Joanna Demers
- Associate Professor and Chair of Musicology, Thornton School of Music
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Expertise Summary
Expert in popular music, intellectual property and technology, and the aesthetics of post-1945 concert music
Expertise
- intellectual property law and music
- contemporary popular music
- American music
- 20th century and 21st century classical music
- hip-hop
- digital sampling
- film music
- flute performance of contemporary avant-garde repertoire
- electronic music
Languages
- French
Additional Information
- Author of Steal This Music: How Intellectual Property Law Affects Musical Creativity (2006) and Listening Through the Noise: the Aesthetics of Experimental Electronic Music (2010)
- Ph.D. in musicology from Princeton University (2002)
- D.M.A. in flute performance from UC San Diego (2002)