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.

Benito Juarez High School in Pilsen is the only Chicago Public School that offers Mariachi as a class. Since 1994, the school ...

Mariachi Azteca is a four-person Lubbock-based group that performs classic Mexican music, modern country and pop hits for all ...

Last year, Los Pumas was crowned Middle School Mariachi Group National Champion at the 30th Annual Mariachi Extravaganza in San Antonio, Texas.

When Jose Hernandez sees Arizona on his tour itinerary the iconic mariachi musician conjures images of Linda Ronstadt. When Ronstadt surprised the pop music world by recording “Canciones de Mi Padre,” ...

OH NO. INSIDE THIS CLASSROOM AT CESAR CHAVEZ HIGH SCHOOL, STUDENTS ARE MASTERING THE ART OF MARIACHI MUSIC. IT’S SOMETHING THAT MAKES ME REALLY PROUD. I’M PROUD TO BE ABLE TO, LIKE, GO UP IN FRONT OF ...

Mariachi, the heartbeat of Mexico, with the strums of the guitar, and the melodies floating in the air, one can feel the music that interweaves with the rich cultural heritage. “These are folk ...

A few years back, Laura Martinez Perez picked up a violin for the first time and joined a group of aspiring young musicians banded together at Santa Rosa’s Luther Burbank Center for the Arts learning ...

For 14 years, José Hernández, the Grammy-nominated founder of Mariachi Sol de México, has hosted the Mariachi Nationals and Summer Institute for young mariachi students, giving them an opportunity to ...

From the mariachi’s booming guitarron on “Cielito Lindo,” to the powerful accordeón in Los Tigres del Norte’s “Ni Parientes Somos” to even the trap drums of a Natanael Cano corrido tumbado, the sound ...

We’re celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month this October, and music is a very important part of it, whether it’s Salsa ...

MEXICO CITY — In the golden age of mariachi, thousands of music lovers would crowd into theaters and fancy restaurants or fill the Plaza Garibaldi in the heart of the capital just to hear their ...