Mark Guerrero Lecture / Performance

     This web page is dedicated to the lectures and lecture/performances I've done at universities, museums, and other venues over the years.  So far they have not been sought out or marketed for, but invitations that have come as a result of the research and work I've done on my website chronicling the history of Chicano music.  Below is a list of venues in which I've done my presentation, with photos and in some cases links to stories I've written about my lecture/performances.

Mark Guerrero lectures and lecture/performances

California State University Los Angeles- lecture/solo performance for combined Chicano studies classes in the student union.  A second lecture/solo concert for Hector Soto-Perez' Pre-Columbian Literature class (1989)

California State University Fullerton- Enrique Rios-Ellis' Mexican Music class (April 17, 2002)

California State University Los Angeles- Richard Rodriguez' Chicano Popular Culture class (May 15, 2002)

University of California at Berkeley

Alfred Arteaga's Chicano Music class
(April 6, 2005)
 

My Visit To a Parallel Chicano/Latino Universe- San Francisco:  April 5- 6, 2005- An account of my trip to the San Francisco Bay Area to speak at U.C. Berkeley and to visit local musicians such as Abel Zarate and Richard Spremich of the original Malo, Dr. Loco (Jose Cuellar), and speaker/songwriter and writer PC Muñoz.

El Paso Community College

Manuel Velez' class, lecture/performance with Steve Salas of Tierra
(April 22, 2005)

Flyer below
(for local performance the day after the presentation at El Paso Community College)

Steve Salas and I Invade El Paso, Texas:  April 21- 23, 2005- Story of my trip to El Paso, Texas to perform with Steve Salas of Tierra and to speak at El Paso Community College.

Marin County Civic Center

lecture/solo performance for Cesar Chavez Day
(March 29, 2007)
 

My Lecture/Concert at the Marin County Civic Center:  March 29, 2007- Story of my lecture/performance at the Marin County Civic Center on Cesar Chavez Day.

UCR Palm Desert Graduate Center, University of California, Riverside
(Palm Desert campus)

     Introduction and screening of the documentary "Lalo Guerrero: The Original Chicano" and concert with a three piece acoustic group for the gala for the Lalo Guerrero Film & Arts Festival, group members were Mark Guerrero, Alex Armstrong, and Lorenzo Martinez.  Performed Mark Guerrero's "The Ballad of Lalo Guerrero" and "Pre-Columbian Dream," as well as Lalo Guerrero's "El Corrido de Delano," "Los Chucos Suaves," "Tacos for Two," and "El Chicano."  There was also a question and answer session conducted by Mark.  Also on the bill were pioneer Chicano rockers, El Chicano.  Mark played guitar and sang the co-lead vocal with El Chicano on their hit version of "Brown Eyed Girl."  The concert followed the screening of the documentary, "Lalo Guerrero: The Original Chicano." (March 23, 2007)
 

Concert for the Lalo Guerrero Film & Arts Festival Gala:  March 23, 2007- Article on a screening of "Lalo Guerrero: The Original Chicano" in Palm Desert, California.  It included my introduction of the documentary, a Q&A, and performance with an acoustic trio and El Chicano.

University of California at Santa Barbara

lecture/performance with my brother Dan for the
Sixth Annual International Corrido Conference
(May 8, 2008)
 

Corrido Conference- Santa Barbara, California:  May 8, 2008- An account of my lecture/performance with my brother Dan at the sixth annual international corrido conference at U.C. Santa Barbara.

National Hispanic University, San Jose, CA

lecture/solo performance for combined classes and the public in the library
"Distinguished Speaker Series." (July 2, 2009)
 

Grammy Museum, Los Angeles

On a panel at a screening of the "Chicano Rock: Sounds of East Los Angeles" documentary with its director Jon Wilkman, Tom Waldman (co-author of the book "Land of a Thousand Dances)," and East L.A. music pioneer and founder of The Romancers, Max Uballez. (September 24, 2009)
 

Barrio Station, San Diego, CA

Screening and introduction of "Lalo Guerrero: The Original Chicano" documentary, solo acoustic performance, and acoustic performance with San Diego musicians, Los Romanticos.
(November 8, 2009)

San Diego Mesa College, San Diego, CA

lecture/solo performance for combined classes
(November 11, 2009)

East Los Angeles Library, East Los Angeles, CA

     Mark Guerrero presentation/performance moderated by Tom Waldman, co-author of the book "Land of a Thousand Dances."  The topics were the 1970 Chicano Moratorium at which journalist Ruben Salazar was killed and music that is written and recorded for political purposes.  Mark performed his song "I'm Brown," his immigration song "Ay Yi Yi Yi (Nobody Told Me)," and his dad's song on the same subject "No Way Jose."  (August 28, 2010)
 

Museo Cultural, Santa Fe, New Mexico

     Mark Guerrero two hour lecture/presentation on the careers and music of Lalo and Mark Guerrero and the history of Chicano music.  The presentation included video and audio clips, a slide show, and discussion.  (September 25, 2010)