Mariachi Mestizo is a modern ensemble that preserves and expands Mexico’s centuries-old mariachi tradition. The youthful players, mentored by the veteran mariachi master Juan Morales (Los Camperos), dig deep into the music’s history and timeless emotional appeal to make the music vital and current.

The young musicians who comprise Mariachi Mestizo train at Morales’ Mariachi Studio, a community space that allows the players to explore the art of mariachi music-making through vocal and instrumental performance, offering lessons on guitar, guitarra de golpe, guitarron, harp, trumpet, vihuela, violin and voice. Based in the town of Delano in California’s Central Valley, the Mariachi Mestizo group can regularly be seen performing at local community events. But the group has also played some prestigious out-of-town engagements, performing as far afield as Washington, DC and New York’s Carnegie Hall.

We are so excited to have them at our MÁS concert!