Modules
The Great Migration
This module focuses on the rich, Africa-derived music and culture brought to the West Coast by African-Americans coming from the Southern United States, which went on to have a global impact through blues, funk, and hip-hop music.
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San Francisco Cantonese Opera
This module focuses on the unique musical contributions of Chinese immigrants to the City of San Francisco and touches on the importance of the Chinese railroad workers to the state’s transportation infrastructure.
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United Farm Workers
Music was a crucial part of the farm workers movement. This module, which illuminates both Mexican-American and Filipino-American contributions to the movement, focuses on the work of the movement’s “house songwriter” Agustín Lira and how the power of music continues to help propel social change.
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WWII Japanese Incarceration
This module, anchored by teaching artist Shirley Muramoto, takes a deep dive into the experience of the tens of thousands of Japanese-Americans who were incarcerated under Executive Order 9066. Click the button below and enter your password to join the content portal if you are a participating school partner.
Ohlone Song
More than 500 distinct tribes lived and thrived in the area now called California, prior to European contact and colonization. This module, anchored by the Ohlone Sisters, focuses on the music traditions of the Ohlone, the Native people of the Northern California coast. Click the button below and enter your password to join the content portal if you are a participating school partner.
A Sonic Tapestry: Indian Music in California
This module explores the powerful impact and influence of Indian music on California musicians and cultural practitioners. It is led by Dr. Rohan Krishnamurthy and Jim Santi Owen, two musicians/teaching artists who have devoted their lives to this music, as well as several special guest artists.
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Photo Credits
Depiction of Pruristac, a Ramaytush village in what is now Pacifica, by Amy Hosa & Linda Yamane, 2019
The Great Migration: Seventh Street FivePieceBand at Slims - Photo courtesy of: African American Museum and Library at Oakland
San Francisco Cantonese Opera: Historic Opera - Photo courtesy of: Great Star Theater
United Farm Workers: Augustin Lira and Luiz Valdez encourage Audience participation in a farmworker's rally - Photo courtesy of: UC San Diego Library
WWII Japanese Incarceration: Shirley (front koto player) at the opening of the Peace Pagoda in San Francisco’s Japantown, 1968 - Photo by S. Onedera, courtesy of Shirley Muramoto
Background photo below by Robert Wong
