Training and Mentoring Committee 2021-02-09 Training and Mentoring Committee 2021-02-09

Collaborative Student Project Grant / Bourse de projet collaboratif pour étudiants ACTOR

The ACTOR Training and Mentoring Committee is pleased to announce a call for proposals for a new collaborative student project grant.

Le comité de formation et de mentorat d'ACTOR a le plaisir d'annoncer un appel à propositions pour une nouvelle bourse de projet collaboratif pour étudiants.

IRCAM Research Team 2021-02-04 IRCAM Research Team 2021-02-04

Forum IRCAM « Spatialisation, Orchestration, Perception »

Le Forum IRCAM « Spatialisation, Orchestration, Perception », reporté de 2020 en raison de la pandémie, se tiendra pratiquement du 4 au 6 février et les 11 et 12 février 2021. Il est co-organisé par Robert Hasegawa, directeur associé d’ACTOR. Le calendrier est disponible ici.

ACTOR Newsletter Team 2020-12-07 ACTOR Newsletter Team 2020-12-07

Newsletter / Bulletin #4

For the newsletter in English, click here: https://www.actorproject.org/newsletter-4

Pour le bulletin en français, cliquez ici: https://www.actorproject.org/fr/bulletin-4

Lindsey Reymore 2020-11-19 Lindsey Reymore 2020-11-19

MAMuTh Workshop

Next Thursday, November 19 from 9:30-11:00am, MAMuTh will be hosting its first-ever collaborative event with CIRMMT's ACTOR project. This Timbre Analysis Workshop will feature talks by two of CIRMMT's new post-docs, Matt Zeller and Lindsey Reymore. If you've been curious about the ACTOR project, what our colleagues at CIRMMT do, or timbre analysis as it relates to your own music theory research, you won't want to miss this event! Paper titles and abstracts can be found below, and the event will be held [on] Zoom. Looking forward to this event and seeing you all there!

ACTOR Newsletter Team 2020-10-16 ACTOR Newsletter Team 2020-10-16

Newsletter / Bulletin #3

Dear Members of the ACTOR Community,

Chers membres de la communauté ACTOR,

Denys Bouliane 2020-10-01 Denys Bouliane 2020-10-01

First Workshop on the new OrchPlay 1.5

The new OrchPlay 1.5 is now now available free to the whole McGill-Schulich and Université de Montréal Communities.

We are now proposing the first OrchPlay Online Workshop in English for the McGill-Schulich Community

Carmine Cella 2020-05-18 Carmine Cella 2020-05-18

Live tutorial: "hands on" session on the Orchidea tools

On May 29, 2020, at 9.30-11am PST I'll do an online "hands on" session on the Orchidea tools for computer-assisted orchestration (www.orch-idea.org).

Carmine Cella 2020-03-18 Carmine Cella 2020-03-18

[Announcement] Orchidea 0.6 - assisted orchestration

Assisted orchestration can be thought as the process of searching for the best combinations of orchestral sounds to match a target sound under specified metric and constraints. Although a solution to this problem has been a long-standing request from many composers, it remains relatively unexplored because of its high complexity, requiring knowledge and understanding of both mathematical formalization and musical writing…

ACTOR Research Team 2020-03-02 ACTOR Research Team 2020-03-02

POSITION FILLED – Postdoctoral Fellow Position: Analysis Axis

A two-year position as a postdoctoral fellow (PDF) is available at the Schulich School of Music (www.mcgill.ca/music) of McGill University, as part of the Analysis, Creation, and Teaching of Orchestration (ACTOR) Project.

Application due: April 15, 2020 until the position is filled.
Start date: May 15th to August 1, 2020.

ACTOR Research Team 2020-02-08 ACTOR Research Team 2020-02-08

POSITION FILLED – Postdoctoral Fellow Position: Output Innovation Axis

A two-year position as a postdoctoral fellow (PDF) is available at the Schulich School of Music (www.mcgill.ca/music) of McGill University, as part of the Analysis, Creation, and Teaching of Orchestration (ACTOR) Project.

Application due: April 15, 2020 until the position is filled.
Start date: June to August 1, 2020.

Guillaume Bourgogne 2020-02-05 Guillaume Bourgogne 2020-02-05

Cameron Chameleon, L’enfant d’éléphant, Seizing to be Ceased

Guillaume Bourgogne, directeur artistique et chef. Florence Blain-Mbaye, narration; Ariadne Lih, soprano; Léo McKenna, baryton-basse. JASON NOBLE Cameron Chameleon or A Young Person’s Guide to Orchestration (narration en anglais) ALAIN BERLAUD L'enfant d'éléphant (narration en français) PHILIPPE MACNAB-SÉGUIN Seizing to be Ceased

ACTOR Research Team 2020-01-28 ACTOR Research Team 2020-01-28

ACTOR Symposium Montreal #2, on orchestration and musical analysis, with Fabien Lévy

Composer and musicologist Fabien Lévy will join McGill researchers in music theory, composition, and music perception in a symposium co-sponsored by ACTOR (Analysis, Creation, and Teaching of Orchestration) and CIRMMT Research Axes 3 and 4

Nathalie Hérold 2019-11-28 Nathalie Hérold 2019-11-28

Etudier le timbre et l’orchestration : rencontre de présentation du partenariat ACTOR

Cette rencontre se propose de présenter de façon générale les études sur le timbre et l’orchestration telles qu’elles sont développées dans le cadre du partenariat ACTOR