Richard Carranza has been named he 2016 inductee into the Mariachi Hall of Fame of the Tucson International Mariachi Conference at this year’s Espectacular Concert. Carranza is currently Superintendent of Schools for the San Francisco Unified School District. In 1992 he created Mariachi Aztlán de Pueblo High School in Tucson, Arizona, and simultaneously created the first […]
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Support the Mariachi Miracle!
Become part of the Mariachi Miracle support team! There are three easy ways to support The Mariachi Miracle: Tax Deductible donation: Want to make a tax-deductible contribution of any size through our fiscal sponsor, La Frontera? Make your check payable to La Frontera Arizona, Inc. and (very important) WRITE THE MARIACHI MIRACLE […]
Things I didn’t know – A note from Mariachi Miracle producer/director Daniel Buckley
The Mariachi Miracle started out like the whole youth mariachi movement in America did, hinging on the idea of scholarships as a means of bringing Hispanic Americans forward. But I had no idea when I started this project how much deeper and richer the story would turn out to be. Without knowing it at the […]
Guide to The Mariachi Miracle website
Welcome to the Mariachi Miracle website! The site is here to give you information about the book and film project of the same name, to keep you apprised of its progress, and to share stories, photographs and videos along the way. Over time it will evolve content that can’t yet be imagined at this point. […]
It’s mariachi time in Tucson again!
In most cities, Christmas comes, well, at Christmas time. But to young mariachi students in Tucson, Christmas comes in April with the Tucson International Mariachi Conference. For over three decades the Tucson conference has been ground zero to students from around the country and Mexico who come to learn from the masters of the mariachi […]
Los Changuitos Feos detonator to the youth mariachi movement
(Click image to enlarge) In the early 1960s Father Arsenio Carrillo sat in his room in the rectory, listening to his favorite mariachi recordings. Suddenly the door swung open and a new young priest demanded to know “What the hell is that?” “He didn’t use exactly those works,” (now Monsignor) Carrillo recalled, “But close enough.” […]
Mariachi Aguilitas de Davis join Jose Luis Orozco to record Woody Guthries “This Land is Your Land”
In a cramped studio in a midtown Tucson neighborhood, a Tucson elementary school mariachi and an acclaimed children’s author and singer collaborated to bring a universal Woody Guthrie classic to a bilingual audience. The singer was Jose Luis Orozco, the mariachi Las Aguilitas de Davis Bilingual Elementary School, and the place Jim Brady Recording Studios, […]
Coming up
In the months ahead the Mariachi Miracle website will share short stories of interest culled from interviews for the film. Here’s some of what to look for. Alfredo Valenzuela, aka Dr. V – How did this humble, unassuming man, raised on a ranch in rural Arizona, become a beloved linchpin in the pipeline that […]
Projected Schedule 2016 through 2017
The Mariachi Miracle Projected Schedule 2016 through 2017 April: Development of new website Fundraising efforts Interviews – Gilbert Velez, Randy Carrillo, Steve Carrillo, Mack Ruiz, Louie Ranjel, Andrea Anaya, Maya Arce Tucson International Mariachi Conference Shoot school final shows when possible Continue survey of mariachi and folklórico education Grant applications May: […]
The Mariachi Miracle in brief
CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY OF THE MARIACHI MIRACLE The Mariachi Miracle in Brief: “The Mariachi Miracle” is a film and book project tracing the social, political, economic, artistic and educational impact of youth mariachi and folklórico dance programs on the city of Tucson. Moreover it will show how Tucson then became an important […]
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