Identity

San Joaquin Valley

Isadora Bravo, Mariachi Musician and Voice of Community

Isadora Bravo, a young woman with dark pigtails, dressed in a black mariachi outfit and a red bow tie, stands on a balcony inside a church. The first floor or the church is visible behind her.

San Joaquin Valley

“Soy de Guerrero” by Adrián Sánchez Ávila

A distance photo of Adrián Sánchez Ávila, a young man in a dark blue, long-sleeved shirt, singing beneath a spotlight on a stage. Behind him are three young, women musicians.

San Joaquin Valley

Martín Rodríguez, Corridista on Migration and Resilience

San Joaquin Valley

John B. Soto, Corridista of Place and Memory

San Joaquin Valley

Christian Folk Rock

Héctor Uriarte, a man sitting in a small room, rests his arms on the side of a guitar.

San Joaquin Valley

Xóchitl Morales on Music and Resistance

Xóchitl Morales, a young woman, holds a violin in one hand and wraps the other around her father, Juan Morales. The duo sings together in a restaurant.

San Joaquin Valley

Chicano Music in the San Joaquin Valley

Five young adult men lean against and sit inside an old, red convertible.

San Joaquin Valley

Familia Laris and Mariachi San Marcos

A woman in a black dress and matching hat smiles for the camera in a small green room. She is surrounded by a group of smiling mariachis.

San Joaquin Valley

Mariachi Mestizo

A group of young adult mariachis, in maroon outfits with white embroidery, poses with their instruments on the steps of a columned building.

San Joaquin Valley

Familia Morales

A woman in a blue shirt sings on stage. Behind her are three musicians: a woman playing violin, a man playing guitar, and another woman playing guitar.

San Joaquin Valley

Mariachi

People dine in a restaurant as five mariachi’s raise their arms in the air and shout. Two of the musicians are women, and three are men. Everyone in the group holds a violin in their other hand, except for one man who is a guitarist.

San Joaquin Valley

Arpa Grande

Six men in cowboy hats and suits stand in a semicircle amid stone ruins. A harp lies on its side between them all.

San Joaquin Valley

Corridos

Martín Rodríguez, a man in a white cowboy hat and dark leather jacket, sings on a stage. Behind him, Saira Aldaco, a young woman in a white, long-sleeved shirt, plays guitar.

Au Co Vietnamese Musical Ensemble

Özden Öztoprak & Işık Berfin

La Familia Peña-Govea

Omnira Institute