“When I was little I wanted to be a musician or singer, but I had no idea [how] to do it,” said 18-year-old Lupita Sanchez. “Since mariachi came in, I feel very proud of myself because I’m recreating my parent’s music.”
Moreno has created an extended, intergenerational family. It’s how he fell in love with music growing up in Chihuahua, Mexico.
A love for music, specifically mariachi music, is being harnessed at Esperanza Elementary in West Valley City, where instructor Allan Moreno, an ex-musician, doesn’t regret the decision he made five years ago to leave his band La Onda Norteña de Saenz. The classroom is packed with chairs, music stands, drums and various stringed instruments hanging off the far back wall. On the projection screen, Moreno displays music sheets he creates on his own from his books. He even creates YouTube tutorials.
Older kids — such as 18-year-old Lupita Sanchez, who attends Hunter High School and plays vihuela — started working with Moreno in 2019. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, she started playing her instrument at home and teaching herself through YouTube videos. George Sanchez — no relation to Lupita — is 17 and also goes to Hunter. He’s known Moreno since the fourth grade.
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