On That Note by Sarah Ann Noel

The May edition of On That Note shares the winners of the 2022 Evergreen’s Got Talent show. Learn more about the participants and the winners on our website at coloradoserenity.com/on-that-note/evergreens-got-talent-2022/ .

Are you familiar with the local open mic scene? Learn more about the key players helping to organize and host these fun festivities in Sarah Ann Noel’s On That Note this month. If you’re interested in learning more about the open mic schedule, just to listen or to play, text the keyword ‘OPENMIC’ to 833-744-0583 to be added to the text list, or visit and ‘like’ the public Facebook group, Evergreen (Colorado) Thursday Night Open Mic.

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Fresh on the mountain music scene with a mature indie-rock sound is Public Picasso, a new project for brothers Ethan and Grey Schapiro. Though their band was just officially formed this summer, the Schapiro brothers have been regulars around the open mic circuit and won the popular vote in this year’s Evergreen’s Got Talent competition. Having refined their sound—and picking up a bassist and a drummer—Public Picasso is scheduling shows and making plans to record music.

Learn more about Public Picasso in the September edition of On That Note by Sarah Ann Noel. coloradoserenity.com/on-that-note/public-picasso/

“If you Google Eileen Koenigsberg, you might stumble upon her life mastery website and peruse the books she has written. Or perhaps you’ll come across Moore Koenigsberg Architecture, where Eileen and her husband, Jon, have been serving up residential and commercial designs for the Denver Metro, Evergreen and Conifer communities for 20 years. I met her for coffee on a sunny Tuesday afternoon to discuss what I had been Googling for: her music.

I offer this introduction as a demonstration of what I find most inspiring about Koenigsberg’s—or, her stage name, Lena K’s—musical journey: while it could have begun sooner, her life took other directions—into career, into raising a family, into studies on other avenues. But music was a passion that remained with her. Now she has chosen to come back to it, to dive in full force, and her composing and efforts are perhaps even stronger for the wait.”

Learn more about the talented Lena K on our website at coloradoserenity.com/on-that-note/lena-k/ .

“After a night of stories and food, both teams were more like friends than strangers.”
I’ve written before about how music dissolves the imaginary lines we draw between ourselves and others so that whether it’s swaying with your seat neighbor at Red Rocks or joining a block party dancing in the streets, as long as you’re moving to the same beat, you’re friends.

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“The testimony of music and arts is the way the names and sentiment live on, legacies passed down through stories and song, through the voices that deliver both so well. The mountain area was blessed for decades to have such a gifted storyteller in John Davis, who served the Evergreen Players in multiple capacities for over 50 years.”

Learn more about John Davis in this loving tribute by Sarah Ann Noel.

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“The talent search is back, with two 2023 competitions in both Conifer and Evergreen. First up, Conifer’s Got Talent will be held at Conifer High School on Friday, March 31. Registration for this event is closed, and the line-up is an incredible group of young people from Conifer, Bailey and Pine.”

Learn more about Conifer and Evergreen’s Got Talent competition in the March edition of On That Note by Sarah Ann Noel.

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“As we watch our community shift and expand to contain new people and new ideas, there is space in that expansion to remember the good times and also look forward to some new good. This is especially true of the Evergreen music scene, which no longer has to rely on the old days for it to be good. From the up-and-coming bands I try to feature here, and open mic nights or local talent competitions, to the countless national and international bands that make it a point to stop through the mountain communities during their western tours, there is plenty to love about the Evergreen music scene now.”

Learn more about the Evergreen music scene in the April edition of On That Note by Sarah Ann Noel.

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There is an abundance of musical talent to be found in our area. Sarah Ann Noel shares about Ralph Nichols, a local resident, who has quite the musical background in the June edition of On That Note.

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“...what a reflective and inspiring morning I had, chatting with Lalo Hart who, aside from raising two daughters, has recently launched into the creative journey of songwriting, and is being met with much success. It was easy to ascertain, within a few minutes of our first meeting, that it is her openness and honesty, given equally to life’s pain and its beauty, that makes her music and its messages relatable and delectable for her growing audience.”

Learn more about local artist Lalo Hart in the July edition of On That Note by Sarah Ann Noel.

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