promoting New Mexico's rich music heritage
Jim Bonnell ~ Alamogordo | Artesia | Albuquerque Jim Bonnell is a 2019 Platinum Music Awards honoree. Jim has spent his entire life selflessly serving as a music educator, professional violist, and promoter of high-quality new music. Jim taught extensively
Dr. Cipriano Vigil ~ Chamisal | El Rito Cipriano Vigil is a 2019 New Mexico Music Commission Platinum Music Awards honoree. He was born and raised in the small village of Chamisal, New Mexico. He received his baccalaureate degree in
Z. Randall Stroope ~ Albuquerque Born in Albuquerque, Stroope is a composer, conductor and lecturer. He has had recent conducting engagements at the Sopra Minerva (Rome), American School in Singapore, Canterbury Cathedral (England), Berliner Dom (Germany), Salzburger Dom (Austria), Mormon
Dr. William Clark ~ Las Cruces Dr. William Clark, recipient of the New Mexico Music Commission’s 2018 Platinum Music Award, was director of bands at New Mexico State University (NMSU) from 1985 to 1994 and then became chair of the
Art Sheinberg ~ Los Alamos Born and raised in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Sheinberg is renowned nationally as a double bassist, orchestra director, clinician, composer, arranger, and music educator. An orchestra teacher in the Albuquerque Public Schools from 1977 to
Dr. Dale E. Kempter ~ Albuquerque Dale Kempter (1930-2018) was recipient of the New Mexico Music Commission’s 2017 Platinum Music Award. He was involved for over fifty years with the Albuquerque Youth Symphony. At the end of the 2001-2002 season