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Alyssa Michaud serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Music at Ambrose University, where she conducts research at the intersection of music, technology, and cultural studies across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. A Calgary native and Ambrose University alumna, she maintains active scholarly engagement through publications and major research grants.
Her educational foundation includes:
- PhD in Musicology from McGill University
- MA in Music from the University of Ottawa
- BA from Ambrose University
Michaud's research centers on how technological anxiety shapes creative processes and cultural values, particularly regarding automation's perceived threats to musical artistry. Her current book project Automatic Artistry: How Technological Anxiety Fuels the Cycle of Creativity examines century-long patterns where fears of mechanized creativity paradoxically drive artistic innovation. This work reveals enduring societal tensions between human expression and technological advancement.
Her publication record demonstrates consistent exploration of technology's impact on musical experience, analyzing both historical contexts like player piano culture and contemporary phenomena such as holographic Vocaloid concerts. These studies collectively investigate how audiences and performers negotiate authenticity in technologically mediated environments, highlighting recurring cultural patterns across different eras of musical innovation.
Michaud currently leads an SSHRC Insight Development Grant investigating audience-artist dynamics in digitally mediated live performances, extending her research into real-time technological interactions within concert settings.
