Daniel Villegas Vélez (PhD. University of Pennsylvania) is a musicologist and philosopher living in Montréal (Tiohtià:ke). Daniel’s work examines early modern/colonial musical performance and aurality; Western music aesthetics; and the role of timbre and technology in popular and experimental music. His work has appeared in Sound and Affect, The Oxford Handbook of Timbre, Performance Philosophy, and Tijdschriftvoor Filosofie. His book Mimetologies: Mimesis and Music 1600-1850 is forthcoming with Oxford University Press. For access to his publications, visit this link.

Daniel is currently an Affiliated Researcher at matralab, where he organized the Music in Difficult Times conference at Concordia University in collaboration with SMCQ.

In addition, his research creation activities involve Fósil Acústico, an interactive sound installation in Cartagena (2022) and Medellin (2024).