At 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 23, the City Different Festival will kick off with Santa Fe’s own local band, Ardaya, followed by nearly 16 hours of live entertainment from across the Southwest.

The Contemporary Music Program’s new chorus was created through the department’s music theory classes, and will perform next month.

This year’s Quadstock took place April 30-May 1. For the first time it was streaming live on the internet for the world to see. Scheduled the day after Outdoor Vision Fest, it made for a packed weekend. Normally it takes place on the Quad, but due to inclement weather it was hastily moved to O’Shaughnessy Performance Space. Overall it was an amazing festival....

After graduation, Contemporary Music Program major Jordan Solis is scheduled to have an EP released in the coming months with his signature combination of reggae, cuban music, salsa and drumming.

The African Drum Ensemble first started when Santa Fe University of Art and Design was called the College of Santa Fe, and was taught by a couple who still live in Santa Fe. Since then there has been a progression of people who have taken on the class, but Fred Simpson—its current instructor—has taught it since the last year of the College of Santa Fe and still teaches it now.