A free performance by Mariachi Divas, a multi-cultural musical ensemble representing women of Mexican, Cuban, Samoan, Costa Rican, Panamanian, Japanese, Honduran and Anglo descent, will be offered April 14 at Mount St. Mary's College (Doheny Campus), Los Angeles.

Mariachi Divas plays a traditional ensemble of guitarrón, vihuela, guitar, violins, and trumpets, and adds unconventional flavors with timbales, congas, bongos, tambora, percussion and flute. The group has been featured at the Arrowhead Pond and the Universal Amphitheatre, and performed at Unity Day 2002, a charity event for families of 9/11 victims.

The group also performed for more than 500,000 people last year in downtown Los Angeles as part of the annual Fiesta Broadway 2003 Cinco de Mayo celebration. The 11 women regularly perform at Disneyland's Frontierland, and have appeared in numerous television commercials.

The 7 p.m. event is sponsored by the college's Mind and Spirit Committee, which presents cultural events designed to engage students, faculty, staff and the community. The concert takes place in the Doheny Campus lecture hall, 10 Chester Place, Los Angeles. For information: (213) 477-2572 or (213) 477-2504.