Festival Workshops
Education is a big part of the San José Mariachi and Mexican Heritage Festival. We’d love for you to join our artists and educators for some of our fun and informative workshop experiences.
Are you a musician or dancer yourself? Maybe you’d like to join our Mariachi and Folkorico Workshops for two days of intensive master classes with experts Mariachi Cobre, José Tena, and Maria Luisa Colmenarez.
Are you an educator, interested in how mariachi music can enhance your classroom environment? We have an Educator's Symposium on the use of Mariachi Music and Math in the classroom that you might enjoy.
Are you interested in traditional Mexican building techniques or sustainable environmental practices? We’re bringing in Bill and Athena Steen, experts on Mexican adobe and strawbale construction techniques to teach our Green Workshops. Stop by and join in.
Are you new to Mariachi music and want to learn what all the excitement is about? Start off Mariachi Festival week with a visit to Mariachi 101, an introductory presentation by Mariachi expert and author Gil Sperry.
| September 21 |
Mariachi 101
Martin Luther King Library
150 East San Fernando Street, San José, CA 95112
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Gil Sperry, author of "Mariachi for Gringos," can turn mariachi novices into aficionados with this fun and interactive presentation. Free and open to the public.
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| September 23 |
Educator's Symposium
Wyndham Hotel
1350 North First Street, San José, CA 95112
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
A conversation about "Math through Mariachi."
Registration Fee is $10 at the door.
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| September 24-25 |
Adobe and Strawbale Construction Workshops
Peralta Adobe
175 West Saint John Street, San José, CA
Time TBA
Bill and Athena Steen, internationally respected adobe and strawbale builders and educators, will put their techniques into action in San José as they complete a mini-construction project on site. Drop by to see them work or even get your hands dirty helping them.
www.caneloproject.com
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| September 24-25 |
Mariachi Music and Folklórico Dance Workshops
Wyndham Hotel
1350 North First Street, San José, CA 95112
Students from all over the U.S. attend master classes in mariachi and ballet folklórico with Mariachi Cobre and ballet folklórico maestros Maria Luisa Colmenares and José Tena.
Registration is $75 and opens May 15, 2009.
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Contact
Questions about the Mariachi Festival Workshops, please contact:
Monica Ramos
(408) 928-5551
mramos@mhcviva.org
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