{"id":51041,"date":"2024-06-07T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=51041"},"modified":"2024-08-15T17:28:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T22:28:20","slug":"saturday-concert-finale-to-first-tarleton-state-mariachi-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/saturday-concert-finale-to-first-tarleton-state-mariachi-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Concert Finale Concludes First Tarleton State Mariachi Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014Tarleton State University is hosting area high school students at its first Mariachi Institute, which will culminate with a free concert at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center Auditorium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tarleton State University is hosting more than 50 students from three DFW high schools at its first Mariachi Institute. Dr. Adolfo Estrada, left, post-doctoral Fellow of Musicology from the University of New Mexico, is lead faculty for the institute.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The four-day workshop is sponsored by the Lozano Long Division of Global, Community and First-gen Initiatives in collaboration with the Department of Performing Arts, Division of Student Engagement and Success, and Division of Enrollment Management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 50 students from three DFW high schools were invited to experience campus life, engage with staff and current students, and learn from a variety of well-known mariachi instructors, including three-time Grammy-award-winning arranger and performer Jesus Guzman. Dr. Adolfo Estrada, Post-doctoral Fellow of Musicology from the University of New Mexico, is lead faculty for the institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since Wednesday, students from Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy, North Side High School and Castleberry High School in Fort Worth have attended classes taught by faculty from across the country, including instrument-specific instruction in harp, trumpet and violin. They have gone on campus tours, shared meals in the dining hall and stayed in the residence halls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to provide this amazing educational program for our distinguished high school partners,\u201d said Dr. Sherri Benn, Vice President for the Division of Global, Community and First-gen Initiatives. \u201cThis is an edu-taining (educational and entertaining) experience of student engagement towards college readiness through performance and the arts. Students are experiencing campus life and learning from some of the best mariachi instructors in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Benn said the idea for the mariachi institute was inspired by a commitment to give back to the communities that students come from and a passion for education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe wanted to create a unique learning opportunity along with a culturally enriching experience for the community through student engagement towards college readiness through performance,\u201d she said. \u201cMariachi music is part of the fiber of joy-filled celebrations such as weddings and baptisms, as well as emotion-filled ceremonies such as memorials and funerals. Music is a beautiful way to connect with culture, and we want all members of the communities we serve to know they are valued and celebrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are building on this week\u2019s workshop to grow our own,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe want everyone to know of Tarleton\u2019s dedication to promoting work, service and leadership readiness for a globally connected economy and transnational workforce by advancing mission-focused partnerships with the communities we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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