Member Events
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Worldwide conferences, workshops, symposiums etc., that ACTOR members are presenting at or organizing etc.
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We have the pleasure to announce that the 4th edition of the International Conference on Timbre will be held in Montreal from July 2 to 4, 2026, hosted by the University of Montreal in collaboration with the research partnership ACTOR (Analysis, Creation and Teaching of ORchestration), and with the support of Montreal-based music research centres CIRMMT (Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology) and RCMS (Regroupement inter-universitaire de recherche et création - musiques et sociétés).
The Analysis, Creation, and Teaching of Orchestration (ACTOR) project is pleased to announce that third edition of the Timbre & Orchestration Summer School will be held at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, June 03-07, 2025
ACTOR is pleased to announce the ninth ACTOR / CIRMMT Student Symposium, held as a hybrid event on Friday, May 16th, 11:30pm-1:30pm.
Colloquium on March 12.
Gianluca Grazioli (PhD candidate, Sound Recording), “Virtual Acoustics and Performance Spaces: The Impact of an Immersive Real-Time Auralization System on Music Performance”
Colloquium on January 29.
Benjamin Lavastre, “Interactions Strategies in Mixed Compositions Between Acoustic Instruments and Digital Musical Instruments: Case Study with the Karlax.”
ACTOR's Training and Mentoring Committee is pleased to announce our annual Timbre Geeks Networking (TGN) event, which will be held online on January 17, 12:00-2:00.
Colloquium on November 27.
Viktor Lazarov, “Creating and Analysing Baroque Performance Practice on the Piano,” Lecture-recital
Valérian Fraisse FROM SOUND ART TO SOUNDSCAPE: A research-creation approach for designing and evaluating public space sound installations
Colloquium on November 20.
Louis-Michel Tougas (Composition), “Issues and Cognitive Limits of Polyrhythm: A Multidisciplinary Approach”
Theodora Nestorova (Applied Performance Science), “Vocal Vibrato Variability: Novel Analytical Tools & Diagnostic-Pedagogical Approaches in Diverse Genres”
Colloquium on November 20.
Jade Roth, “Orchestration Semantics: How Tailleferre’s Orchestration Conjures Imagery in the Ballade (1920)”
Functional orchestration is an approach to orchestration (orchestration practice as well as music theory and orchestration analysis) that attempts to link orchestration techniques with perceptual effects by considering their musical and perceptual goals (functions).
Kjel Sidolski, organist and master student in composition at University of Montréal, will perform his piece Élégies at Église Saint-Édouard in Montréal (6500, rue de Saint-Vallier), in the context of the Religious Heritage Days.
The Analysis, Creation, and Teaching of Orchestration (ACTOR) Project is pleased to announce our second Timbre and Orchestration Summer School (TOSS2), held at the University of British Columbia’s School of Music in Vancouver, Canada, July 12–15, 2024.
The Timbre and Orchestration Analysis Workgroup will be meeting via Zoom from 10:00 to 11:30 (EDT) on April 5. All ACTOR members with an interest in music analysis are welcome to attend. The agenda for this meeting will include planning for our session at the Y6 workshop in Vancouver and lightning talks on ongoing analysis-related projects by ACTOR members—anyone who'd like to present should contact Robert Hasegawa (robert.hasegawa@mcgill.ca).
Zoom Link https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/2632309272.
ACTOR is pleased to announce the seventh ACTOR / CIRMMT Student Symposium, held as a online event on Friday, March 22nd, 12pm-2pm.
ACTOR's Training and Mentoring Committee is pleased to announce our annual Timbre Geeks Networking (TGN) event, which will be held online on January 19, 2024, from 12h-14h EST. This year's TGN is slightly different: we invite any ACTOR student who is interested in applying for the Y6 Student Presentation Award (https://www.actorproject.org/funding/student-workshop-presentations) to deliver a lightning talk on their proposed project. Fellow students and members of TMC will offer feedback on each talk in service of helping students develop competitive proposals for the Y6 presentation award. All are welcome, but registration is required if you wish to present.
ACTOR is pleased to announce the seventh ACTOR / CIRMMT Student Symposium, held as a hybrid event on Friday, October 20th, 12pm-2pm (Eastern), A-832, Wirth Music Building (McGill Schulich School of Music). The four speakers, all ACTOR members, each presented posters at the TIMBRE 2023 Conference in Thessaloniki in July.
We are pleased to announce that the first ever Summer School on timbre and orchestration organized by ACTOR. This event is open to all, not just members of ACTOR, and no pre-existing knowledge of the topics is required.
FraKCtal se replonge dans les albums de King Crimson sortis en 1973 et 1974. De Lark’s Tongues in Aspic à Starless en passant par Fracture, FraKCtal rend hommage à ce groupe fondateur du rock progressif pour célébrer le cinquantenaire de leur formation.
Concert du séminaire « Composer, interpréter et analyser l’orchestration contemporaine » et présentation des projets de l'Ensemble de recherche en orchestration contemporaine — EROC 3 (2022-2023) à l’Université de Montréal
The Analysis, Creation, and Teaching of Orchestration (ACTOR) Project and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT) will be co-hosting a hybrid symposium on orchestration research.
Timbrenauts: Creative Explorations in Timbre Space
Speech as Timbre Models for Orchestration – a Comparative Study Between Cantonese and Québécois French
Masque de Fer
An investigation of choral blending through soundfield capture, acoustic evaluation, and perceptual analysis methods
ACTOR Student members Lena Heng and Iza Korsmit presenting at McGill’s Doctoral Colloquium
The Sub-Saharan Africa/Diaspora Subgroup of the Analysis, Creation and Teaching of Orchestration (ACTOR) project and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT) invite all for the second talk of the Speaker Series: Afrological Perspectives on Timbre and Orchestration. Presented by Dr. Stephanie Shonekan (University of Maryland)
This lecture explores the seemingly natural affinities between music and geometry. Various kinds of geometric representations have been applied to music: low-dimensional spatial representations, (sub)groups and group transformations, and Quinn’s balance pan representation of Lewin’s Fourier properties. Results will be presented in which these geometric representational are applied to tonal and rhythmic hierarchies, key distances, and harmonic expectations.
