Join members of HFCI at our annual meeting and program to hear guest speaker Dr. Matthew B. Karush, professor of modern Latin American history and chair of the Department of History at George Mason University. His lecture will be on "Hearing the Americas: Latin American Music in the Early Years of the Recording Industry."

The emergence of the record industry had a powerful impact on popular music, carrying songs and styles across national borders and pushing innovation in unexpected directions. His recent book,  Musicians in Transit: Argentina and the Globalization of Popular Music (Duke University Press, 2017) and the interactive website " Hearing the Americas" is a project of the George Mason University with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

 FREE.  For information call 703-385-8414 or 703-591-0560.