Collaborative Student Project Darren Xu & Louis-Michel Tougas Collaborative Student Project Darren Xu & Louis-Michel Tougas

Speech as Timbre Models for Orchestration - a Comparative Study Between Cantonese and Québécois French

This idea arose from the participants seed idea presented during the CORE Ensemble Project 2021-2022. While one was interested in timbral imitation and emergent timbre, the other used the inflections of Cantonese language to derive musical material. The proposed project aims at combining these two ideas into one, using a more science-supported approach this time.

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Collaborative Student Project Ying-Ying Zhang & Jithin Thilakan Collaborative Student Project Ying-Ying Zhang & Jithin Thilakan

An investigation of choral blending through soundfield capture, acoustic evaluation, and perceptual analysis methods

By exploring the relationship between spatial distance and choral blend, this project aims to be the initial step in creating a body of research within ACTOR to evaluate choral blend from the perspectives of both singers and listeners.The results of these studies could be compared in order to understand similarities and differences between two types of sectional performers.

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Strategic Project Martha de Francisco et al Strategic Project Martha de Francisco et al

Path of Miracles – A multitrack recording in 3D audio to recreate choral blend

The historical Chapelle du Grand Séminaire de Montréal presents the acoustical canvas for a choral recording. 32 microphones will be placed strategically, 18 spot microphones, one for each singer, 8 highly positioned ambient microphones in varying distances, and 6 height microphones will capture the immersive sound above the choir.

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