Oregon High School mariachi band plays for big audiences

Mariachi Tradicion, a band made up of students from Forest Grove High School, has played with the Oregon Symphony, in front of audiences at Pickathon music festival, and will now perform later this month at the Jack London Review. The band was founded seven years ago by Lesslie Nuñez as an afterschool club at the middle school. Now, it is the only band from the Pacific Northwest to attend the International Mariachi Conference in Tucson every year. Nuñez and the band join us for music and conversation.

Band members include:

Marc Fernandez
Xochitl Gonzalez-Viveros 
Carlos Marquez Vargas
Raquel Lopez Andrade
Jesus Contreras Aguilera
Citlalli Tinoco Avalos
Emilio Giron
Dulceluna Cebrera Gomez
Aaron Andrade 
Erik Bonilla-Vallejo 
Ashley Aguilera Hernandez 
Lizzly Izquierdo-Mendoza

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