León F. García Corona

León F. García Corona is an Associate Professor specializing in ethnomusicology, with research focusing on intersections between music, social class, and cultural membership in Mexico and among Mexican diasporic communities in the United States.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology, University of California, Los Angeles

Research Interests:

Dr. García Corona's work spans Ethnomusicology, Musicology, and Social Issues in Music, emphasizing Diaspora Studies and Cultural Membership. His scholarship examines how close harmony singing in U.S.-Mexico contexts relates to ethnicity and migration. He co-edited Voice of the Field: Pathways in Public Ethnomusicology (Oxford University Press) and is developing the monograph Enamored Voices: Music, Migration and Social Struggle in Close Harmony.

Awards:

• Award-winning Jazz Educational Website (produced during Smithsonian Institution tenure)

Professional Engagement:

Prior to academia, he founded Smithsonian Folkways Magazine and produced educational initiatives at the Smithsonian Institution. He has delivered lectures at the University of New Mexico, Kent State University, Victoria University of Wellington, Universidad Veracruzana, University of Idaho, University of Michigan, and University of Washington.