Thurs. 9/26 10a: The New Mexico Philharmonic inaugurates its new series of six neighborhood concerts on September 28 at Albuquerque's First United Methodist Church. The program includes music of Schubert and Grieg, as well as trumpet concertos by Telemann and Albinoni. Spencer Beckwith is joined by the soloist for the baroque concertos, the orchestra's Principal Trumpet, John Marchiando.
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.