Conjunto Heritage Taller

06/19/2026

🎤✨ CALLING ALL YOUNG STARS AGES 7–13! ✨🎤

Do you have what it takes?

This is your once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to SHARE THE STAGE WITH TEJANO ROYALTY — LITTLE JOE at THE BIG SHOW on August 1st at the historic Woodlawn Theatre! 👑🎶

Little Joe is a passionate champion of the arts who believes every young person deserves the chance to pursue their dreams in music, dance, and creative expression. In celebration of his legendary career, we're giving ONE EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG TALENT the spotlight they deserve!

🌟 HOW TO ENTER:

1️⃣ Submit your talent — whether you sing, dance, play an instrument, or showcase another performing art!
2️⃣ Semi-finalists will be selected for LIVE, IN-PERSON JUDGING before an enthusiastic audience!
3️⃣ One winner will earn the honor of performing a tribute to Little Joe on stage alongside the legend himself!

This isn't just a competition — it's a celebration.

Perform with the King of the Brown Sound, a 5-time GRAMMY Award winner, and be part of an unforgettable evening honoring arts, education, and cultural legacy.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:
August 1st, 2026 | 6:00 PM
Woodlawn Theatre

🎟️ THE BIG SHOW — Where Tejano's finest gather to honor a living legend.

Don't miss your chance to shine. Submit your entry today!

Parents — share this with your talented young stars!

06/11/2026

🎶 These smiles, these songs, and these traditions are only possible because of supporters like you. 🎶

For more than 24 years, Conjunto Heritage Taller (CHT) has been dedicated to preserving, promoting, and passing on the rich tradition of Conjunto music to future generations.

Through free classes, workshops, performances, camps, and community programs, we serve youth, young adults, seniors, veterans, and families throughout our community. Every lesson taught, every song learned, and every performance shared helps keep our culture, traditions, and musical heritage alive.

Today, we are asking for your support.

As our programs continue to grow, so does the need for instruments, instruction, supplies, and operational support. Your donation—whether a one-time gift or a monthly contribution—helps us continue offering life-changing opportunities and keeps our programs accessible to all who wish to learn.

Every dollar makes a difference.
Every gift helps preserve a tradition.
Every donor helps us Play It Forward.

❤️ Donate Today: https://bit.ly/PlayItForward-CCCyF

Please consider making a contribution and sharing this post with your family and friends. Together, we can preserve our heritage, strengthen our community, and inspire the next generation through the power of Conjunto music.

Siempre Conjunto. Siempre Cultura. Siempre Comunidad. Siempre Familia.

🎵 Conjunto Heritage Taller
❤️ Donate | Share | Play It Forward

Texas Commission on the ArtsSan Antonio Area FoundationArts & Culture, City of San AntonioLatinx Artists & Cultural Workers | NALACEsperanza Peace & Justice Center

06/03/2026

🌹 Meet Rosa Martha Zárate Macías 🌹

Some people preserve history by writing about it.

Others preserve history by living it.

On Friday, June 5, Conjunto Heritage Taller and Embajada Cultural Chicana de Aztlán are honored to welcome Rosa Martha Zárate Macías to Historic Lerma’s Nite Club.

A former nun, educator, social justice advocate, and defender of former Braceros, Rosa Martha has dedicated her life to ensuring that the stories, struggles, and contributions of our communities are never forgotten.

Through her work, she has helped preserve the voices of those who helped build this nation but whose stories are too often left out of history books.

This special evening will bring together:
🪗 Conjunto Heritage Taller student performances
📖 Poetry and reflections by Nephtalí De León
🌹 Special presentation by Rosa Martha Zárate Macías
❤️ Community, culture, history, and music

As we gather in the historic home of conjunto music at Lerma’s, we invite you to join us in honoring the generations who came before us and inspiring those who will follow.

📍 Historic Lerma’s Nite Club
1602 N. Zarzamora St.
📅 Friday, June 5
🕢 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

Together, we celebrate Conjunto, Cultura, Comunidad y Familia.


Arts & Culture, City of San AntonioSan Antonio Area FoundationTexas Commission on the ArtsNational Endowment for the ArtsNational Association of Latino Arts and Cultures

05/31/2026

🎶 VOCES DE AZTLÁN Y CONJUNTO 🎶
An Evening of Music, Poetry & Social Justice

Join the Conjunto Heritage Taller (CHT) and Embajada Cultural Chicana de Aztlán for a special evening celebrating culture, history, music, and community.

We are honored to welcome Rosa Martha Zárate Macías — former nun, educator, social justice advocate, and defender of former Braceros — for a special performance and conversation by renowned poet and activist Nephtalí De León.

The evening will also feature performances by talented CHT students from our Conjunto in the Community program, showcasing the next generation of conjunto musicians.

📍 Historic Lerma’s Nite Club
1602 N. Zarzamora Street
San Antonio, TX 78201

📅 Friday, June 5
⏰ 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

This event benefits Las Hermanas Mercedarias and celebrates the power of music, poetry, culture, and social justice to inspire future generations.

