JOSE LONGORIA

Director of Mariachi Studies

Contact Information • jilongor@central.uh.edu • MSM 120A

Director Jose Longoria is an award-winning performer and educator, and the director of Mariachi Imperial de America. With Mariachi Imperial de America, Longoria has performed internationally in Canada, China, India, and Armenia, and has won awards at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and the Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza.  In 2022, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner proclaimed July 19th to be Jose Longoria day in recognition of the musician and community leader’s cultural contributions to the city of Houston.

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