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 ...

Music leader, José Soto, helps empower young musicians through free classes and instruction as their confidence grows through community performances Read more stories celebrating the local Latino ...

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 ...

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Two Anaheim elementary schools have mariachi bands – and there’s one soft-spoken, articulate kid with a booming, beautiful voice who helped make that happen. Sean Oliu, 13, was a student at Adelaide ...

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The unusual combination of heavy metal and mariachi tunes is probably not going to be the next big thing in the music scene. But don’t tell that to the guys in the spiky sombreros shredding the ...

Former students at Chavez Huerta Preparatory Academy in Pueblo want to know what happened to the mariachi instruments and uniforms they used. And parents are asking about the money these students ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Cruzar la Cara de la Luna,” often celebrated as the world’s first mariachi opera, will bring a profound story of family ties, migration, and cultural identity to the Globe-News Center for the ...