ACTOR Symposium - SMPC
ACTOR Symposium at SMPC
A special symposium dedicated to the ACTOR Project, convened by Kit Soden and Jason Noble, took place on 7 August 2019, as part of the 2019 Biennial Meeting of the Society of Music Perception and Cognition in New York.
The research of several ACTOR members and associates was presented during a special symposium devoted to the ACTOR project and subtitled “Interdisciplinary Studies in Orchestration and Timbre: The ACTOR Project”. Papers presented during the ACTOR Symposium were: “Playing techniques and timbre spaces: Comparing instrumental sounds with acoustical descriptors” by Julie Delisle, “On relationships of timbral properties of instruments across sections and families, and how to group them accordingly” by Kit Soden and Victor Cordero, “The role of timbre in perceptual segregation in orchestral music” by Manda Fischer, Kit Soden, and Stephen McAdams, “Orchestration analysis from the standpoint of auditory grouping principles” by Stephen McAdams, Meghan Goodchild, and Kit Soden, “‘Bright’ timbres modulate visual brightness discrimination” by Zachary Wallmark and Lawrence Marks, “Timbre, interference effects, and room acoustics in Pascale Criton’s Wander Steps” by Robert Hasegawa, “Metaphorical Associations in Sound-Based Music as Mappings between Acoustical Properties and Semantic Domains” by Jason Noble, Étienne Thoret, and Max Henry. Other ACTOR members who participated in the conference include Aurélien Antoine, Juanita Marchand Knight, and Lena Heng, who presented a paper entitled, “Timbre’s role in communicating emotions between performers and listeners from Western art music and Chinese music cultures”.
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Un symposium spécial consacré au projet ACTOR, convoqué par Kit Soden et Jason Noble, s’est tenu le 7 août 2019, dans le cadre du 2019 Biennial Meeting de la Society for Music Perception and Cognition à New York.
Les travaux de recherche de plusieurs membres d’ACTOR et de leurs associés ont été présentés dans le cadre d’un symposium spécial dédié au projet ACTOR, intitulé “Interdisciplinary Studies in Orchestration and Timbre: The ACTOR Project”. Parmi les communications qui ont été présentées dans le cadre de ce symposium ACTOR : “Playing techniques and timbre spaces: Comparing instrumental sounds with acoustical descriptors”, de Julie Delisle ; “On relationships of timbral properties of instruments across sections and families, and how to group them accordingly”, de Kit Soden et Victor Cordero ; “The role of timbre in perceptual segregation in orchestral music”, de Manda Fischer, Kit Soden et Stephen McAdams ; “Orchestration analysis from the standpoint of auditory grouping principles”, de Stephen McAdams, Meghan Goodchild et Kit Soden ; “‘Bright’ timbres modulate visual brightness discrimination”, de Zachary Wallmark et Lawrence Marks ; “Timbre, interference effects, and room acoustics in Pascale Criton’s Wander Steps”, de Robert Hasegawa et “Metaphorical associations in sound-based music as mappings between acoustical properties and semantic domains”, de Jason Noble, Étienne Thoret et Max Henry. D’autres membres d’ACTOR ont également participé au colloque SMPC 2019, dont Aurélien Antoine, Juanita Marchand Knight et Lena Heng, qui a présenté un article intitulé “Timbre’s role in communicating emotions between performers and listeners from Western art music and Chinese music cultures”.