Dr. Kristin Mcgee

Biography

Kristin McGee is a Senior Lecturer in Jazz at the School of Music, Australian National University. She previously chaired the popular music program at the Arts, Culture and Media Department at the University of Groningen. Her research areas encompass jazz and popular music, gender and music, audiovisual media, film music, and performance practice within live music contexts. A professional musician, Kristin has played saxophone in various groups including Toallitas, Funkadesi, and the Blue Turtle Tea Party, and has been involved with renowned ensembles like the University of Chicago X-Tet. She was also the president of the Benelux chapter of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music from 2013 to 2019. Kristin served on the board of KVNM, the Royal Society for Music History in the Netherlands, and was co-editor of a special issue focused on Beyoncé for the journal Popular Music. A member of the Arts in Society Research Center and Society for Ethnomusicology, she completed her Master’s in Saxophone Performance at Northwestern University and her PhD in Ethnomusicology from the University of Chicago. Her works include the significant publication 'Some Liked it Hot: Jazz Women in Film and Television, 1928-1959' and 'Remixing European Jazz Culture.' Her research interests also delve into intersectionality and critical race theories as they apply to contemporary musical cultures, alongside practice-based approaches to ecocriticism and local soundscapes.

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