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 ...

A musical odyssey ongoing for hundreds of years has landed on the Westside, providing opportunities for both students and local festivities. The Santa Monica College Mariachi Ensemble recently ...

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, ...

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 ...

HAYWARD — It’s 9:30 a.m. Monday, and Bryan Holbrook’s second-period orchestra class is already off to a clangorous start at Winton Middle School. After briefly discussing plans with his class about a ...

Longmont’s Timberline K-8, where about 85% of students are Latino, created a mariachi music program about five years ago to give students more options. Since then, other St. Vrain Valley schools have ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Nearly 20 years later, Pima Community College re-launches its mariachi program with the help from a former PCC football alum who took his talents from the field to the stage.