Latin Music USA

Latin Music USA

Latin Music USA is a series about American music. Fusions of Latin sounds with jazz, rock, country, rhythm and blues – music with deeper roots and broader reach than most people realize. It’s a fresh take on our musical history, reaching across five decades and across musical genres to portray the rich mix of sounds created by Latinos and embraced by all.

Video Highlights

Watch Online | Bridges

The rise of Latin jazz and the explosion of the mambo and the cha-cha in the U.S.

Watch Online | The Salsa Revolution

How Puerto Ricans and other Latinos in New York reinvented the son cubano and the plena.

Watch Online | The Chicano Wave

Mexican-Americans in California, Texas and throughout the Southwest created their own distinct musical voices.

Watch Online | Divas and Superstars

The success of artists like Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan and Shakira in the English-language market.

Latin Music USA Teacher Trainings

Experience Music Project (Seattle)
and Science Fiction Museum (Seattle)
November 14, 2009
9:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Both sessions will offer resources to teachers grades 4-12 in the areas of social studies, music and Spanish.

• Free registration
• Clock hours available
• Refreshments served
• Reservations required

Find your groove as you learn how Latino music can make curricular connections with your students! KCTS 9 educators will share resources that help teachers use the captivating world of Latin music and dance to engage students on standards-aligned explorations of social studies, music and Spanish language. Explore lesson plans, meet musical experts and take part in a hands-on jam session. All participating teachers will receive multi-media resources for PBS's Latin Music USA and Experience Music Project's American Sabor: Latinos in US Popular Music.

To register, e-mail tgomez@KCTS9.org or call 206.443.4809.

*To receive clock hours may require a small fee.