Dr. Lauryn Salazar Mariachi Scholar Performer Cultural Consultant

Dr. Lauryn Salazar is an Associate Professor of Music and Director of the Mariachi Programs at Tarleton State University. Through archival and field-based research, her work focuses on mariachi music in Mexico and the United States and its institutionalization vis-à-vis American academic programs at the primary, secondary, and collegiate levels. Utilizing the frameworks of postcolonial and practice theories, her research explores the ramifications of mariachi’s formalization in terms of pedagogy