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Boo hoo bye bye BASURA summer in ATL 😫☀️🕶️
Thank you, thank you everyone for making it an unforgettable one :)

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Truly the best summer with the best people to end a long season 🌻

Scenes from Hawaii, @comusicfestival @hccmfnc and a brief stint with @basuramusical - thank you for all of joy, healing music making and memories! 👉🏻👈🏻

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Sometimes, the old and the new coexist so perfectly. Was at the closing night last night of @basuramusical at the wonderful Alliance Theater. Caught by surprise how emotional I was…not so much because the run is over as there’s a great future ahead I believe but because of the heart of this beautifully crafted show. The story and the mega talented people who tell the story (cast, orchestra, crew, producers) all care so much. Literally could not stop tearing up during most of act 2, as did most of the audience. Special thanks to @alacamoire for bringing me on board to learn what a Paraguayan harp is and to @cynthiameng who led our fearsome and loving group.
And the day before, was in LA at the Pantages to see @phantomopera for which I was in the trenches for some 6000 performances in nyc and had the most amazing experiences one could have in one’s life. Great to see this wonderful show still selling out to a new generation being told also beautifully by a wonderful cast including da man, @sangisaiah and @alexamoster. A falling chandelier and the most romantic music never get old.

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@basuramusical closes today, and I’m yelling “HAPPY TRAILS, SO PROUD OF YOU!!” to the band, cast, and crew over the 900 miles between here and Atlanta. I am so grateful to have helped tell this story as the music assistant alongside such a committed, generous, and talented music team led by @alacamoire and @cynthiameng. Basura is about finding joy through the power of music and overcoming the impossible with the help of your community— which mirrored the magic that was made in the theater every day. The Estefans’ music is just so great, it’s been stuck in my head since I left Atlanta a month ago! Meeting the real inspiration for Basura, the @orquestadecateura, and hearing their recycled instruments live was also such a gift. Lots of happy tears were shed during this process— I was so consistently moved watching our Basura community build beauty. Until next time!! 🎻🎹🎷🥁

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✨Only one show left for this magical experience performing my Paraguayan harp for @basuramusical 🪉🎶 Working the dream and ready to finish strong ! Vamos ! 💪🇵🇾

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@basuramusical at the @alliancetheatre in Atlanta, Georgia with the most incredible team I could ever dream of working with 🎻💙🧡

Thank you to @gloriaestefan, @emily_estefan, @karenzdc, #MichaelGreif, @dramaturglia, and @pattideldancer for endeavoring to tell this powerful story and realizing it in such a resounding and beautiful way. This music and book continually moves me through and through, and I’m grateful to be helping share this story to audiences every night.

To @alacamoire - thank you for everything you have given me and the music dpt. As not only the music supervisor but foremost a PERSON, you are an inspiration—in your example and your artistry. I am grateful to not only be a thoughtful witness to this example but to also actively collaborate with you throughout this process.

And @cynthiameng - thank you for being such an incredible leader. Your immense talent is matched only by a largesse of spirit—kindness, humor, and humanity that makes this experience and orchestra special. Thank you for being a force of good, on and off the piano!

And thank you to @davidwlai for bringing me onto this project - from the first workshop to now. I am grateful for the trust you have given me with this, and you really brought together a special group of people in this orchestra.

#shoutout the basura band and the amazing cast, crew, and creatives that have made this experience a triumph in my life.

Two more weeks to come see the show! 💙🧡

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I can’t believe my time working on @basuramusical at the @alliancetheatre has come to a close. This experience was everything I could have dreamed of and more. Thank you @davidwlai for reaching out and trusting me to take on this role. I had so much fun with the violin part and it was incredible to be performing on stage.

To @alacamoire , it was such an honor to be able to work with you so closely. Some of my favorite memories of the entire experience were watching you take my iPad and arrange my part in real time. It was thrilling for me to try and play exactly how you envisioned it.

@gloriaestefan and @emily_estefan , the music for this musical is absolutely incredible, and your support as we brought it to life meant so much. I can’t believe I can say I had the privilege of working with the both of you.

