Mariachi Los Pumas de K.O. Knudson Middle School

Congratulations to our students of Mariachi Los Pumas for winning 1st place and being named overall Grand Champions at the 2026 Monaco MS Invitational Mariachi Competition!!!

Pumas also received caption awards for:

•Best Violin Section🎻
•Best Trumpet Section🎺
•Best Armonía Section🎸

A special CONGRATULATIONS to Valerie Romero Garcia for being named Best Female Vocalist!🎤

Congratulations to all groups who competed!

Thank you to Monaco MS for the invitation and for hosting such a great event!

Go Pumas!!!💚💚💚

We’d like to give a huge CONGRATULATIONS to two of our Mariachi Los Pumas members, Victoria Mercado and Valerie Romero Garcia for being once again, selected as semi-finalists for the 2026 Mariachi Extravaganza Las Vegas National Vocal Competition!

We are extremely proud of you!💚💚💚

Here’s a little throwback to the week of the 2026 NMEA All-State Mariachi Festival and Concert!

We’d like to give a huge congratulations to 9 of our students who earned a spot to be in the 2026 CCSD MS Honor Varsity and Junior Varsity Mariachi Ensembles!!!

MS Honor Mariachi Varsity Ensemble:

2nd Chair Violin-Valerie Romero Garcia
4th Chair Violin-Rebecca Ortega
2nd Chair Guitarron-Jael Estrella
1st Chair Vihuela-Fabian Hernandez Ruelas
3rd Chair Guitar-Angelique Rodriguez

MS Honor Mariachi Junior Varsity:

2nd Chair Violin-Natalie Chavez
10th Chair Violin-Joaquin Gomez
2nd Chair Trumpet-Cristian Garcia
3rd Chair Guitar-Victoria Mercado

Congratulations to all CCSD students who auditioned! Way to represent your schools!

Our first noche of the year! 🎻🎺🎤🎶

Thanks to for the invitation!

We would like to congratulate KO Knudson alumni and former Mariachi Los Pumas member Clairet Melendez for winning 1st place in the high school national vocal competition at the mariachi extravaganza this weekend!!! we are very proud of you Clairet!!!

Congratulations to five of our Mariachi Los Pumas members for being selected to be a part of the 2026 NMEA All-State Mariachi ensemble!

Rebecca Ortega- 1st Chair Violin🎻
Valerie Romero Garcia- 6th Chair Violin 🎻
Cristian Garcia-1st Chair Trumpet🎺
Jael Estrella- 1st Chair Guitarron🎶
Fabian Hernandez Ruelas- 1st Chair Vihuela🎶

Go Pumas!💚

Congratulations to two of our Mariachi Los Pumas members Valerie Romero and Victoria Mercado for being selected as semi-finalists for the 2025 Mariachi Extravaganza National Vocal Competition!

We are extremely proud of you!💚💚💚

Go Pumas!

Join us this upcoming Friday, October 10th for our 14th Annual Mariachi Palooza!🎻🥳🌮🍿🎶

Mariachi Los Pumas 🎻 and Ballet Folklórico 💃 merchandise is now available!

Support our students and show your pride—get yours today!

Last day to order merch will be this Sunday, September 21st!