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 ...

CHICAGO (AP) – Jose Torres smiles as he thinks about how his 12-year-old daughter has embraced learning the same mariachi music he plays at home as part of a new Chicago Public Schools program that ...

In a windowless room down the back halls of Glencliff High School, students fit stringed instruments under their chins and put brass mouthpieces to their lips. Typical music class stuff. But this ...

In April, middle and high school students descended on the campus of Metropolitan State University in Denver with one goal in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Listening to the unmistakable and rhythmic sound of the mariachi produces a special sensation on the skin and provokes a mixture of feelings of joy and even nostalgia, which only mariachi music ...

Colorado Mesa University’s mariachi group will hold its annual concert on May 8 to benefit music scholarships, highlighting cultural preservation through performance. Meanwhile, Spotify’s “Lo Mejor ...

In 2011, UNESCO recognized mariachi as an Intangible Cultural Heritage, and now the U.S. Postal Service is celebrating Mexico’s traditional music by unveiling a pane of 20 Mariachi Forever stamps.