@cynthiameng , I can’t thank you enough for being such an amazing music director. You are the glue that holds us all together, and you crush it every single time.

And to the entire band (I know you guys are playing a show RIGHT NOW as I write this), I love you all so much. I could not have asked for a better team. You guys are all so incredibly talented but more importantly, I am so glad we all connected and became true friends.

And to the cast, the rest of the creative team and crew, I am just so grateful for the entire experience. Each of you contributed to making this experience such a warm and loving environment. You all feel like familia to me. Wishing you all an amazing rest of the run. ❤️‍🩹

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I’ve been in Atlanta the last few months putting up a new musical, @basuramusical, at the wonderful Alliance Theatre with an amazing music team helmed by the absolute GOAT @alacamoire. @gloriaestefan and @emily_estefan wrote a fabulous score that we get to play 8x a week for a bit and I am having the time of my life with this cast and band. Some scattered thoughts…

For the curious, the show is based on the @orquestadecateura in Paraguay: in a town built around a giant landfill, a small group of people found a way to build instruments from the trash found in the landfill, which allowed children in the community to learn to play music despite the unbelievably un-ideal circumstances they lived in. They formed an orchestra of these recycled instruments and have now played all around the world, and have also started a fully functioning music class organization for hundreds of students in Asunción. Over the last months we’ve gotten to spend a meaningful amount of time with some members of the orchestra, who have shared their instruments, food, stories, and music with us! It’s been a beautiful cultural and musical exchange.

In the videos: a bass made of an oil drum, saxophones made from drain pipes, violins made from baking sheets and forks, a harp with levers made from coins and door keys…!

Ada came down with me and, thanks to the Alliance, has been with me every step of the way thanks to an unbelievable childcare program (worthy of its own post eventually...)

Last photo — the band’s opening night gift to me (a new iPad case). I had been using one that I bought when I was still a software engineer! Time is a vortex.

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A collection of selfies from tech through Opening Weekend of Basura!

Taken on my InstaPot

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¡¡ Happy Opening @basuramusical !!!

More than proud and grateful to be Drummer+Percussionist in the band, and to have also contributed with Additional Drums & Percussion Arrangements for the gorgeous songs composed by @gloriaestefan @emily_estefan and orchestrated by the man himself @alacamoire . Thank you for the trust and for the push. It’s truly an honor to be a part of this band and this show telling the inspiring story of the @orquestadecateura 🇵🇾

Choreo by the amazing @pattideldancer , direction by the inimitable Michael Greif, book by the wonderful @karenzdc & @dramaturglia, and our fearless MD @cynthiameng

Congratulations to everybody in this amazingly talented and kind Company.

Thank you @innovativepercussion @meinlcymbals @meinlpercussion for the best tools to make it groove 🛠️

We’re at the @alliancetheatre til July 12! ✌🏾
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#musicaltheater #drums #pitmusician #latinx #broadway

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Opening night for @basuramusical at the @alliancetheatre came and went and I will never get over it 😭 Feeling so incredibly lucky and grateful to have been welcomed into the Basura familia just a few weeks before this celebratory moment. The warmth I have experienced since joining is unmatched; from the cast, crew, creative team and of course the incredible band 🫶🏾 Imposter syndrome is such a common thing to experience in the arts world; but I can honestly say I have felt a deep sense of belonging with this team from day one 🥰

Thank you to @davidwlai and @alacamoire for trusting me to join this beautiful show, the gratitude runs deeper than you know. And to the Basura band, I can't even find the words so...💖🔥🎉😘🥳🥨💅🏾🤗🥰🙌🏾👑🥹

So excited for the next month of performances here in Atlanta! If you're in the area between now and July 12th, please come and see this show; you will not regret it!

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A joyous two weeks with the @basuramusical family in Atlanta. A beautiful story brilliantly told with music by a dream music team of @gloriaestefan, @emily_estefan, @alacamoire, @cynthiameng and a crushing band. Come see us through July 12.

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