The magic of mariachi music in school

In San Jose’s Alum Rock Union School Distric (www.arusd.org/...) t, students from third to eighth grade gather after school to learn how to play guitar, trumpet, violin, guitarrón, and vihuela, and to sing mariachi music.
What is the impact of a bilingual music program like this one? With new funding available from California's Prop 28, can districts expand programs like this one or will they have to do something new?
Guests:

• Zaida Ramos, Program Director, Alum Rock Union School District Mariachi Program


• Karen D'Souza, Reporter, EdSource

Read more from EdSource:

• Mariachi program teaches history and culture as well as music (edsource.org/2...)


• Arts education: Will misuse of funds undermine the Proposition 28 rollout? (edsource.org/2...)

Education Beat is a weekly podcast hosted by EdSource’s Zaidee Stavely and produced by Coby McDonald.