Victoria Galvan
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Victoria Galvan is a Mexican American
singer and musician from Corpus Christi, Texas
. She performs in the Tejano style as part of the ensemble Victoria y Sus Chikos (Victoria and Her Boys). She records on the Hacienda Records label.
Galvan is one of the few female Tejano vocalists to play the accordion herself as well as being the lead vocalist. She prefers and plays a Gabbanelli accordion. Victoria y Sus Chikos performed at the Tejano Conjunto Festival in San Antonio, Texas, in May 2000. She was featured in the 2001 documentary film Accordion Dreams, directed by Hector Galan, which explored the history of Tejano music.
Galvan received the Female Rising Star of the Year award at the Tejano Music Industry Awards in 2002. Since then she has released her third studio album, Cada Día Que Pasa. In April 2003, Victoria was a panelist on the subject "The Current Generation of Musica Tejana", at the Annual Conference of the Center for Mexican American Studies at the University of Houston
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It is currently unclear whether Galvan has retired from recording or whether more is to be heard from her and her group. Her internet page has been removed, so it is assumed that her career is in at least a temporary hiatus.
Mexican American
Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican descent. As of July 2009, Mexican Americans make up 10.3% of the United States' population with over 31,689,000 Americans listed as of Mexican ancestry. Mexican Americans comprise 66% of all Hispanics and Latinos in the United States...
singer and musician from Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties. The MSA population in 2008 was 416,376. The population was 305,215 at the 2010 census making it the...
. She performs in the Tejano style as part of the ensemble Victoria y Sus Chikos (Victoria and Her Boys). She records on the Hacienda Records label.
Galvan is one of the few female Tejano vocalists to play the accordion herself as well as being the lead vocalist. She prefers and plays a Gabbanelli accordion. Victoria y Sus Chikos performed at the Tejano Conjunto Festival in San Antonio, Texas, in May 2000. She was featured in the 2001 documentary film Accordion Dreams, directed by Hector Galan, which explored the history of Tejano music.
Galvan received the Female Rising Star of the Year award at the Tejano Music Industry Awards in 2002. Since then she has released her third studio album, Cada Día Que Pasa. In April 2003, Victoria was a panelist on the subject "The Current Generation of Musica Tejana", at the Annual Conference of the Center for Mexican American Studies at the University of Houston
University of Houston
The University of Houston is a state research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas's third-largest university with nearly 40,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of...
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It is currently unclear whether Galvan has retired from recording or whether more is to be heard from her and her group. Her internet page has been removed, so it is assumed that her career is in at least a temporary hiatus.
Discography
- Preparate, (Hacienda Records, 2000)
- Que Rico, (Hacienda Records, 2001)
- Cada Día Que Pasa, (Hacienda Records, 2003)