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Music from Angel Fire Summer Music Festival

Music from Angel Fire celebrates its 34th Summer Festival from August 18 through September 3. Numerous festival events will take place in the beautiful New Mexico mountain communities of Angel Fire, Taos, Raton and Las Vegas.

Introducing the 2017 Summer Festival

I’m thrilled to introduce season 34, “Around the World.” Culture is one of the most defining attributes of a society and its greatest export. Music has no borders, it’s history you can dance to! What a Herculean task for a small village to put on a world-class Chamber Music Festival, one thing I know from my brief time here, this is one extraordinary village! Music from Angel Fire has earned the reputation as one of our country’s elite music festivals. Mary Kay Robinson, Executive Director

Ida Kavafian, MFAF Artistic Director I would like to invite you all to Angel Fire, Taos, Las Vegas and Raton to take a trip “Around the World” with us for our 2017 season! Our festival theme this year features concerts that revolve around individual countries of significance in the history of chamber music. The music spans four centuries and will take us from Europe to Russia and to the Americas. The incomparable Imani Winds return for our opening week and our Composer-in-Residence is the amazing Kenji Bunch, whose World Premiere will be featured on August 23 in Angel Fire. The Curtis Institute’s Brass Project will be back by popular demand, along with other students that comprise our beloved Young Artist program. I look forward to sharing this amazing season with you. Pack your bags and get ready to soar around the world with us! Ida Kavafian, Artistic Director

The popular, free Chamber Music 101 series will be hosted again by Curtis Institute Chair of Music Studies, Jonathan Coopersmith. and explores music performed throughout the season.

Two popular ensembles will be returning in 2017: Imani Winds and The Brass Project.

Imani Winds

To inquire about discounts or disability access, please call our Music from Angel Fire Office at 575-377-3233 or email MFAF at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

2017 News

FREE COMMUNITY CONCERT TOMORROW, TUESDAY 8/29/17

MORENO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, 1:30 pm.

FEATURING Music from Angel Fire Young Artist Ensembles

Koskue String Quartet and the Brass Project

56 Cam Grande

Angel Fire, NM 87710

2017 COMPOSER-IN RESIDENCE

Kenji Bunch

Kenji Bunch has emerged as one of the most prominent, prolific, and versatile American composers of his generation. His music has been performed by over forty orchestras, in premiere venues on six continents.

Widely recognized for performing his own groundbreaking works for viola, Mr. Bunch is a versatile musician with a deep interest in vernacular American traditions and improvisation. He also plays bluegrass fiddle, sings, and is a frequent guest performer with many prominent rock, jazz, folk, and experimental artists.

For more information visit kenjibunch.net

2017 MFAF Art Competition

ANGEL FIRE, NM – Music from Angel Fire is thrilled to announce Loretta LaMothe’s “Summer’s Grand Finale’ “as the winner of the 3rd annual program cover competition. This year’s competition was open to full or part time residents of Colfax County. Jurors for the competition were Angie Coleman, Elizabeth Jose and Greg Moon, all prominent Taos artists.

The art work will be featured on the Summer Festival program book and will be on display with other pieces, all available for purchase throughout the festival at the Angel Fire Community Center.

The luscious Angel Fire Ski Mountain and colorful meadows below at the end of a particularly rainy summer was the inspiration for this art. “The unsurpassed beauty of Angel Fire and the entire Moreno Valley offer unlimited subject matter for any artist willing to observe and interpret!” Loretta LaMothe.

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