{"id":438389,"date":"2026-09-17T03:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T03:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/438389\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T03:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T03:32:21","slug":"new-mariachi-group-at-hcc-celebrates-music-and-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/438389\/","title":{"rendered":"New mariachi group at HCC celebrates music and culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KTRK logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789615941_332_origin-ktrk.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, September 16, 2026 8:37PM<\/p>\n<p>Mariachi \u00c1guilas de Oro takes root! These students are laying the foundation for what they hope becomes a lasting part of Houston City College.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; They are studying everything from engineering to business, each following a different path. But these 12 Houston City College students share one thing: a love for mariachi music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">That shared passion brought them together over the summer to build a new mariachi program from the ground up. The ensemble is called Mariachi \u00c1guilas de Oro, which translates to Golden Eagles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;This is to bring students together to celebrate the history and culture of mariachi,&#8221; said Dr. Martin Perez, the Dean of Student Success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Student Cesia Duron performs with the group and told us, &#8220;I think mariachi music is a beautiful way to connect to yourself and to others.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Meet the students of Mariachi \u00c1guilas de Oro in the video above, where they share their hopes for the new program.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wednesday, September 16, 2026 8:37PM Mariachi \u00c1guilas de Oro takes root! These students are laying the foundation for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[151910,2275,56,43249,58,57,151909,278,19419],"class_list":["post-438389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-151910","tag-heritage","tag-houston","tag-houston-city-college","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-mariachi-aguilas-de-oro","tag-music","tag-tradition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}