Carrizozo Music, Inc. was formed in 2007 as Music in the Parks, an organization of community members dedicated to sponsoring  Sunday afternoon concerts in the various parks around Carrizozo, New Mexico, USA.  Three or four summer events, always free, were produced to provide family-oriented activities.

In 2009, Elaine Brannen assumed leadership of the organization which continued sponsoring summer events. In 2010, she attended a Piatigorsky Foundation concert and realized that Carrizozo fit the profile looked for by the foundation and that we might qualify for a classical concert.  An email later, we were included on their next NM tour, which featured two New York musicians who played both a community concert and a school outreach event at Carrizozo Municipal School.  This was a turning point for Music in the Parks as we realized that there was a desire in Lincoln County for live classical music and a need at Carrizozo School for quality music events.  We changed the name to Carrizozo Music and became a committee under Carrizozo Works, Inc.

In 2016, Carrizozo Music applied for 501c3 status and became Carrizozo Music, Inc.  We added indoor classical and semi-classical events and were able to support music in the schools with concerts, workshops and projects.

In 2020, when the Covid pandemic halted live performances for a season, we sponsored recorded presentations and developed a library of video performances to share with our community and with the world. We continue to record performances when possible so that people can hear the music repeatedly and at times of their choice.

We are now once again joyfully producing LIVE! events which provide living musicians with new and expanding audiences and our community with extraordinary, life-enhancing musical experiences.