The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center’s Academy Welcomes Students of All Ages

The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center announces its Spring Academy classes for children and adults of all skill levels.  The new semester begins January 13, 2025, but registration is open through February.  All classes are held at the Guadalupe Academy, 723 S. Brazos St, San Antonio, TX 78207.  Interested students can register online.

Dance

Dance students must have appropriate dance wear and shoes to take classes. They will learn the art of Mexican Ballet Folklorico and/or Spanish Flamenco technique and choreography. Students can also enroll in the Storytelling through Dance class to explore self-expression and creativity through movement.

Music

The music program consists of a robust offering of mariachi classes led by Gino Rivera of Mariachi Azteca de América who teaches violin, vocals, guitar, trumpet and piano along with master vocals instructor Jonathan Palomar. The program also includes National Heritage Fellow, Santiago Jimenez, Jr, who leads two accordion classes for beginners and intermediate level students, and Aaron Salinas who teaches accordion for teens and adults.

Conjunto music students can also enroll in bajo sexto classes taught by Hunter Chavez.  All music students must provide their own musical instruments.

Students who complete the semester, which ends in May, will have the opportunity to perform in recitals which will showcase the talents of beginning, intermediate and advanced students.  Go to the Guadalupe website to see the full schedule of classes and tuition fees, which range from $200 to $280 for the full semester. For questions about the Academy, call 210-271-3151, extension 225 or email education director Belinda Menchaca.

Feature photo: La Pastorela Folklorica courtesy Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center.