Los Alamos Community Winds
Encyclopedia
The Los Alamos Community Winds (LACW) is a wind ensemble made up of members of the Los Alamos, New Mexico
community and is composed of both amateur and professional musicians of all ages and backgrounds ranging from middle and high school students to retirees.
was director of the Los Alamos Concert Band (LACB) from the 1970s through the 1990s. The LACB performances included many weekly summer concerts as well as performing at various civic functions such as the 4th of July fireworks celebrations. The LACW is the latest organization to provide concert band performances to the Los Alamos community.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Los Alamos is a townsite and census-designated place in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States, built upon four mesas of the Pajarito Plateau and the adjoining White Rock Canyon. The population of the CDP was 12,019 at the 2010 Census. The townsite or "the hill" is one part of town while...
community and is composed of both amateur and professional musicians of all ages and backgrounds ranging from middle and high school students to retirees.
History
The concert band has had a long history in Los Alamos and has seen various incarnations since the 1970s. Jan MacDonald, former band director at Los Alamos High SchoolLos Alamos High School
Los Alamos High School, often called LAHS, is the public high school in Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA. The school opened in 1946, and was originally supported by the Atomic Energy Commission. It has been academically recognized by Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, and the New Mexico Public...
was director of the Los Alamos Concert Band (LACB) from the 1970s through the 1990s. The LACB performances included many weekly summer concerts as well as performing at various civic functions such as the 4th of July fireworks celebrations. The LACW is the latest organization to provide concert band performances to the Los Alamos community.
Goals
- To provide the Los Alamos community with a quality performing ensemble specializing in the best literature for the concert band and wind ensemble as a creative outlet and as a means for showscasing individual musical talent.
- To promote public awaremess of the importance of music, the arts, and other cultural events both as entertainment and as artistic endeavors.
- To instill and sustain the American heritage of concert band music at community festivals, commemorations and other public gatherings.
- To provide student musicians in the Los Alamos community with a good representation and model of ensemble performance.