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Ghost Light Sessions at The Lensic
Support local artists, keep the music alive in Santa Fe! Each Ghost Light Session is recorded on stage, 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.


Char Rothschild & Willa Roberts
Friends/collaborators Char Rothschild & Willa Roberts are members of Balkan ensemble EVET. Char (Korvin Orkestar, Round Mountain) was drawn to Balkan music through CSF’s contemporary music program in the ’90s. He teaches music at Turquoise Trail Charter School. Willa, a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and teacher specializing in music from Eastern Europe, the Mid East, and Indonesia, directs Santa Fe’s Sevda Choir and is a member of local favorite Rumelia Collective.

Gerry Carthy
Santa Fe’s favorite traditional Irish musician since 1986, Gerry Carthy was born in County Mayo, on Ireland’s West Coast. He celebrates Irish roots music, playing multiple instruments, including guitar, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, and tin whistle. Gerry is both a performer and teacher. Learn more at https://www.gerrycarthy.com/.

Ballet Taos
Ballet Taos, a nonprofit organization based in Taos, is both a professional company and a dance academy, with a focus on classical and contemporary dance. Ballet Taos recorded this Ghost Light session at The Lensic in 2020. For more information and news about their upcoming events, please visit BalletTaos.com.

d'Lightning Mob
D’Lightning Mob is a Santa Fe musical collective with elements of folk implosion, trip-hop, tribal, psych trance, funk, and dreamy high-desert rock. Learn more about d’Lightning Mob (Lindsay Conover, Vincent Copia, and Jonathan Duran) at https://www.facebook.com/d.lightningmob. You’ll find new music the band just recorded with David Cragin at Santa Fe Soundworks.

Luke Gullickson
Luke Gullickson is a composer, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, and improviser. His projects stretch from indie-folk songwriting toward broader and quieter forms of chamber music inspired by place, geography, language, literature, shamanism, and divination. The Chicago Tribune described his recent music as “a sonic wash of various intensities and allusions.” Hear more at his website, LukeGullickson.com.

Woven Talon
Woven Talon’s Andrew Tumason (composer, multi-instrumentalist, vocals) and Gregory Gutin (Indian percussion) perform a set of original music. Woven Talon’s newest album, Kahu, was released in July 2020 and is a sound journey inspired by Tumason’s travels in New Zealand and Australia. Learn more at WovenTalon.com.

Robby Rothschild
Singing songs of his own making and playing the West African kora, guitar, drums, and percussion instruments, Robby Rothschild draws from the dual wells of tradition and personal expression. His new EP is available for download here. Learn more about Robby and his music at his website, RobbyRothschild.com.
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Student Showcase

Student Showcase:Santa Fe's Talented Young Artists
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

Music You'll Love, on Spotify
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.
Great Conversations

Shakespeare in a Divided America
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.