Wind Ensemble Plays in Mexico

Abi Pak ’26 playing during the world premiere of “Onda Tropical” by composer and Guarini digital musics student Rodrigo Martínez Torres at the Sala Nezahualcóyotl in Mexico City. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Dartmouth students with the wind ensemble spent their first day in Mexico exploring the ancient city of Teotihuacán. (Photo by Sophia Scull ’25)

Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble director Brian Messier conducts during the group’s performance in Sala Nezahualcóyotl, a top performance venue in Mexico City. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Chase Harvey ’25, left, joined National Autonomous University of Mexico students Diego Israel Hernández Santillán and Sandro Daniel Rivas Mendoza in the tuba section for their combined concert at Sala Nezahualcóyotl. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

From left, National Autonomous University of Mexico student Joaquín Horacio Juárez Bollo, Alice Cook ’25, and Tyler Lucca ’26 play the trombone during a dress rehearsal at Sala Nezahualcóyotl. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

National Autonomous University of Mexico student José Antonio Miranda Arpide plays trombone during a rehearsal with the Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble in Mexico City. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Nate Kim ’25 strikes a resounding note during the dress rehearsal at Sala Nezahualcóyotl in Mexico City. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Wind Ensemble members Anika Larson ’26, Greta Richardson ’26, and Sarnika Ali ’26 took a while to decide on the beaded bracelets they would purchase in a Mexico City artisan market. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

A Bentley Fellows reception was held at Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso in celebration of 200 years of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Mexico, and the collaboration that made the Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble tour possible. (Photo by Sophia Scull ’25)

Catherine Liao ’25 looks at locally made goods during a visit to the artisan market in Mexico City. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Chase Harvey ’25, Brady Quintard ’25, and Elias Rosenberg ’22 take a break in the shade during a visit to Jardín Centenario park in Mexico City. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Devontae Lacasse ’24 and Tracy Weener ’26 play saxophone during a recording session at Sala Nezahualcóyotl in Mexico City. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Brady Quintard ’25 warms up before the Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble’s final performance in Mexico City. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

The Dartmouth trumpet section warms up before their final concert at Sala Nezahualcóyotl in Mexico City. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Luis Manuel Sánchez and Brian Messier stand for applause with musicians from the Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble and the National Autonomous University of Mexico, who combined to create an orchestra for their Sala Nezahualcóyotl performance. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)