Metropolitan State University of Denver just made history in Colorado: The Denver-based public university has become Colorado's first university to offer a major that caters to mariachi musicianship through music, Chicano/a studies and Spanish courses.

"Mariachi Performance and Culture" is a one-of-a-kind major under MSU Denver's Center for Individualized Learning's Individualized Degree Program. Students will not only have the opportunity to learn about the history, culture and art of mariachi music, but they'll also become versed in business and marketing techniques to promote themselves as artists.

Dating back to the 18th century, the Mexican state of Jalisco is regarded as the birthplace of mariachi music. Usually made up of a group of eight violinists, two trumpeters and a guitar

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