Las Vegas Academy Mariachi Director David Rivera says that mariachi programs are flourishing in the Las Vegas Valley and keeping kids in Clark County in school.
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While Clark County school closures due to COVID-19 meant the end to live school performances, students from at three Las Vegas schools are determined the show will go on.
Jonathan Cain and Ross Valory — members of the legendary rock band Journey — inspired students to pursue their musical dreams and played the well-known hit “Don’t Stop Believin” at the Las Vegas Academy of the Arts on Wednesday.
In a room tucked high above the basketball courts at the Lied Memorial Boys & Girls Club, about a dozen students gather for an hour every week to master the arts — not athletics — and play with bows — not balls — as Tianna Harjo introduces them to the violin.