Alfred Reed

When you’re one of the 98 players in the Mesilla Valley Concert Band, you’re used to playing in a large ensemble, usually in a sizable section of other…

December may be the one month of the year most associated with music, and every December, the Mesilla Valley Concert Band delivers with a concert of…

What began as a simple conversation thirty years ago outside the NMSU Music Building has today become one of Las Cruces’ most beloved and enduring musical…

American composer Alfred Reed’s band suite “Othello” is so challenging, evocative and “absolutely delightful” that it becomes “the centerpiece of the…

American composer Alfred Reed may not be a household name like Beethoven, but his music is played all over the world, including at numerous band concerts…