Naomi Frausto

 

Naomi Frausto began playing the violin at the age of 11. Growing up in El Paso, Texas, and influenced by the Mexican culture, she began performing with a local mariachi band at the age of 15. She continued playing with various mariachi groups over a fifteen year period, including Mariachi Oro Del Sol. After graduation from high school, Naomi began studying classical violin with Laurence Gibson at the University of Texas at El Paso and received a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education. In addition to being an accomplished mariachi violinist, she has been a member of the El Paso Symphony Orchestra, Juarez Symphony Orchestra (Ciudad Juarez, Mexico) and Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra. Naomi is also an educator who has privately taught violin for ten years. She taught middle school orchestra with the Socorro Independent School District in El Paso, Texas for two years and has been a guest instructor with many of the region's mariachi conferences.