Shirley and I are wrapping up Part One of our year south of the border in México City, and are...
Category: México City
The Venerable Taco: So Delicious, So Misunderstood!!
Part One - A Timpanist learns about tacos & such. Five years before starting work in Mexico City, I was...
Centro Cultural Universitario, a Mecca for the Performing Arts
In the late 1970’s the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (or UNAM - México’s National University) embarked upon a...
Shirley y Jorge van al Ballet
Last Sunday was Shirley’s first live experience of the Folklórico, but it was actually my fourth, having first seen them...
Top o’ the Heap
Terms like “cultural ambassadors” or “flagship arts organizations” are used on a state or national level to describe top performing...
Snow Balls and Curve Balls
Welcome to The Nomadic Drummer, my arts and travel blog (AND my Sabbatical project for the Utah Symphony). During this...