Mariachi Pasión, an all-female mariachi band in Phoenix, is redefining what the art form can be. Here's how these musicians are playing it forward.

TO MARSHALLTOWN. IN MARSHALLTOWN. THERE’S A NEW SOUND COMING FROM THE BAND ROOM NEXT CONTINENT, READY TO TRUMPETS. SOME MIGHT DESCRIBE IT AS LOUD. OTHERS SAY IT’S BOISTEROUS. IT’S EASY TO DANCE TO JOY ...

TO MARSHALLTOWN. IN MARSHALLTOWN. THERE’S A NEW SOUND COMING FROM THE BAND ROOM NEXT CONTINENT, READY TO TRUMPETS. SOME MIGHT DESCRIBE IT AS LOUD. OTHERS SAY IT’S BOISTEROUS. IT’S EASY TO DANCE TO JOY ...

Mariachi music is “family music,” says educator Ramon Rivera, who led Alabama’s first school-based mariachi program at Pinson Valley High School in September. He said mariachi is for people of all ...

Nevin is one of America’s leading mariachi educators and performers. As a composer, trumpeter and conductor, Nevin leads Mariachi Champaña Nevin, which is widely regarded as one of the leading ...

NORMAL — Alexis Piña began started learning trumpet when he was 10 years old. Since then, the 25-year-old said his music journey has taken him to “places I never thought I’d go.” Piña is studying for ...

In San Jose’s Alum Rock Union School District, students from third to eighth grade gather after school to learn how to play guitar, trumpet, violin, guitarrón, and vihuela, and to sing mariachi music.

With the growing number of Hispanic students at Columbia High School, the music department wanted a way to bring people ...

Benito Juarez High School in Pilsen is the only Chicago Public School that offers Mariachi as a class. Since 1994, the school has been building the next generation of Mariachi stars. "Music, ...