Luz de Luna has appeared with musical greats such as Jon Bon Jovi, Jackson Brown, David Crosby, and Graham Nash, as well as being on the Jimmy Kimmel Show, and more recently at the football halftime show of the Arizona Bowl.

Mariachi Luz de Luna continues to contribute to the local mariachi movement by teaching in Tucson metro area high schools, and they have taught at the Tucson International Mariachi Conference since 1983.

They have traveled internationally to Asia, participating in the international Sister-Cities program by performing at the Almaty festival in Kazakhstan.

2022 Mariachi Luz de Luna opened for George Lopez in concert at the AVA Theater, Casino Del Sol,  in Tucson, Arizona to a sold-out crowd.

Continuing to explore new musical venues and sounds, composer/director, Ruben Moreno, fellow band member/composer, John Contreras, Chamberlab creator Chris Black, and fellow musician, Marco Rosano, collaborated and broke new ground by turning to traditional Mexican Folk Tales for musical inspiration.

Teaming up with puppet master, Matt Cotten, the composers/musicians wrote classically structured music played with a Mariachi sound to accompany the folktales acted out by the Puppets.

Mariachi Luz de Luna performed this boundary-breaking concert at the Scottish Rite Temple and performing center in downtown Tucson.

 Native Tucsonan Ruben Moreno has been performing music and propelling the mariachi movement in the United States and internationally since 1974, starting with the highly acclaimed Mariachi Cobre, which now plays at The Mexico Pavilion at the Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida. He has performed at several music festivals worldwide including the Leeds and Redding Festivals in England, and the Edinburg Festival in Scotland where his band, International Mariachi America, was awarded the Special Performance Award.
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Today performing as Mariachi Luz de Luna, he has worked internationally and toured extensively with Tucson alternative rock band “Calexico”.
More recently, Mariachi Luz de Luna was featured at the ‘Les Escale Music Festival” in St. Nazaire, France; were featured halftime performers of the Nova Home Loan Arizona Bowl, and collaborated in a wonderfully successful Chamberlab presentation of mariachi fusion with chamber music called Leyendas y Sombras.

Focused on educating younger generations about the tradition of mariachi music, Ruben has helped shape the mariachi curriculum at several local high schools. He has started and assisted more start-ups of mariachi programs and conferences than any other individual in the United States. Graduate and co-founder of the University of Arizona’s Mariachi Arizona, this group was the first to perform at the prestigious Music Educators National Conference from The U of A’s School of Music in 1992.
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Ruben has many film, television, concert, video, CD, DVD and radio appearances that include internationally known performers such as Paul McCartney, Linda Ronstadt, Kenny Rogers, Glenn Close, Keith Carradine, and Calexico.

Ruben takes great pride in working with various Mexican performers which includes, Miguel Aceves Mejia, Vicente Fernandez, Lola Beltran, Jenny Rivera and the ever great mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan. Ruben has had the great privilege to accompany the Mexican Academy awards for film and art, broadcasted internationally from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. 

Ruben Moreno

http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2012/01/ben_folds_calexico_headline_tucson_concert_for_civility

Mariachi Luz de Luna and Calexico playing el Cascabel.

Calexico Crystal Frontier featuring Mariachi Luz de Luna, Tucson, Az.

Mariachi Luz de Luna and Calexico performing “El Burro” live.

Mariachi Luz de Luna at Les Escales Festival 2013.

Mariachi Institute of Tucson’s Director, Ruben Moreno and Mariachi Luz de Luna performing “Cancion Del Mariachi” in London with Calexico.