Many Musics of America

Catherine Provenzano

Catherine Provenzano’s research focuses on voice, instrumentality, labor, and technology as they intersect class, race, and gender in US popular culture. Currently she is writing a cultural history and ethnography of pitch correction softwares (Auto-Tune, Melodyne), and researching the political economy of sound and software in megachurch worship contexts. She is Assistant Professor of Musicology and Music Industry at UCLA, and is a songwriter and singer.