Honors Ensemble Mariachi Festival
Saturday, April 24, 2027
Location TBD

This will be a Senior Division nomination festival, with each nominating school receiving at least 1 guaranteed student participant. Additional selections may be added based on number of nominations, ensemble size and instrumentation. Instrumentation will include the following instruments/voices: Guitar, Vihuela, Trumpet, Violin, Guitarron, and Harp (all instrumentalists will also double as vocalists). Schools must register with ILMEA and pay the School Participation Fee, and along with the student festival participation fee(s).

Large Group Mariachi Festival
Saturday, April 24, 2027
Location TBD

This large group festival will run concurrently with the Honors Ensemble Festival at the same location. Registration is linked above, and is posted on the Large Group Festival page of the ILMEA website. ILMEA participating middle and high schools may register to bring their Mariachi Ensemble to perform and receive feedback from professionals in the Mariachi field. Each group will receive a 20-minute warmup, 20-minute performance, and 20-minute feedback clinic. Groups are also encouraged to watch and support other performances throughout the day, including the Honors Ensemble concert. The festival will be limited to 10 performance groups. with warm-ups/performances/clinics starting at 8:30am and concluding at 2:30pm.

We hope you will consider joining us for this event and share the joy of Mariachi music! If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to our D9 JSGM Mariachi Rep, Lisa Yagow, at [email protected].