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.

LOS ANGELES -- For fifth generation musician Jose Hernandez, mariachi is more than the music of his motherland Mexico. It is ingrained in his heart and something he needs to listen to or do everyday.

Students in the East Valley are strumming guitars, belting out festive tunes on trumpets and singing passionate melodies in mariachi ensembles to celebrate Mexican culture. But the culture isn’t ...

The students in Battle Mountain High School’s music program don’t get to wear sombreros or ornate matching suits in class, but at least they can play guitar like a Mariachi. Only six months ago, that ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Mariachi is a type of musical group, originally from Mexico. It consists of violins, trumpets, guitars, guitarron and a high pitch, five-string guitar called Vihuela. In Las Vegas, ...

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 ...

Student mariachi groups will compete Saturday for the chance to open for Grammy-nominated Mariachi Sol de Mexico at Festival ...

José Hernández is a big deal in the world of mariachi music. He founded the mariachi powerhouses Sol de México and Reyna de Los Angeles, an all-female mariachi group. He's written and performed on 15 ...

MIDLAND, Texas — The Legacy High School mariachi band is demonstrating mariachi music breaks barriers. The mariachi program started in 2021, but the new Director Zach Machuca started the varsity ...

Here comes a troupe of mariachis, trying and failing to creep stealthily up the walk to a little house in a lost corner of Dumfries, Va. It's a quarter past midnight and 10 degrees. Forgive them for ...