Round Mountain

This summer, the heart of the SAR campus turns into an outdoor cocktail lounge and live music venue for Music at Dusk. On two special evenings, guests are invited to relax in a beautiful outdoor setting, stroll the grounds, and experience live traditional New Mexican music.

Round Mountain
This is original world folk music with strong influences and instruments from traditional global traditions. West African kora and Irish bouzouki are played along with guitar, accordion, and a dobro strung to be played clawhammer-style, elevated by upright bass. Round Mountain's music most specifically references traditional music from West Africa and Appalachia, New Orleans, Ireland, the Balkans and Turkey, yet is anchored in a connection to the land and culture of their native New Mexico.

Round Mountain, as a band, rises as a metaphor for the historical perspective that we as a culture have at this time in accessing music and life knowledge from many traditions. We feel that living in a place of strong tradition enhances our desire to both live fully in that place and to see a long way in all directions. In 2002, Santa Fe brothers Robby and Char Rothschild met bassist Jon Gagan. In addition to sharing a background of growing up in Northern New Mexico, we found a deep commonality in our love of global traditional music. Robby has traveled to Mali and studied West African music, and Char has been working with Roma teachers on trumpet and accordion since meeting Zahir Ramadanov of Ansembl Teodosievski in Mendocino in 1998. Among their other projects, Robby and Jon perform with Ottmar Liebert, and Char performs in the Balkan brass band Korvin Orkestar. 

Event Information
Food and beverages—including cocktails, wine, and beer—will be available for purchase. Attendees are also welcome to bring their own food and non-alcoholic beverages.

Parking: Free parking is available in the municipal parking lot, "PERA" lot, on Paseo de Peralta. SAR provides complimentary shuttle service to and from SAR, a three-minute ride. Shuttles will pick up and drop off in the lot near Kakawa Chocolate House at 1050 Paseo de Peralta. There is no parking available on the SAR campus except for those who require ADA access.

ADA Parking: Parking is available on the SAR campus for those with ADA tags or apparent need for on-site parking. The walk from the parking area to the event area is about 500 feet on a level, gravel road. If you have any questions about parking and access, please contact Marcia Richardson at (505) 754-7213.

SAR reserves the right to change event plans due to risky weather conditions.