Founded in 1961 by the Rockefeller Foundation under the direction of distinguished composer and musicologist Juan Orrego-Salas, the Latin American Music Center is the oldest center of its kind in the United States.
To facilitate research at Indiana University and beyond, we help manage one of the largest archives of twentieth-century Latin American art music in the world, in conjunction with the Cook Music Library.
We also put on a number of events and concerts each year, host guest scholars, and produce recordings of Latin American music.
Our goal is to promote the broad diversity of Latin American music at the Jacobs School of Music, as well as the exchange of music, ideas and individuals between Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States.