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 ...

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.

TO MARSHALLTOWN. IN MARSHALLTOWN. THERE’S A NEW SOUND COMING FROM THE BAND ROOM NEXT CONTINENT, READY TO TRUMPETS. SOME MIGHT DESCRIBE IT AS LOUD. OTHERS SAY IT’S BOISTEROUS. IT’S EASY TO DANCE TO JOY ...

The young mariachi — a trumpeter whose powerful vibrato bounds effortlessly from his wiry frame — isn't the star of this opera. He blends into the arc of strings and brass and midnight blue, bejeweled ...

The majority female mariachi band works to keep its sound authentic in hopes future generations will carry on the tradition. The majority female mariachi band works to keep its sound authentic in ...

In a world where tradition often reigns supreme, Betty Duarte-Matwick’s passion for mariachi music sparked a revolution that not only changed her life but also helped transform the landscape of this ...

Music has always been the center of Dinorah Klingler’s world. Her childhood home in Mexico City was filled with the sounds of her parents singing along to their favorite songs, like “El Andariego” by ...