Participation in the workshops for Feria will be determined by an audition process. Directly following the competition performance, each student will play their audition music for a workshop teacher in a designated room. Audition music is posted below.

 

Each student must prepare the audition music posted for their respective instrument. Tempo and musical markings are clearly marked for each instrument group. Each student will be placed in a “workshop group” based on the preparation and performance of the audition piece.

 

If a director or student elects not to perform the audition process, the student will be placed in a workshop group by the workshop teachers. Once every student is assessed and placed in a workshop group they will be working on appropriate mariachi music for their skill level. Students may not change or move workshop groups after assessments have been made.

 

In the workshop environment, there will be three teachers that will be team-teaching each workshop group; a violin teacher, a trumpet teacher and an armonia teacher. A vocal teacher will visit the room regularly to work with soloists and the group on any chorus (coro) section that a particular piece may include. Also, one of the three instrumental teachers may double as a vocal teacher in each workshop group.

 

Vocal Workshops

 

The vocal workshops portion will include all students; soloists and non-soloists. Each workshop group will have a time slot in which they attend the vocal room to work with a specific vocal instructor. Solo singers may be given some one-on-one time with a vocal instructor. Teachers will be assigned to each group, respectively.

 

Violin Audition Music

Trumpet Audition Music

Armonia Audition Music

Guitarrón Audition Music

 

 

Feria del Mariachi Workshops

Saturday, March 3, 2012
LBJ Student Center
8:00AM - 3:00PM

 

Workshop Schedule

8:00 a.m. - NOON - Education Workshops

NOON - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch (provided to workshop attendees)

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Workshop Group Presentations

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Clinic provided by Mariachi 7 Leguas

3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Workshops End/Dinner (on own) / Prep for Concert