Fri. 9/13 10a: 19-year-old pianist and composer Conrad Tao helps the Santa Fe Pro Musica open its new season. On September 19, Conrad Tao plays works by Bach, Rachmaninoff, Ravel and Prokoviev in a solo recital in the St. Francis Auditorium and on September 21 and 22, he joins the Pro Musica Orchestra at the Lensic Center for music of Mozart and Shostakovich. Spencer Beckwith talks with the Music Director of the Santa Fe Pro Musica, Tom O'Connor.
Spencer Beckwith reports on the arts for KUNM. For ten years, until March of 2014, Spencer was the producer and host of KUNM's "Performance New Mexico," a weekday morning arts program that included interviews with musicians, writers and performers. Spencer is a graduate of the acting program at the Juilliard School, and, before moving to New Mexico in 2002, was for many years a professional actor based in New York City.