Biography

Mina Yang received a BA in art history from Brown University, a
 master's degree in piano performance from the New England Conservatory 
of Music, and a PhD in musicology from Yale University. Her book California Polyphony: Ethnic Voices, Musical Crossroads (University of 
Illinois Press, 2008), examines the intersection of racial politics and
 musical developments in the West. Her research interests include
 American and Pacific Rim music; popular culture and mass media; and 
politics, identity and music.

Selected Publications:
"Moulin Rouge! and the Undoing of Opera," Cambridge Opera Journal 20, no. 3 (November 2008): 1-14.
 
"East Meets West in the Concert Hall: Asians and Classical Music in the Century of Imperialism, Post-Colonialism, and Multiculturalism," Asian Music 38, no. 1 (Winter/Spring 2007): 1-30.
 
"Für Elise Circa 2000: Postmodern Readings of Beethoven in Popular Contexts," Popular Music and Society 29, no. 1 (February 2006): 1-15.
 
"A Thin Blue Line Down Central Avenue: The LAPD and the Demise of a Musical Hub," Black Music Research Journal 21, no. 2 (Fall 2002): 217-239.
 
"Orientalism and the Music of Asian Immigrant Communities in California, 1924-1945," American Music 19, no. 4 (Winter 2001): 385-416.