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UCLA student brings energy to Afro-Cuban Batá drums

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Third-year ethnomusicology student Melena Francis plays the Afro-Cuban Batá drums with rhythmic vibrancy. The festive and punchy drumming resonates through the Gamelan Room at UCLA’s Schoenberg Music Building.

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UCLA student brings energy to Afro-Cuban Batá drums

By Justine Sto.Tomas

Nov. 5, 2015 11:51 p.m.