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Biography

Demi Danielle Nicks, a graduate of Stetson University and Florida State University, is a music theorist with a background as vocalist and composer. She has taught music theory and aural skills at FSU and Hunter College. Her scholarly interests include musical narrative and examining works by Györgi Ligeti, Igor Stravinsky, and Lili Boulanger through the lens of trauma and disability studies. She has presented talks at regional conferences on the music of Ligeti, and is a member of the Society for Music Theory's Committee on Accessibility and Disability. Among other honors, she has been the recipient of the Presser Scholar Award and the Doris Williams Davis & William McClure Davis Endowed Award. She is currently earning a PhD in Music Theory at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, and will be teaching Music Theory III at Hunter College for the Fall 2021 semester.

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