learn more at https://seanhealenmusic.com/
Tom Adler
Tom Adler, a lifelong Santa Fean, is a folk musician who writes, performs, teaches, and hosts “Folk Remedy” on KSFR (101.1 FM) every Sunday morning from 8 to 10 am. With four CDs recorded over the years, Tom has received some fine reviews and national and international airplay. Connect with him on Facebook here.
Jay Heneghan
Vocalist and classically trained pianist Jay Heneghan leads the Jay Heneghan Project, a jazz/blues/R&B band with a rotating cast of some of Santa Fe’s most seasoned and talented musicians. For this Ghost Light Session, Jay is joined by Tom Rheam on piano and Richard Snyder on bass. Learn more at https://www.jayheneghanproject.com/.
Suzanne Teng and Gilbert Levy of Mystic Journey
Suzanne Teng (world flutes) and Gilbert Levy (world percussion and strings) of Mystic Journey create instrumental music that is ethereal and exotic, soulful and healing, and “sensual and serene,” as described by Billboard magazine. Learn more about these talented Santa Fe musicians at https://mysticjourney.net/.
Marc and Paula's Roadside Distraction
Marc and Paula Rhae are in the process of releasing a new CD titled Love Can Shine Through. The pre-release of four songs has already garnered two New Mexico Music Awards nominations: “Love Can Shine Through” in the Singer-Songwriter category and “I’ve Got a Notion” for Best Vocal Performance. Learn more at their Reverb Nation page.
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Student Showcase
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School shows at The Lensic were canceled this year, but we still want to give young people a chance to perform on The Lensic stage. Working with the schools, we’ve invited local students to bring their talent to The Lensic in a safe, socially distanced recording sessions.
Find more Student Showcase performances here.
Listen! Lensic Playlists
Something Else
The Lensic’s Joel Aalberts creates a new Spotify playlist each week to keep you dancing, soothe your soul, and bring joy to your ears. Click the links each week to listen! Free Spotify registration required.
The Wrecking Crew
The L.A. studio musicians known collectively as “The Wrecking Crew” played on hundreds of hit recordings in the ‘60s and ‘70s. You may not know their names, but you’ve heard their amazing work on songs by Elvis, Diana Ross, Glen Campbell, Henry Mancini, the Beach Boys, the Mamas and the Papas and so many others. Read more about them here while you’re listening to this week’s playlist!
Great Conversations
For the Kids
Shakespeare in a Divided America, a fascinating new book by author James Shapiro, looks at how The Bard’s 400-year-old tragedies and comedies have helped shape our understanding of issues throughout America’s history. Our friend John Andrews—Santa Fean and head of the Shakespeare Guild—talked to the author in a recent digital presentation for the National Arts Club in New York.
Just for Kids
Hocus Focus
Illusionist Kevin Spencer, who was scheduled to perform at The Lensic this spring, offers free magic-lesson videos for kids of all abilities at his Hocus Focus Magic Club website. Kids may recognize Kevin from the Lensic-sponsored workshops he led in Santa Fe special education classrooms in 2018 and 2019. These online lessons bring Kevin’s delightful energy to your home.
Justin Roberts
Justin Roberts, the Chicago-based kids-music musician and indie rocker you heard at Lensic Family Fun Day last March, offers music, make-your-own-instrument projects, and other great at-home activities for the younger set at JustinRobertsMusic.com. Make and play your own kazoo, designer your own concert posters, learn to play some of Justin’s songs, and more.