David Moreno graduated from the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley obtaining both a Bachelor’s Degree in Trumpet Performance and a Master’s Degree in Music Education. David Moreno is a native of the Rio Grande Valley and has been an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley School of Music since 2019.

During his time with the university, Mr. Moreno was part of the award winning Mariachi Aztlán in which he helped the mariachi to earn the reputation as the most outstanding university mariachi program in the nation and win numerous awards. Mariachi Aztlán has traveled throughout Mexico representing the United States and throughout America as musical ambassadors representing the beauty of the Hispanic music and cultural traditions. For several years, Mariachi Aztlán won “Grand Champion” of the Mariachi Spectacular Competition and has been named the “Outstanding College or University Mariachi” in nationwide competition several years in a row.

David Moreno has been invited as guest clinician with Mariachi Aztlan for the Mariachi Spectacular Workshop and performed at international mariachi conferences in San Diego, Tucson and Chicago. Mariachi Aztlán has won first place in the “Best in Texas” Mariachi Invitational at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, in Houston, Texas numerous times.

Highlight performances that Mr. Moreno was part of with Mariachi Aztlan include an invitation from the White House to perform at a signing ceremony of an Executive Order commemorating the renewal and enhancement of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, performing for President Barack Obama in 2010. In collaboration with the Houston Grand Opera, Mariachi Aztlán premiered the stage production of Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, the world’s first “Mariachi-Opera” in 2010. Other concerts include appearances at the Hollywood Bowl, the John F. Kennedy Performing Arts Center, and a performance of the mariachi opera Cruzar la Cara de la Luna with the Chicago Lyric Opera in 2013.  Other performances include an encore concert with the Chicago Lyric Opera in 2014 and concerts at the 2015, 2016 San Diego Mariachi Festival,  the Tucson International Mariachi Conference in 2015, and the Chicago Heritage Mariachi Conferences in 2015 and 2016. The Mariachi Aztlán premiered the new mariachi opera El Pasado Nunca Se Termina with the Chicago Lyric Opera in 2015 and proudly released a new CD, Mi Nombre es México to commemorate the 25^th Anniversary of the UTPA/UTRGV Mariachi Program. Mr. Moreno has also toured across the US with Grammy award winner Aida Cuevas and continues to perform all over the Country.

Mr. Moreno is currently a full time lecturer in the school of Music where he teaches applied mariachi trumpet and directs mariachi ensembles.