Travis Jensen is a music graduate from MSU Denver with an emphasis in music composition and jazz guitar performance. He has years of experience in the field as a private instructor of guitar, piano, composition, and most recently, vihuela.
He has spent the past seven years learning mariachi music through MSU, initially joining and playing with Mariachi los Correcaminos, the student-run performance group connected with the mariachi class. During that time, he has been learning how to play mariachi instruments, especially the vihuela. He also teaches mariachi regularly both in the community and at the university level, including students from the Viva Southwest Mariachi festival at MSU, helping students from various ages and backgrounds. Travis teaches privately, but in a mariachi context also instructs entire sections and classes of new armonia players who are just now taking an interest in the style.
Travis also has years of experience as a performer, playing with Mariachi los Correcaminos for four years. He has also spent multiple years in a more professional capacity, gigging in the Denver scene with Mariachi Aguila.