We'll dive into some great Mariachi music and learn its history on Thursday's AU. We'll talk about how Mariachi music conveys Mexican culture, in Mexico and around the world, and we'll hear music performed by Lila Downs, Selena, and Vicente and Alejandro Fernandez, among others.
Our guide to the music and culture is Maria Spicer-Escalante, USU Associate Professor of Linguistics and Spanish, who grew up in Mexico and continues to love this music. She says the art form is alive and well and being picked up by young people and by all-women groups such as the Mariachi Divas.
Maria Spicer-Escalante and Sergio Bernal, USU Associate Professor of Music, will give a presentation on the history of Mariachi music ahead of a concert by the Mariachi Divas onMonday, May 11, in the Ellen Eccles Theater in Logan.
The concert, presented by the Cache Valley Center for the Arts, is Monday evening at 7:30 and the pre-concert lecture is 6:45 p.m. in the lobby of the Ellen Eccles Theater. You can find tickets to the performance here.
