The Guadalajara Reporter

After more than a century, State Band is more in tune than ever

Every Thursday and Sunday La Banda de Música del Estado plays for free in the Plaza de Armas.

It is an open secret that practically any evening of the week, you can enjoy a free band concert played from the large gazebo in the Plaza de Armas, on the south flank of Guadalajara’s cathedral.

What is perhaps less known is that the band that performs there every Thursday and Sunday, La Banda de Música del Estado, has a continuous history of nearly 130 years and boasts 50 musicians and a director, many of whom are professional musicians in the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra.

Not only that, but the Banda del Estado probably puts on a better concert than other groups. This distinction is due in no small measure to its director of 14 years, Federico Palacios, who, incidentally, is the principal trumpet player in the Philharmonic and who has the stature and know-how to get the best performance from his group of oompers, tooters and tweeters.

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