Ilshin Composition Prize
Congratulations to ACTOR member Sang Song on receiving the prestigious Ilshin Composition Prize awarded by by the Ilshin Foundation in Korea! While this prize is typically awarded to mid-career composers, Sang was selected by a panel which included Unsuk Chin despite being a graduate student. Alongside a cash prize of 10 million Korean Won (approx. US$9,000), Sang will be writing a new piece to be performed at the award ceremony.
ACTOR TMC CV & Cover letter Workshop
Join us on Sept 26th at 1 PM for ACTOR'S TMC CV & Cover Letter Workshop! Our online event will include a panel discussion followed by breakout sessions in both English & French. Registration prior to the event is required, and is offered to ACTOR & CIRMMT members only! For more information, visit: https://www.actorproject.org/events-calendar/actor-cv-cover-letter-workshop. We can't wait to see you all there!
Newsletter / Bulletin #21
Musical collaborations, timbre, and recorded sound
Calling all pianists and orchestra lovers! Click the link below or in our bio to read more from Viktor Lazarov’s interview with the esteemed Professor Martha de Francisco. Together they explore recording processes, unique sounds, timbral differences, and so much more! Lazarov notes, “Martha relates specific experiences, notably, recording and discussing timbre with Alfred Brendel, the great Austrian pianist.”
Pour l’image- Philippe Hurel
Learn more about Philippe Hurel’s Pour l’image! In this piece, Linglan Zhu explores the musical transitions in the opening of Pour l’image. Zhu notes, “Two large-scale transitions happen consecutively within the first 60 measures of this piece, each of which showcases a set of different orchestration techniques that effectively modulate listeners’ perception.”
Musicians Auditory Perception (MAP)
ACTOR partners UCSD and McGill University have teamed up for the Musicians Auditory Perception (MAP) Project! MAP focuses on the creative process during musical collaboration, as 3 duos were selected to “document their collaborations while creating with binaural recording devices, adopting the concept of ‘sonic boundary objects”
Victor Rosi’s PhD Defence
Hear ACTOR member Victor ROSI's Thesis Defence, which took place at Ircam on July 8th. He describes how his work has "shed light on connections between our ability to understand a sound attribute’s meaning and the mental representation associated with them."
"Jusqu'à peu" by Fabien Lévy
Enjoy Fabien Lévy’s composition, "Jusqu'à peu.” His piece builds on the crises currently facing the world, as Lévy notes, “Written for one of the most sophisticated instruments in human music, the piece remains on the symbolic level of these different crises, but follows the form and spirit of this emergence and decline."
The many facets of musical listening
Explore Lena Heng and Mengqi Wang’s work under the ACTOR Collaborative Student Project Grant. Through analyzing two musical pieces, they find that “successful orchestration is built upon the fact that regardless of the instruments used or the musical or cultural connotations of the music, they adhere to universal mechanisms of auditory perception and cognition.”
Masque De Fer
Check out Gabriel Couturier & Martin Daigle’s project on drum kit instrumentation, Masque de Fer. Couturier & Daigle contend that “Masque de Fer was a good research opportunity to expand the extended drumming library while generating great material for musicians.”
Y4 Thank You Post
Thank you to everyone who made it out to Alberta for ACTOR’S Y4 workshop! It was such an incredible event and we are so thankful to all of those that put in the effort to make the weekend so special! Let us know how your experience was in the comments and follow us to keep updated with all of ACTOR’S news, projects and upcoming events.
Newsletter / Bulletin #20
Y4 Reminder/Countdown
The countdown is on! ACTOR’S Y4 Workshop is only five days away. We can’t wait to see everyone, whether online or in-person at the School of Creative and Performing Arts, University of Calgary. Click the link below for more information about the Y4 Workshop. See you all on July 9th!
Student Presentations
Congratulations to the student members selected to present at the plenary session (July 9) of ACTOR’S Y4 Workshop. These five students have been funded by ACTOR to travel to Calgary & present their research to a world-class group of scientists, artists, and humanists. Click the link below or in our bio to learn more about our selected student members and the Y4 workshop!
Recital Post for Y4
ACTOR’s Y4 Workshop is only five days away! Get ready for a weekend of timbre, Orchestration and music appreciation. Don’t forget to tune in for ACTOR’S recital event with Hans Tutschku on July 10 at 7:30 (MDT)!
Timbre and Orchestration Writings; Timbre Lingo Series: Vibrato
Extra extra read all about it! Check out ACTOR Student Member & KMC Representative Theodora Nestorova's new peer-reviewed essay on "Vibrato" as a part of the Timbre Lingo Series from the Timbre & Orchestration Resource Writings! Theodora will also be a student research presenter at the upcoming Y4 Workshop. Happy reading of this publication!!
Y4 Schedule Post
ACTOR’S Schedule for the Y4 Workshop is now out! A general and detailed schedule is available online for the hybrid workshop, with events beginning at 9:00 AM (MT) on July 9th and ending at 6:00 PM on July 11th! Click the link below and in our bio to check out the schedule so you don’t miss a thing! Follow us to keep updated with ACTOR and the Y4 Workshop!
ACTOR Y4 Workshop first overview
ATTENTION ACTOR COMMUNITY! ACTOR’S Y4 workshop is just around the corner. The workshop is being hosted by the School of Creative Performing Arts of the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Don’t worry if you can’t make it in person, a HYBRID FORMAT is being offered this year (online/in person). Click the link below or in our bio to learn more about the Y4 Workshop! Follow us for more updates on ACTOR and our Y4 Workshop!
Newsletter / Bulletin #19
Upcoming Event: For a Reason documentary
Calling all new music fans! Join us on May 30th, at 5:00 PM at the Tanna Schulich Hall for the viewing of FOR A REASON, a documentary about Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Roger Reynolds. Admission is free, and Q&A with Prof. Reynolds and film director, Kyle Johnson, will follow. We look forward to seeing you all there! Click this link for more information: https://www.actorproject.org/events-calendar/for-a-reason