“The Music Tells Our Stories: Latines in IL & USA” Presentation at Elgin Public Museum
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“The Music Tells Our Stories: Latines in IL & USA” Presentation at Elgin Public Museum
September 22 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Join us for this fascinating program with Dr. Catalina Maria Johnson as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Dr. Johnson explores hundreds of years of the history of Latine music in the USA and how it reflects the history and experience of Latines in this land.
The presentation is free, no registration required.
Catalina Maria Johnson, Ph.D. is a bilingual Chicago-based music journalist. She hosts and produces her own radio show, Beat Latino, which airs in Chicago on Vocalo (Chicago Public Media) and other USA cities. Catalina is also a regular contributor to NPR, Songlines and other publications. an editorial board member of Revista Contratiempo and is a speaker on the Illinois Humanities Council “Road Scholar” roster. Catalina’s music journalism explores the extraordinary diversity of the global music scene with an emphasis on Latine music – from the most traditional roots music to cutting-edge electronic grooves.
Catalina Maria Johnson, Ph.D., es locutora y periodista cultural bilingüe de Chicago. Conduce y produce Beat Latino, programa de las redes de radio pública de Chicago y otras ciudades estadounidenses. Catalina es además creadora y productora de segmentos radiales para NPR (la Radio Pública de Estados Unidos), miembro del consejo editorial de Revista Contratiempo , escritora publicada en Songlines y otras publicaciones y ponente especialista del Illinois Humanities Council Road Scholar Program en temas de la música latina. Su periodismo musical explora la extraordinaria belleza de la música global, con énfasis en la música latina en todos sus géneros y estilos, desde los más tradicionales y folclóricos hasta los experimentales y vanguardistas.
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