Mariachi music is “family music,” says educator Ramon Rivera, who led Alabama’s first school-based mariachi program at Pinson Valley High School in September. He said mariachi is for people of all ...

Nevin is one of America’s leading mariachi educators and performers. As a composer, trumpeter and conductor, Nevin leads Mariachi Champaña Nevin, which is widely regarded as one of the leading ...

Pepe Aguilar, a Mexican artist who can traverse many genres – from traditional ranchera to progressive pop — went for ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- Once a week after school at Ponderosa Elementary the sound of music fills classroom 47. Students are learning about mariachi music and how to play instruments as part of ...

Metropolitan State University of Denver has built a reputation as a school with unique programs. Now there's something new for people with an interest in music and culture: an individualized degree ...

It’s often said that music is a universal language. When you hear a guitar strummed, a trumpet, or a violin - even without knowing the lyrics - you'll likely understand what message ...

Lesly Reynaga understands the way mariachi music moves people. “It hits a special place in people’s hearts,” the former soloist from the University of Texas' celebrated ensemble, Mariachi Paredes de ...

Daniel Herrera first started playing mariachi music at the age of ten on an $80 violin from a pawn shop. He had begged his dad to buy it for him after seeing a youth mariachi group perform in the San ...

An engaging, if straightforward, invitation into the realm of competitive mariachi bands in Texas high schools, the documentary feature “Going Varsity in Mariachi” introduces us to the most victorious ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - For the students of the Las Vegas High School Mariachi Joya, their excitement for class is palpable. “It’s something I always look forward to every day, picking up my ...

Herencia Mariachi Academy is a revered nonprofit organization known for offering a rich heritage of mariachi for nearly nine years. But the organization comes from humble beginnings. It began with a ...

Mariachi El Bronx isn't from the Bronx, and they don't have a deep mariachi background. They're a former punk band - and the mariachi community loves them. If you judged the band Mariachi El Bronx by ...