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¡Música del Corazón! Viajes del Violín 13th Annual John Donald Robb, Jr. Memorial Concert
Saturday 7 November 2026
2pm Cuentos y Encuentros
3pm Música
FREE ADMISSION
a non-ticketed family-friendly community event
first come, first served general seating
South Broadway Cultural Center
1025 Broadway Blvd SE
Albuquerque, NM 87102
(505) 848-1320
2pm Cuentos y Encuentros
Dr. Lorenzo Trujillo, Jordan Wax, James Leger, Felipe Ruibal, Dr. Carmella Scorcia Pacheco, Robert Lucero,
Dance lessons with Lucy Salazar and Tíos Míos
3pm Música
*Adryan Baca violin, John Guillén violin, Gary Tafoya guitar
*Martínez trio
*2026 Robb Award - Jim Bonnell (posthumous)
*Lone Piñon: Jordan Wax violin, Tanya Núñez bass, Santiago Romero guitar
Co-Curator Statement
This year’s ¡Música del Corazón!, Viajes del Violín, explores the many journeys this instrument has taken into and through New Mexico. Following last year’s focus on the accordion, we continue our celebration of instruments that carry the histories, emotions, and expressive life of this region.
The violin has traveled across time and space. From the past to the present and from the rural to the urban; the violin has traversed borders, languages, traditions, and generations. In New Mexico, it is heard in dance and devotion, in community and concert life, in formal repertoire and vernacular practice. Its presence tells a story not only of musical beauty, but of migration, exchange, adaptation, and continuity.
This program invites listeners to hear the violin as both traveler and witness. In its voice we encounter memory and movement, intimacy and virtuosity, sorrow and celebration. The violin becomes a meeting place where diverse histories converge and where tradition remains alive.
As co-curators, we offer Viajes del Violín as a reflection on the richness of New Mexico’s musical landscape and on the artists who continue to carry these journeys forward. In every performance, the violin reminds us that music is never still: it moves with people, with place, and with the heart.
~ Dr. Carmella Scorcia Pacheco
~ Robert L. Lucero, Jr.
Artistic Director
lisa nevada
Co-Curators
Dr. Carmella Scorcia Pacheco + Robert L. Lucero, Jr.
Honorary Advisor
Dr. Enrique Lamadrid
Educational Outreach
Dr. Rosalía Pacheco
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South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque, United States
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