La Tradición Music

09/30/2026

It's never too early to gain benefits from making music!

A recent study from Northeastern University shows that regular music practice can benefit early staged students to outperform their peers . It's believed that regular practice for students ages 7-9 helps the brain build stronger and larger connective tissue between the regions that coordinate muscle movements/speaking and the portions that process sound.

Read more about the study here:

Sitting through an 8-year-old's shaky rendition of Christian Petzold's "Minuet in G" may be music to a proud parent's ear. To everyone else at the recital, it might not sound like encore material. Behind those wobbly notes, however, a far more complex mental production is underway—and the skills i...

09/23/2026

We're always inspired to see music education used in new ways, and this article shares how the Portland Symphony Orchestra has members that visit a dedicated classroom 16 times during the school year, using music to support the curriculum. The students get to know the musicians more than just a visitor putting on a performance, and the full-body experience that engages multiple senses for the students helps strengthen literacy skills by sequencing stories and making connections between what is heard and what is read.

To read more about this program, read the full story here:

In Portland elementary classrooms, professional musicians and teachers use movement, storytelling and sound to help young learners listen, read and connect.

09/21/2026

Attention mariachi educators in San Diego:
Applications are now open for the La Jolla Music Society Mariachi Honor Band! Auditions are open for the High School Honor Band (grades 9-12) and the University Honor Band (ages 17-25).

If you think you have a student that would qualify, read more about the program here:

La Jolla Music Society invites talented student musicians from across San Diego County to audition for its inaugural Mariachi Honor Band.

09/19/2026

Mindfulness training can help student musicians improve performance quality and reduce performance anxiety, according to a recent study. By using cognitive restructuring techniques to support mindset reframing, with regular practice sessions, lead to a "measurable improvement" in the quality of the music performance.

Read more about the study (and to learn how to give your kids a leg up) here:
https://theviolinchannel.com/new-study-reveals-importance-of-mindfulness-in-music-performance/

09/19/2026

This is what a small business can do. When we hear the needs of our clients, we don’t have to run it through a committee we can make things happen. These are just the first two models. I’ve already considered a different body style and Inlay design for the next ones, but check out our new instruments. 🇧🇷 🇵🇹

09/17/2026

We always like to share stories about mariachi in unexpected places, and Wisconsin has taken the tres leches! Piggly Wiggly in Waunakee recently hired Mariachi Corcel de Madison to serenade shoppers in the produce section.
HEB needs to up their game.

Read the story here:

The unique program is a collaboration between the store and Create Waunakee and brings a wide range of music into the store that surprises shoppers.

09/16/2026

A recent study has shown that musicians, thanks to cultivated pattern recognition, can predict what's coming next sooner than non-musical counterparts. The study has also shows that visual distractions can disrupt new memories- meaning that the No Phones rule definitelty helps recently learned chord structures to make it into muscle memory!

For more information about the study, read it for yourself here:
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/musicians-brains-stay-one-step-ahead-study-finds

09/11/2026

25 years ago our nation suffered a tragedy. A year later, Manuel was so moved he completed the Unity Guitar, a guitar crafted from woods from across the globe and created into a symbol of what we picture America to be: a beautiful harmonization of items with different origins.
The guitar was played by many notable entertainers who signed it, and it was auctioned off with the proceeds going towards funeral expenses still unpaid by families of undocumented immigrants who lost their lives that day.
Please join us in a moment of silence today remembering those that were lost.

09/05/2026

Rehair a violin bow and new sound post and strings.

09/05/2026

Click to see the latest on La Tradición/Delgado Guitars including a upcoming trip to Tucson, Arizona, in connection with the Smithsonian Folklife, news for our schools and a special recognition for our family business.