Come experience an evening of Conjunto, Cultura, Comunidad y Familia. ❤️🪗

Association of Latino Arts and Culturess

05/19/2026

Our Play It Forward campaign continues — and your support is needed now more than ever. 🪗💛

At Conjunto Heritage Taller, students of all ages walk through the doors of Historic Lerma’s Nite Club ready to learn, grow, and carry forward the sound and legacy of conjunto music.

For more than 20 years, CHT has worked to preserve and perpetuate traditional conjunto music through accordion and bajo sexto instruction, intergenerational learning, student performances, and community programs rooted in cultura, familia, and tradition.

Today, our programs are growing — and so is the need.
We are expanding classes, preparing for youth and young adult summer camps, all female – Conjunto Las Chulas, continuing senior and veterans programming, supporting student performances, and working to make sure students have access to the instruments they need to learn.

But in these economic times, keeping classes free is more important than ever.

That is why we are asking our community to Play It Forward.

Your donation helps provide:
🪗 Student access to accordions and bajo sextos
🎶 Free conjunto music instruction
👵 Senior and veterans programming
👧 Youth and young adult camps
🎤 Student performance opportunities
🏠 Cultural programming at Historic Lerma’s Nite Club
💛 Capacity support so CHT can continue growing responsibly

Every gift makes a difference. Whether it is $25, $50, $100, or more, your support helps ensure that conjunto music remains alive, accessible, and passed on to future generations.
Please consider making a gift today and help us keep conjunto music free, strong, and growing.

Donate here: https://bit.ly/PlayItForward-CCCyF

Conjunto, Cultura, Comunidad y Familia.
Let’s Play It Forward. 🪗✨

05/15/2026

✨Here's the May Issue of La Voz ✨

Tap the link to read the digital issue https://esperanzacenter.org/la-voz-issues/may-2026/

In this issue:
Why do certain men lose their statues, while the system that protects them remains? By Susan Morales Guerra • A Mother’s Day Tribute: The Rosas Women, A Family Story By Rachel Delgado • CESAR WAS NO HERO By Ramón J. Vásquez • America Needs True Christianity, Not Christendom. By Tarcisio Beal • Then And Now–17 Years Of Paseo Por El Westside • Those Pink Billboards By Noah Collins, Judith Norman & Alistair Welchman • Trump And Netanyahu: Two Madmen Playing God – When deranged leaders invoke divine catastrophe as a political instrument, it is not only their enemies who are consumed. Unless they are stopped, we will all be victims of these two psychopaths. By Jeffrey D. Sachs for Common Dreams • HABERE ARTEM* By Patrizia Rossi Ortiz

05/13/2026

What a night in Mercedes! 🎤✨ Beyond proud of the family and the crew. Huge shoutout to our drummer Sylvia and a massive congratulations to Commissioner Rolando on the big win! 🗳️🥂

05/13/2026

I'm excited to announce a new Songwriter Series!
Black Box Live Tobin Center for the Performing Arts' with my first guests James McMurtry and Bruce Robison!!! Tickets go on sale April 10th at 10am! www.tobincenter.org/studiosessions

12/02/2025

🌟 It’s Giving Tuesday, San Antonio! 🌟
Support the Conjunto Heritage Taller (CHT) — preserving our música, our cultura, and our community for over two decades.

🎶 About Us
Founded in 2002, the Conjunto Heritage Taller was created to keep traditional South Texas conjunto music alive and accessible to everyone. Today, we are proudly located inside the historic Lerma’s Nite Club, a cultural landmark in the heart of San Antonio’s Westside.

🎼 Our Impact—FREE Lessons for All Ages
We currently provide free accordion and bajo sexto instruction to students of all ages and backgrounds. Every lesson is taught by master musicians—and we are incredibly proud that all three of our current instructors are Conjunto Hall of Fame inductees: El Maestro, Bene Medina y El Chief, Santiago Jimenez, Jr. en Accordion. El Mero, Guadalupe “Lupe” Enriquez en Bajo.
✨ ESO!

❤️ Why Your Giving Tuesday Donation Matters
Your generosity helps us:
• Keep lessons free for every student
• Provide instruments, workshops, and community programs
• Preserve our cultural heritage for future generations
• Support special events like Corazón to Canción, Play It Forward, and our annual Tardeada

🌟 Be part of San Antonio’s cultural legacy.
If conjunto music has ever touched your heart, your family, or your memories — please consider making a donation today.

👉 Donate here:

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/giving-tuesday-keeping-conjunto-cultura-y-comunidad-alive

Every dollar strengthens our mission and keeps the squeezebox traditions alive.

💛 On behalf of our students, families, instructors, and comunidad—gracias por su apoyo.

Join us this Giving Tuesday in celebrating the heart of conjunto music.Your support fuels workshops, events, and community programs that keep this vibrant music that is our heritage, culture, and tradition alive. When you give, you empower the next generation to pick up an accordion or bajo and expl...