Marco Parisotto, one of Canada’s foremost international conductors, has been officially appointed the new musical director of the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO).

Professional staging of famous musical “Cats” by Mexico City promoter Gerardo Quiroz, who waited six years to obtain the rights to the work. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the tome “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” by T.S. Eliot.

After two sold-out shows in last year’s puppet festival, “Emiliano y el Tren al Inframundo”  returns on consecutive weekends to tell the story of an 11-year-old boy who has lost his father but cannot accept it.  In Spanish but recommended for kids.

The first free Tuesday evening recital of the year at the Degollado sees pianists Grace Cho and Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez interpret pieces by Mozart, Poulenc and Rachmaninoff.

An installation consisting of 300 images of a beautiful but unsung female saint can be seen in Zapopan through the end of February.

There were full houses at the Degollado Theater on December 30 and 31, as the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra ended 2013 in triumphant style, with former director Hector Guzman leading the musicians in a program of classic works by the likes of Strauss, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Dvorak.