Santa Fe Desert Chorale begins its new season with "Strength and Refuge: A Joyous Exploration of the Psalms" on Friday, Feb. 28, at Temple Beth Shalom.

Unlike books, it’s a perfectly fine practice to judge bands by their covers.

When Janice L. Mayer stepped down from her post as the Santa Fe Desert Chorale’s executive director earlier this year, the board of directors went just up the hill on the highway heading north toward the Santa Fe Opera, where Emma Marzen was serving as board liaison. They had found their replacement.

Valentine’s Day may have come and gone, but love will still be in the air when The King’s Singers perform at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis on Saturday, Feb. 21. 

The Santa Fe Symphony opens the group’s “New Worlds” concert at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16, which also features a violin concerto by contemporary composer Miguel del Águila and Antonín Dvorák’s Symphony No. 9, subtitled “From the New World.”

A new collaboration between Santa Fe Symphony, Museum of New Mexico Foundation, and Bishop's Lodge promises to give audiences a new way to think about the intersection of art and music.

The Kronos Quartet’s history and artistic achievements are now being celebrated in A Thousand Thoughts, a live documentary experience with the group, which is being presented by Performance Santa Fe at the Lensic Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30.

If your brain is in a musically induced coma from all those high-carb holiday tunes, the Pacifica String Quartet has the aural antidote. Its concert on Sunday, Jan. 12, at 3 p.m., St. Francis Auditorium, features nourishing works by Beethoven, Shostakovich, and Shulamit Ran. An open rehearsal takes place at 10 a.m., no charge.