UCLA student brings energy to Afro-Cuban Batá drums
By Justine Sto.Tomas
Nov. 5, 2015 11:51 p.m.
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.
