An audience of 60 people spent an hour of bliss as they listed to a free, open rehearsal of The Santa Fe Desert Chorale in the Rotunda of the State Capital on Friday July 27, 2012. The performance is part of the "Celebrating the Centenary" for which The Santa Fe Desert Chorale (SFDC) commissioned three composers to write new works for "Celebrating the Centenary," a program of the SFDC 2012 summer season, July 20-August 18, saluting the centennial of New Mexico's statehood. Clyde Mueller/The New Mexicann

An audience of 60 people spent an hour of bliss as they listed to a free, open rehearsal of The Santa Fe Desert Chorale in the Rotunda of the State Capital on Friday July 27, 2012. The performance is part of the "Celebrating the Centenary" for which The Santa Fe Desert Chorale (SFDC) commissioned three composers to write new works for "Celebrating the Centenary," a program of the SFDC 2012 summer season, July 20-August 18, saluting the centennial of New Mexico's statehood. Clyde Mueller/The New Mexicann