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 ...

Mariachi music has been played all over and while the music and tone hasn’t changed much in the past two centuries, one local ...

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 ...

In San Jose’s Alum Rock Union School District, students from third to eighth grade gather after school to learn how to play guitar, trumpet, violin, guitarrón, and vihuela, and to sing mariachi music.

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 ...

OWN CULTURE. IT’S A SOUND THAT CAN GO FROM THIS ONE TO THIS. DOZENS OF STUDENTS LEARNING TRADITIONAL MARIACHI MUSIC. I WAS REALLY EXCITED. I’M HAPPY TO LEARN NEW MUSIC AND MEET NEW PEOPLE, NEW ...

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 ...

Mariachi, a soundtrack for celebration in Mexico, offers a way for couples to honor their heritage at their weddings. By Mekita Rivas Weddings are steeped in tradition, but where did those traditions ...

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 ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- The beautiful sound of mariachi is heard all over SoCal! Every year mariachi musician Jóse Hernàndez holds a summer institute that brings kids from all over to learn and play ...

Though Ramon Ponce can’t pinpoint when he started singing, his talent for it won him first place in a contest when he was five years old. This was decades ago in the capital city of Puebla, Mexico, ...

When the Postal Service asked Rafael López to design a commemorative stamp representing Latin American culture in the United States, he knew exactly what to show: a mariachi band. And he knew just one ...