Boston Brass

Last night, I experienced my first "cultural event" in Barranquilla by way of the Boston Brass. Not sure what they were doing venturing so far from home, but this amazing brass quintet performed classical faves, personally composed music, and American Jazz favorites. They head off to Bogota next.

Favorite music features included compositions by Gershwin; favorite non-music features included the Boston-accented Spanish and the fact that they described what an accordian is to folks whose teeth are cut listening to vallenato, an accordian-heavy music style here.

Favorite thing in general was the theater: Teatro Amira de la Rosa. It's the city's largest and sort of only public theater here, with red plush seats, balconies, and beautiful acoustics. They have plays, musical concerts, and other events with some regularity, although locating the schedule for the theater is a feat in itself.

It's located only a 10 minute walk from my school and as it sells tickets for just a couple of mil, it's pretty amazing...which in my mind makes up for the fact that there's nothing else of any great substance in this post :)

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