Lorenzo Trujillo is the director of the Southwest Musicians and Artistic Director of Mariachi Music at Metropolitan State University Denver. He was awarded the 1996 Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, acknowledging his work as a folk violinist, guitarist, and vocalist, among his other accomplishments as a musician, ethnic dancer, folklorist, arts administrator, and culture bearer for approximately six decades. He was awarded funding from the National Endowment for the Arts as a performing artist in 1976. In 2004, he was awarded the Hilos Culturales Distinguished Traditional Folk Artist Premio for his lifetime contributions to the traditional Hispanic traditions of Southern Colorado and New Mexico. Dr. Trujillo has presented thousands of concerts, lecture demonstrations, and has published extensively in the areas of traditional music and dance of the Southwest United States over the past 50 years. He has recorded and performed for television, radio and on numerous CDs. In 2009, he was inducted into the Colorado Chicano Music Hall of Fame and in 2011 he was presented with the Tesoro Cultural Center’s Tesoro de Oro Award. His most popular CD is: The Golden Age of the Southwest: From 1840 to Hollywood. In recent years, he has been fortunate to travel internationally on concert tours to Italy, Peru, and Baja California, Mexico. Dr. Lorenzo Trujillo holds two doctorates in Education and Law. He was awarded the University of Colorado’s highest recognition: the Norlin Medal of Excellence for his lifetime achievements in Music, Education and Law, among many other commendations of note.