Speaking at Expanding the Canon, Expanding the Audience
A Lecturer in Musicology at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music, Kristi Brown-Montesano is also an active “public musicologist,” supporting the educational and community-oriented activities of the Los Angeles Opera, Los Angeles Philharmonic, La Jolla Music Society, and Philharmonic Society of Orange County. A respected opera scholar, Brown-Montesano authored the book Understanding the Women of Mozart’s Operas (University of California Press, 2007; reissued 2021); the feminist lens of this study has attracted a growing audience of readers interested in the ethics of opera culture. She also lectures extensively about classical music in contemporary American culture and music and media.