The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus is a professional full-sized orchestra with a volunteer chorus located in Santa Fe, New Mexico . The orchestra performs regularly at the Lensic Theater in Santa Fe.
8-539: The Santa Fe Symphony was founded by local musicians under the direction of General Director Gregory W. Heltman. The Symphony did their first performance on September 2, 1984, at a free concert held at St. Francis Auditorium in Santa Fe. That initial concert included a Rossini overture, Handel ’s Water Music, and Beethoven 's Symphony No. 2. Donations totaled $ 1,800, which were later supplemented by further contributions. The Chorus of Santa Fe (The Santa Fe Symphony Chorus)
16-520: Is an art museum in Santa Fe governed by the state of New Mexico , United States. It is one of four state-run museums in Santa Fe that are part of the Museum of New Mexico . It is located one block off the historic Santa Fe Plaza . It was given its current name in 2007, having previously been referred to as The Museum of Fine Arts. The building was designed by architect Isaac Rapp and completed in 1917. It
24-443: Is an example of Pueblo Revival Style architecture , and one of Santa Fe's best-known representations of the synthesis of Native American and Spanish Colonial design styles. The façade was based on the mission churches of Acoma , San Felipe , Cochiti , Laguna , Santa Ana and Pecos . The museum’s art collection includes over 20,000 paintings, photographs, sculptures, prints, drawings and mixed-media works. Notable artists in
32-672: Is collected by the museum and catalogs of the museum's exhibitions since 1917. The Vladem Contemporary Annex of the New Mexico Museum of Art is scheduled to open in September 2023. The annex will house the New Mexico Museum of Art's contemporary collections and shows. The renovation project is an adaptive reuse of the 1936 Charles Ilfeld Warehouse (repurposed and renamed as the State of New Mexico's Joseph F Halpin Records Building). The annex
40-554: Is recognized as a community-focused musical organization. It is one of two fully professional, full-sized symphony orchestras in the state. In March 2024, the Santa Fe Symphony announced plans to merge with the Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association. This New Mexico -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . St. Francis Auditorium The New Mexico Museum of Art
48-547: The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and the Santa Fe Community Orchestra . The auditorium has a seating capacity of 450. The auditorium displays several murals depicting St. Francis of Assisi which were originally designed by Donald Beauregard and completed by Carlos Vierra and Kenneth M. Chapman . The museum library contains art books, periodicals, biographical files of artists whose work
56-550: The collection include Ansel Adams , Gustave Baumann , Brian O'Connor , Georgia O'Keeffe , Fritz Scholder , T. C. Cannon , Bruce Nauman , Luis Jimenez , Maria Martinez , members of the Ashcan School , Los Cinco Pintores , Transcendental Painting Group, and the Taos Society of Artists . The St. Francis Auditorium, located in the New Mexico Museum of Art, is the venue for various cultural and musical organizations, including
64-469: Was founded five years earlier in 1979 and merged with the Symphony in 1986. Choral Director Dr. Linda Raney came on board in 1997. Since then, The Santa Fe Symphony has offered orchestral and choral concerts, as well as education and outreach programs for adults and school children. Performing a regular subscription series at the 790-seat Lensic Theater, Santa Fe's Performing Arts Center, The Santa Fe Symphony
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