Congratulations to Alvaro Paulino, director of Mariachi Tapatio and mariachi director/founder of the New York City Mariachi Conservatory,  for  leading the first ever mariachi master apprentice program in New York City this summer. Workshops take place June 17-June 23, 2012 with special guests Alicia Juarez (“La Musa de Musas” el ultimo amor de Jose Alfredo Jimenez), Miguel Martinez Dominguez (Primer Trompetista del Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan), Jonathan Clark (Mariachi historian), Gil Sperry (Author of “Mariachi Gringo”) and Jose Hernandez (Director of Mariachi Sol de Mexico).