Fri. 11/22 10a: Spencer Beckwith is joined by Music Director Oliver Prezant for a look at the Santa Fe Community Orchestra's concert on November 24 in the St. Francis Auditorium. The volunteer musicians will be joined by special guests, young string players from Gonzales Community School and professional cellist Dana Winograd, for music by Piazzolla, Popper and Tchaikovsky. Also featured on the program is a
prize-winning new work by New Mexico composer Michael Bowen.
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.