Kristy Martinez (she/her/they) is a PhD Candidate in musicology as well as a vocalist and archivist. She earned her bachelor’s in history with a minor in religion, her master’s in American Indian Studies and in musicology at UCLA. Her work examines subcultural movements in the San Gabriel Valley as well as ephemera, nostalgia, placemaking, music analysis, and identity with a focus on punk, post-punk, heavy metal, and emo. Her family is from Sonora, Mexico, and she has grown up in the San Gabriel Valley area. She has also created a D.I.Y. digital archive “Indigenous Punx Archive” to document punk in the Southwest with flyers, photos, videos, and information on bands. This archive has been included in the Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada and the Denver Art Museum. Her work will be included in the forthcoming volume Sovereign Aesthetics (2024). Kristy enjoys attending rock shows and concerts, spending time with her family, and her pet tabby Rigby.
Kristen Martinez
Musicology – Research Focus: Subcultures, Media, and Emo Music in Southern California
Conducting
Graduate study and training in choral, orchestral, or wind conducting
Ethnomusicology
The study of global musical traditions through performance training, research, and field work
Global Jazz Studies
Jazz performance and musicianship courses are paired with African American Studies
Music Composition
Mentorship in the creation and realization of music for concerts, opera, and visual media
Music Education
Preparation for music educators leading to a BA and teaching credential in just four years
Music Industry
A leadership-focused professional degree which prepares students to transform the creative, entrepreneurial, and executive structures of the music industry
Musicology
The scholarly study of the histories, cultures, and critical interpretations of music and music-making
Music Performance
Study and training towards professional performance careers in Western classical music