Erin Corine is a flutist, multilingual singer, and social impact educator from Chicago. Through her Southern African-American family and from a very young age, she began to develop a deep passion for music. A graduate of the prestigious University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Berklee College of Music in Valencia, with a blend of classical and contemporary studies, she brings a unique perspective on Afro-American, Afro-European, and Afro-Latin music — not only as an art form, but also as a catalyst for civil rights struggles in the United States and throughout the African diaspora.
Always telling the stories of cultures and the profound influence they have on her artistic life, she naturally blends her roots in soul, funk, traditional gospel, delta blues, and jazz with rhythms and melodies from flamenco, Afro-Caribbean folklore, and traditional South American music — with the ease of someone speaking in their mother tongue.

In 2019, she received the Emerging Legacy Award from the College of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in recognition of her outstanding cultural contributions to the fields of music, DEIJ (diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice), and social impact through her multidisciplinary creative enterprise, Hola Magnolia Identityworks (founded in 2018).

Decades of Blues: 100 Years of Black History
In celebration of 100 years of U.S. Black History Month, join a unique celebration of roots, rhythm, and blues with Erin Corine — singer, flutist, and interdisciplinary artist from Chicago, IL, USA.
Born and raised in a “North–South” family, her performance recounts stories from the spirituals and work songs of post–Civil War sharecroppers to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s–70s and into the present day.

Paying tribute to legendary voices from B.B. King and Koko Taylor to Nina Simone and Buddy Guy, this is an experience not to be missed.