ASU Mariachi Los Pastores Spring Concert set
ASU’s Mariachi Los Pastores ensemble will present its annual spring concert on Tuesday, April 29, at 7 p.m. in the Murphey Performance Hall at 72 W. College Ave. in downtown San Angelo.
Titled “Revolucion!,” the concert will feature music from the Mexican Revolution and is free and open to the public. Mariachi Los Pastores will be joined by seniors from Lake View High School’s Mariachi Los Caciques, and the concert will also feature Mariachi Alma Mexicana of San Angelo.
The full ASU Mariachi Los Pastores ensemble will perform:
- “La Basurita” featuring Abigail Elizondo, Majesty Lopez and Jessie Martinez on vocals
- “Bala Perdida” featuring Jessie Martinez on vocals
- “Flor de Azahar” featuring Cole Cura and Anali Rivera on vocals
- “Jesusita en Chihuahua” by Quirino Mendoza
Mariachi Alma Mexicana will perform:
- “Juan Colorado” by Felipe Bermejo Araujo
- “El Herradero” by Pedro Galindo Galarza
- “Cielito Lindo” by Qurino Mendoza
- “Viva Mexico” by Pedro Galindo
The Mariachi Los Pastores Performance Group will present:
- “Juana Gallo” featuring Anali Rivera on vocals
- “Las Llaves De Mi Alma” featuring Refugio Martinez on vocals
- “Deja Que Salga La Luna” featuring Rivera and Jordan Cardwell-Roach on vocals
The student members of Mariachi Los Pastores include:
- Daniel Avalos of San Angelo – violin
- Jordan Cardwell-Roach of El Paso – violin, vocals
- Thomas Cura of Rankin – trumpet
- Abigail Elizondo of Lubbock – violin, vocals
- Nikki Garcia of Midland – flute
- Majesty Lopez of San Angelo – violin
- Lucinda Mancha of Roscoe – trumpet
- Jennifer Mata of San Angelo – trumpet
- Reece Martin of North Richland Hills – violin
- Jessie Martinez of San Angelo – guitarra de golpe, vocals
- Refugio Martinez of Brackettville – guitar, vocals
- Anali Rivera of Del Rio – violin, vocals
- Dominic Ruiz of Shamrock – guitarron
- Manuel Torres of San Angelo – guitar, vocals
- Mahkayla Torrez of San Angelo – violin
Mariachi Alma Mexicana members include Peggy Garcia, Isai Garcia, Ezra Ramirez, Carolina Ramirez, Jeremy Jacques, Jordan Cardwell-Roach, Rosendo Ramos, Tony Hernandez and Becky Torrez.
The Lake View HS seniors from Mariachi Los Caciques include Joanna Escoto, Isaac Carrales, Gabriel Gomez and Angelo Abila.
Mariachi Los Pastores is directed by Rosendo Ramos of the ASU music faculty, who is also the mariachi director at Lake View High School and a member of Mariachi Alma Mexicana.
ASU Theater Will Present Teen Thriller May 1
University Theatre at Angelo State University will present the dark drama “Our Dear Dead Drug Lord” for its second production of the spring, beginning Thursday, May 1, in the ASU Modular Theatre inside the Carr Education-Fine Arts (EFA) Building at 2602 Dena Drive.
Show times will be at 8 p.m. each night May 1-3 and 8-10, with a Sunday matinee finale at 2 p.m. on May 11.
Tickets are $10 for the general public, $5 for non-ASU students, and free for ASU students, Arts at ASU subscribers and ASU activity card holders. Tickets are available for purchase online at angelo.edu/boxoffice or through the ASU box office in the Carr EFA Building.
“Our Dear Dead Drug Lord” is a thriller about four high school girls whose seemingly harmless fun turns into something threatening when the limits of imagination are tested. Armed with a home-made Ouija board, the four teenagers gather in an abandoned treehouse to call to order a meeting of the Dead Leaders Club. Their purpose – to summon the ghost of Pablo Escobar. Are they messing with the actual spirit of the infamous cartel kingpin, or are they really just messing with each other?
Led by special guest director Ty Matlock, the ASU student cast includes Catalina Perry, Tristan Oleson, Lilith Morgan, Analisa Tony and Mitchell Martinez, along with understudies Natalie Madrid and Gabbie Flores.
The student production staff and crew include Alec Ochoa Raza, stage manager; Sydney Fisher, assistant stage manager; Mia Harryman, scenic designer; Emily Wagner, assistant scenic designer; Charlotte Branch, lighting designer; Aliajana Stewart, assistant lighting designer/light board op; Breonna Casey, costume designer; Demetrius Armstrong, assistant costume designer; Analy Preciado, sound designer; Alexis Crawford, props designer; Atlas Carrasco, scenic painter; Zjay Wright, lead electrician; Janine Seale, house manager; Jacob Rowe, deck crew; Ja’Nae Wilson, props run crew; Melissa Surber, wardrobe supervisor; Addie Gregoire, dresser; and Kirby Paugh, sound board op.
Tickets can be purchased through the ASU box office.
Physics Student Presents Research at State Capitol
YooJin Choi, a senior physics major at Angelo State University, was selected to represent ASU and present her research project at the recent 2025 Texas Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol event in Austin.
Undergraduate Research Day is hosted by the Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas (ICUT) organization and the Council of Public University Presidents and Chancellors ( CPUPC) to showcase exciting research from talented undergraduate students at public and private universities across the state. It only takes place in odd-numbered years when the Texas Legislature is in session. Each institute of higher education in Texas is allowed to select one student to present a research project poster, and 40 institutions were represented this year.
Choi presented her research poster on her project titled “Capturing Cellular Dynamics: A Force Center Model Inspired by the Game of Life,” which she completed under the mentorship of Dr. Michael C. Holcomb, assistant professor of physics. Holcomb was also invited to participate in Undergraduate Research Day as part of a panel presentation on “The Inside Scoop on Academic Research.”
“I have had the pleasure of working with YooJin Choi throughout her undergraduate career, and I am so very proud that she was selected to represent Angelo State at this event,” Holcomb said. “I have witnessed firsthand her relentless dedication to her academic and research pursuits, and I can confidently say that her accomplishments accurately reflect the immense amount of hard work she puts in to all that she does.”
A native of Seoul, South Korea, Choi has also received two ASU Faculty Mentored Research Grants for various projects, has worked as a tutor in the Math Lab and served as a physics tutor in ASU’s Supplemental Instruction peer-tutoring program. She has also held leadership positions in the Society of Physics Students, Women in Physics and STEM Nexus student organizations. As part of the service missions of those organizations, she has participated in numerous community outreach activities, including STEM Nights at local elementary schools, Girl Scouts STEMfest and the annual Physics Road Show around West Texas. She has also been active as a percussionist in the ASU Ram Band, Drumline and Symphonic Band.
— from Tom Nurre Jr., ASU Office of Marketing and Communications
