CHICO's Music Heritage Network (MHN) welcomes you to a dynamic community of educators, musicians, students and anyone interested in multimedia use and cultural studies. MHN is committed to providing online multicultural resources designed for curriculum development. Currently, this site features sound, text and visual materials; although created with K-12 classes in mind, everyone can enjoy intriguing sights and sounds from around the world.

The beauty of online multimedia education is that the "textbook" and the "image" come to life. To transform MHN into a living community network, however, your active participation is needed. We welcome all educators interested in sharing your methods of teaching about culture and music in this forum. We encourage everyone to *contribute* to the collection by creating new documents about your local musical and cultural histories.

 MHN's supporters include the School of Music at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor; Mariachi Cobre de Tucson, Los Planeros de 21, Ballet Folklorico de Stanford and most essentially, students and teachers from grade schools, high schools and universities across the globe.

Click back, enjoy the sights and sounds of this virtual space, and join in on the conversation.

	Virtual Tours - These presentations explore cultures through words, images and sounds. Now online - the Indonesian Gamelan; Mariachi del Corazon (Mariachi from the Heart); Salsa Stories, an overview of the history and growth of Salsa from the Caribbean to New York City; and the Great Lakes powwow.
	Instrument Encyclopedia - More than 140 instruments are indexed and searchable by name, geographic region, material and Sachs Hornbostel classification. View and read more about favorite or unusual instruments; RealAudio and .aiff sound files are included for selected entries.

Last updated 9 August 2000.
As of May, 2001 this site is no longer being updated.
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