Simon Music Center, SM175
Education
- Ph.D., Ethnomusicology, New York University, 2019
- B.A., Music, New College of Florida, 2009
Adele Fournet is assistant professor of music in music production: creation and production at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. An interdisciplinary artist working at the crossroads of recorded music and video, she is a music scholar and multimodal researcher exploring the intersections of gender, technology, labor, and aesthetics within popular music production.
With over two decades of experience as a performing musician and 15 years as a producer and engineer, Fournet has earned acclaim for her genre-blending productions and accompanying music videos. Her work has been celebrated in Rolling Stone en Español, Bandcamp Daily, Remezcla, New Sounds, Songlines, on KEXP, and more. She has performed with her original music projects, Tipa Tipo and La Banda Chuska, and at prominent venues including Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center, while also actively participating in and supporting independent and DIY music spaces.
Fournet has received research support from Fulbright, the New York University McCracken Foundation, Humanities New York, and the New York University Center for the Humanities. Her web series, “Bit Rosie,” which highlights female and gender-expansive music producers, is an inaugural component of the New York University library’s first music-related video streaming archive. Additionally, her films have been showcased on PBS New York, the New York City Independent Film Festival, and the Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, among others.
Before joining the Jacobs School of Music, Fournet taught music and interdisciplinary production courses at New York University and The New School.