{"id":710,"date":"2019-02-11T12:34:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T18:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=710"},"modified":"2019-03-22T09:33:28","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T15:33:28","slug":"utrgv-introduces-all-female-mariachi-azalea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/11\/utrgv-introduces-all-female-mariachi-azalea\/","title":{"rendered":"UTRGV introduces all-female Mariachi Azalea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mariachi-azaleafinal0211-_mixdown-1.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">UTRGV\u2019s Mariachi Azalea performed at the&nbsp;UTRGV Ballet Folklorico Alegria this past weekend. The group officially became a part of UTRGV in the summer of 2018.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Violinist and singer of Mariachi Azalea, Giselle Sanchez tells us more about the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[su_quote]\u201cMariachi Azalea is something that was brought up by Dr. Dahlia Guerra and in the past years there was a girl group, and this year we wanted to bring, or actually last year we wanted to bring up an all-female group to show off that girls can do what the male dominant mariachi group can.\u201d<br><br>-Giselle Sanchez, violinist and singer of Mariachi Azalea[\/su_quote]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanchez says many female newbies from high-school&nbsp;were taking an interest in mariachi. Mariachi Juvenil Azatl\u00e1n violinist and singer Adela Flemming, tells us what inspired her to take on mariachi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[su_quote]\u201cI have always been in orchestra, I play the violin and entering my freshman year of high school I joined the program at Nikki Rowe High School in McAllen. Ever since then I fell in love with Mariachi music and that\u2019s how I found out about UTRGV\u2019s Mariachi and I had a dream of joining them, and it finally happened and I am really excited.\u201d<br><br>-Adela Flemming, violinist and singer of Mariachi Juvenil Azatl\u00e1n[\/su_quote]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mariachi Azalea consists of 12 members and are looking to expand their group. Sanchez tells us the different styles they play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[su_quote]\u201cOk so it is based off of Mariachi music but in the mariachi music, there is different genres, so we do all types of music.\u201d<br><br>&#8211; Giselle Sanchez, violinist and singer of Mariachi Azalea[\/su_quote]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanchez would like to thank Dr. Dahlia Guerra, Mr. Francisco Loera and Maestro Ivan Velasco. Mariachi Azalea performs on both the edinburg and brownsville campus. Try outs are available to those interested. 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