Vasquez, Yvonne 2022-11-10
This interview features Yvonne Vasquez as she discusses her career and lifelong passion of playing Mariachi music. In this Interview, Ms. Vasquez explores topics such as her childhood education and career in Mariachi music, Lubbock’s first Mariachi youth group, creating the Raiders Rojos Mariachi group at Texas Tech University, and teaching others how to play and interpret the music.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Yvonne Vasquez
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: November 10, 2022
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Daniel Sanchez
Length: 02:08:11 (2 hours 8 minutes)
Abstract
Background information; introduction to Mariachi music; Learning to sing in Spanish; playing with a professional group; Her first performances; balancing work with her social life; Decision to attend Texas Tech University; starting a Mariachi group; Events their group performed; The first Lubbock Mariachi youth group; Lubbock’s Mariachi scene; Transcribing Mariachi music onto paper; Teaching others how to play music; finishing up her college education; Selecting music to learn and play; Getting her master’s degree at Texas Tech; How she teaches students; how she feels when she performs; Closing discussions
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to audio in our reading room
Transcript: transcript available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/375712 >
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