AMFS Mariachi Workshop

Save the Date: June 30-July 2, 2025!

 

Join us June 30-July 2, 2025, for a free three-day workshop with professional mariachi and musical mentors! Program and registration details are coming soon.  

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Explore Mariachi music with the AMFS!

Learn from and perform alongside professional mariachi in this three-day workshop for students (grades 5+) and adult participants. The program includes:

• Active full-group rehearsals and technique-building sessions on traditional mariachi instruments (vihuela, guitarrón, violin, guitar, trumpet, and voice) and non-mariachi instruments alike... Whatever instrument you play, you CAN participate!
• Instructional breakouts with musical mentors from across Colorado
• Keynote presentations on the tradition and historical evolution of mariachi folk music
• Intergenerational learning opportunities
• A featured performance in Klein Music Tent as part of the AMFS's Mariachi Celebration on July 2 alongside professional mariachi and Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Folklórico!
  • The repertoire will include the following newly commissioned Multi-Level Masterpiece arrangements by AMFS Workshop Director, Michael Linert of Lumiroar.
• An optional, pre-workshop training for adult participants, music educators, and/or college students on Sunday, June 29, 2025
• Lots of fun, friendship, community building, and more!

Eligibility:

• For students with at least 1 year of experience on their instrument
• Incoming 5th graders – High School
  (incoming 4th graders considered on a case-by-case basis)
• No prior mariachi experience necessary!
• Are you an adult or educator wanting to learn mariachi and participate in our workshop? Registration details forthcoming!

Workshop Schedule:
Monday, June 30 | 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Tuesday, July 1 | 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Wednesday, July 2 | 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM ; Concert at 5:30 PM

To accommodate working parents:
- Check-in available as early as 8:15 AM
- Pick-up available as late as 6 PM

Location TBA

Performance:
AMFS: A Mariachi Celebration
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
4-7 PM | Concert starts at 5:30 PM
Michael Klein Music Tent - Aspen, CO
With special thanks to Title Sponsor, Querencia Private Golf & Beach Club in Los Cabos, Mexico
Special 75th Anniversary funding for Education and Community events by the Betty Wold Johnson Foundation

Join us in celebrating Mexican music, culture, and dance! Food and beverages available for purchase, plus drink specials for the adults. Bring a blanket for the lawn and grab your friends and family! The celebration is open to all ages. 

Leadership:
Michael Linert of Lumiroar, AMFS Mariachi Workshop Director

Workshop Mentors:
A team of Denver-based and local Roaring Fork Valley music educators, teaching artists, and AMFS college musicians will lead students’ cultural, musical, and leadership development through clinics, rehearsals, and performance!

• Michael Linert - AMFS Mariachi Workshop Director
• Victor Becerra - Mariachi Style Co-Lead 
• Luis Madrid - Mariachi Style Co-Lead 
• Matt Martinez - Mariachi Style Co-Lead 
• RaeLynn Martinez - Mariachi Style Co-Lead 
• Isahar Mendez-Flores - Mariachi Style Co-Lead 
• Priscilla Arasaki 
• Camille Backman 
• Melinda Baum 
• Lindsay Bobyak 
• Lupita Vidal Castro 
• Lorraine Curry 
• Chance Davis 
• Andy Farmer 
• Timothy Hsu 
• Bill Ishee 
• Veronica Janet Lopez 
• Delaney Meyers 
• Mateo Sandate 
• Kasia Antosz-Solawa 
• Javier de los Santos 
• Heather Stanton 
• Ashton Taufer 
• William Trevizo 

Presented with special thanks to lead sponsor, Querencia Private Golf & Beach Club, Los Cabos, Mexico

 

To learn more, please contact education@aspenmusic.org.