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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Both mariachi bands are now preparing for the state competition in February. The schools say they’re grateful for the attention and welcome any donations to help cover costs for their mariachi ...

The New York-bred band was launched in 2008 to celebrate ... ornamented pants and jackets long favored by male mariachi ensembles, and using instruments such as the cajon, a boxlike Peruvian ...