Join Us For An Interactive Mariachi Workshop!
Registration
Use this link to register for the conference. The registration cost is $10 per person to cover the cost of materials and guest speakers. Your registration includes a dinner (provided by NAfME Collegiate) on Friday night, handouts and resources, refreshments and the use of vihuelas and guitarrones provided by West Music. Registration fees can be paid in advance by mailing in a check or at the workshop via credit card, check or cash. Please make all checks to K-State NAfME Collegiate, 109 McCain Auditorium, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506.
Email: ksunafmec@gmail.com
Website: k-state.edu/nafmecollegiate
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Schedule
Friday, March 27
6:00pm Registration and Dinner provided by NAfME Collegiate Members
7:00pm Professional Development Session
9:00pm Wrap-Up and Questions
Saturday, March 28
8:00am: Refreshments and Registration
8:30am-11:30 Mariachi Workshop
11:30-Noon: Wrap-Up and Questions
Noon: Go to La Fiesta with Marcia Neel and Jose Hernandez
Jose Hernandez
Jose Hernandez and his Mariachi Sol de Mexico® have a biography and history as rich and colorful as mariachi music itself. A proud fifth generation mariachi musician, Maestro Hernandez’ roots trace back to 1879 to the birthplace of mariachi – Jalisco, Mexico. Ever since he founded Mariachi Sol de Mexico® in 1981, Jose has gone on to break countless barriers in the world of mariachi music and is now recognized as having turned the genre into the international sensation it is today.
An accomplished trumpet virtuoso and graduate of the Grove School of Music, Jose is the first mariachi musician to have arranged, composed and conducted for numerous international symphony orchestras. His platinum-selling Sol de Mexico® became the first mariachi ensemble to be nominated three times for a Grammy – most recently on September 25th for his new symphonic CD, “La Música” with Mariachi Sol de Mexico and the Sinfonica Nacional de Las Americas.
Marcia Neel
A veteran of 36 years in public school music education, Marcia M. Neel has directed successful programs in Connecticut, Ohio, Massachusetts, and Nevada. She served as the Coordinator of Secondary Fine Arts for the Clark County School District (CCSD), headquartered in Las Vegas, from 1994 through 2007 and led the district to a total class count of over 100,000 in Secondary Fine and Performing Arts Programs. She still takes great pride in knowing that all 310,000 students in the district’s 353 schools are provided with an equal opportunity to study the arts. The district employs approximately 750 elementary and secondary arts educators.
Acknowledged nationally for her commitment to program expansion and innovation, Marcia is known for her creative approaches to curriculum design and implementation. One of the most renowned programs is the Secondary Mariachi Program which was instituted in 2002 and is now staffed by 17 full-time, licensed Mariachi educators. Marcia is the lead author of ¡Simplemente Mariachi!, an instrumental and vocal method series for mariachi students and educators.
Marcia is president of Music Education Consultants, Inc., a consortium of music education professionals who work with a variety of educational organizations, arts associations, and school districts to foster the growth and breadth of school-based music education programs for all children, grades PreK-16. She has taught and continues to teach graduate music courses at the Hartt School, Duquesne University, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Villanova University and VanderCook College of Music.
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