Rocio Marron

Rocio Marron serves as Adjunct Faculty for Mariachi Ensemble at California Lutheran University. She is a professional violinist, violist, and music educator with extensive experience in both academic and professional music settings, currently maintaining a private music studio in Newbury Park where she teaches violin, viola, and guitar.

Her educational background includes training at the Colburn School for the performing arts during high school and performance violin studies at USC's Thornton School of Music. She previously taught at the Silverlake Conservatory of Music.

Marron's artistic focus spans multiple musical domains:

• Violin and viola performance across diverse genres from Country to Mariachi
• String arrangement and composition for film, television, and recording artists
• Mariachi music education and performance
• Latin musical traditions and cultural expression
• Contemporary folk music with social consciousness

Her creative output shows consistent themes of cultural fusion, emotional expression through string instrumentation, and blending traditional Latin elements with contemporary urban folk sensibilities. Her work demonstrates technical mastery across film scoring, popular music collaboration, and traditional Latin music performance.

Notable professional achievements include:

• GRAMMY® Award for work on Quetzal's 'Imaginaries' album
• GRAMMY® Award as musical director for Mariachi Divas
• Recording solo violin on 'Proud Corazón' in Disney Pixar's 'Coco'
• Performing on major motion pictures including 'Frozen 2' and 'Us'
• Collaborations with artists like Marc Anthony, Los Lobos, and Quetzal

Marron has mentored students through her teaching positions at California Lutheran University, Silverlake Conservatory of Music, and her private studio. Her professional network spans film, television, and recording industries with performances on The GRAMMY® Awards, Saturday Night Live, and The Tonight Show.

She currently operates a private music studio in Newbury Park and is an active member of the Music Teachers' Association of California (MTAC), continuing her dual career as both performer and educator.