Music major brings Uruguayan master drummer Álvaro Salas to hometown

Music major brings Uruguayan master drummer Álvaro Salas to hometown

With a grant he obtained from Minnesota-Uruguay Partners of the Americas, and through the relationship between the sister cities of Montevideo, Minn., and Montevideo, Uruguay, Andy Stermer, ’14, Music, brought Uruguayan master drummer Álvaro Salas, of Montevideo, Uruguay, to his hometown in June. The Uruguayan drummer represents the 200-year-old tradition of Afro-Uruguayan “candombe” music and drumming. Stermer visited the Uruguayan community of Montevideo last January to study with Salas.