Mariachi Aztlan - Puro Michoacan

Описание: Track 3 from the album "Mi Nombre Es Mexico" (2014) by Mariachi Aztlan of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Uploaded with permission.

Composer: Rigoberto Alfaro
Interpreted by: Jose Perez
Arranged by Fernando De Santiago Casanova

Director and Producer of "Mi Nombre Es Mexico": Jose Hernandez
Directors of the UTRGV Mariachi Program: Dr. Dahlia Guerra and Francisco Loera
Production Coordinator: Francisco Loera
Violin: Orlando De Leon, Alan Arce, Erick Hernandez, Danny Diaz, Monica Fogelquist, Michael Sital, Clyde Guerra, Josue Eduardo Lopez, Miguel Gutierrez
Trumpet: David Moreno, Valentin Gonzalez, Ricky Munguia, Frank Carreon.
Guitarron: Frank Carreon
Vihuela: Jose Perez
Guitar: Adolfo Estrada
Harp: Ivan Velasco
Other Musicians: Jose Hernandez (Mariachi Sol De Mexico), Carlos Gonzalez, Ruben De Los Santos, Fernando Mendoza, Julian Torres

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (formerly University of Texas Pan-American) Mariachi program was founded in 1989 by Dr. Dahlia Guerra, Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at UTRGV, and is directed by Mr. Francisco Loera, who is on the faculty at the Department of Modern Languages and Literature and the Department of Music and Dance at UTRGV. The UTRGV Mariachi was founded to promote Mexican Folk music and the culture of the Hispanic people for the benefit of the students and community of South Texas.

Today, 30 years after the program's founding, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley's mariachi program consists of three mariachi ensembles: the award-winning Mariachi Aztlan, Mariachi Azalea ( founded in 2018, all-female group), and Mariachi Juvenil Aztlan (consisting of mostly incoming students and newer members).