Members Only: Musical Metropolis

Dr. Kenneth H. Marcus, president of the Historical Society of Southern California, professor of History at the University of La Verne, and author of Musical Metropolis: Los Angeles and the Creation of a Music Culture, 1880-1940 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004) will explore a cultural history of Los Angeles that presents how the study of music reveals the development of the city itself. Both diversity and decentralization characterized Los Angeles’s music culture with men, women, and children comprising both performers and audiences from a variety of different backgrounds: Anglo, Latino, African American, and Asian American. This lecture will take place at the Greene & Greene 1909 Crow-Crocker house.

Program begins at 6:00 pm. All At Home programs take place at least in part outdoors. In case of rain, please consider your reservation a donation. Please note At Home events include walking and steps. Please no high heels.

Our 2017 At Home Series combines presentations by outstanding speakers with visits to architecturally unique homes. PMH Members are encouraged to enjoy one or more evenings of history, culture, food, and companionship with fellow PMH members. For the full list of 2017 At Home lectures, please visit our Members’ Events page.

Reserve your space for this program:  http://musicculture.bpt.me.