Dr. Salazar is an Assistant Professor of
Musicology at Texas Tech University. She holds a BA from Carleton College
(Magna Cum Laude) in Music, and her Master's and Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from UCLA.
Prior to teaching at TTU, she taught at UCLA, UC Santa Cruz and the California
Institute of the Arts.
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, performance practice, and
meaning.
Mexican Independence Day
Independence Day in Mexico is celebrated with
huge street parties, parades, and everything from fireworks to rodeos to brass
band and mariachi performances and traditional folk dancing in the streets
(bailes folclóricos).
In the U.S. Cinco De Mayo is often confused with Mexican Independence Day. Cinco De Mayo commemorates Mexico's victory at the battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War in 1862. Not Mexican Independence Day which is September 16.