- Victoria Galvan
Victoria Galvan (born
1986 ) is aMexican American singer and musician fromCorpus Christi, Texas . She performs in the Tejano style as part of the ensembleVictoria y Sus Chikos (Victoria and Her Boys). She records on theHacienda 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 byHector 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 theCenter for Mexican American Studies at theUniversity of Houston .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)
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