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 ...

PUBELO, Colo. (KOAA) — Former students of Chavez Huerta Preparatory Academy (CHPA) in Pueblo want to know where the mariachi instruments and uniforms are. CHPA closed its doors in June after Pueblo ...

Students at Cheyenne High School wished a “Feliz Navidad” to their parents, teachers and the mayor at the North Las Vegas school’s first mariachi concert on Wednesday night. Principal Anthony Nuñez ...

Mariachi de Uclatlán at UCLA practices the various styles of mariachi music, such as son jalisciense and huapango. The ensemble features both more traditionally Western instruments, such as the harp, ...

The mariachi band program at Lakeview High School is creating magic everywhere they go, recently winning big at the University Interscholastic League State Mariachi Festival, scoring straight 1’s – ...

Coral Lopez arrives 90 minutes early to Kimball Middle School twice a week to attend mariachi practice. Up until this year, mariachi did not exist at the Elgin middle school. The new program at ...

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The violin strings sing out in a familiar melody, but this isn't Carnegie Hall. It's a classroom at Metropolitan State University of Denver, where students will be able to pursue formal degrees in ...

It’s not easy to break with tradition. Especially when that tradition is centuries old and as steeped in a way of life as mariachi music is in Mexican culture. Traditionally played by men, with songs ...

KOAT is continuing to tell the stories of Hispanic Heritage Month. When it comes to mariachi music, there is a meaning behind every Mmariachi traje. "We share a lot of special moments with people, in ...