Cal State Bakersfield is adding a mariachi ensemble to its music department as classes begin Monday, bringing on a well-known local music educator to lead the program.
Jorge Laris, the mariachi director at Arvin High School, is taking on a new role as a lecturer at CSUB — a campus where he was once a student himself.
“Truly an honor to be invited to be at CSUB attending here as a student, myself years ago. And it’s, you know it’s a university. So it’s something very special, it’s prestigious, and I just I feel overtaken but with joy,” Laris said…