The youth ensemble Mariachi Estelares de Colorado the first all-state mariachi ensemble in Colorado and one of only a few nationwide was preparing for its more formal debut on Saturday, a free performance at the 2023 Viva Southwest Mariachi Festival at Denver’s Levitt Pavilion.
If you want to hear and learn mariachi music in Denver, you only have to go so far as the East Central Park neighborhood in Aurora, home to the Colorado Youth Mariachi Program (CYMP). Isahar Mendez-Flores, Victor Becerra, Colorado Youth Mariachi Program, Plaza Garibaldi, Adams City High School, vihuela mexicana, Hispanic, music education, guitarrón
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