UTRGV Mariachi Aztlán
UTRGV Mariachí Aztlán: The Nationally ward winning Mariachi Aztlán was founded by Dr. Dahlia Guerra, Assistant Vice-President of Public Art at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and is co-directed by Francisco Loera, who is on the faculty of the School of Music at UTRGV. The Mariachi has traveled throughout Mexico, Canada and the United States as musical ambassadors, representing the beauty of the Hispanic musical and cultural traditions. They are frequently invited as guests clinicians to teach at the major mariachi conferences throughout the U.S. Mariachi Aztlán has been selected numerous times as the “Outstanding College or University Mariachi” in nationwide competitions throughout the past twenty years.