The Heritage Musics Initiative collaboratively engages the multifaceted music communities of the Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley regions. With participation from CSUMB students and faculty, community arts organizations and local practitioners, the initiative aims to foster connections across the unique culturally sustaining music communities that call this region home. This ongoing project encompasses performances, lectures, workshops, and a growing oral history archive.
The oral histories feature local music practitioners reflecting on their life experiences in music, in conversation with CSUMB students from the Reflections on American Music and Community Involvement courses.