USA "Young Mariachis, Chicago" Jay Dunn 36 images Created 6 Jun 2009
USA, IL, Chicago, June 4th, 2009.
Young "mariachi" Ivette Espinoza is able to maintain a strong link to her Mexican cultural heritage through classes offered at several Pilsen schools. The instrument she holds is known as a "vihuela," unchanged in design since the Renaissance.
Veteran musician Victor Pichardo, of the band "Sones de Mexico," and his son Yahvi, a former CPS music teacher, began a pilot program in 2008 which enables students to build upon their skills year after year.
Photographs created for a front-page story in the Chicago Tribune's HOY Spanish-language newspaper.
Young "mariachi" Ivette Espinoza is able to maintain a strong link to her Mexican cultural heritage through classes offered at several Pilsen schools. The instrument she holds is known as a "vihuela," unchanged in design since the Renaissance.
Veteran musician Victor Pichardo, of the band "Sones de Mexico," and his son Yahvi, a former CPS music teacher, began a pilot program in 2008 which enables students to build upon their skills year after year.
Photographs created for a front-page story in the Chicago Tribune's HOY Spanish-language newspaper.
