As she experiments between strumming up and down, the forceful strike gives the stringed instrument a more percussive feel. Drawing from her roots in traditional mariachi music, she uses the ...

and the members are now raising money for instruments and uniforms, or trajes, including jackets and sombreros . Flores and Vielma agree that Northwestern needed a mariachi band. “It’s a vibrant and ...

Two Houston-area high school mariachi bands turned a late-night pit stop into an unforgettable performance, and within hours, ...

BUT IT WAS SUCH A GREAT IDEA TO DO MARIACHI MUSIC IN ENGLISH WORSHIP, SO THAT WAS SOMETHING NEW TO EVERYBODY, AND IT REALLY ATTRACTED A LOT OF ATTENTION. SO THAT’S KIND OF HOW IT STARTED.

The second Mariachi band in any school district in Galveston ... programs like choir and orchestra and others playing an instrument for the first time. Sonia Tamez is a parent with three kids ...