Research Axes

The ACTOR project is structured into three axes of research exploring Analysis, Technological Tool Development, and Innovative Outputs in several domains.

Analysis Axis

Analyzing orchestration practice from several perspectives and developing new technological tools to assist with these endeavours.

Sub-axis 1—Music analysis

Sub-axis 2—Text analysis

Sub-axis 3—Audio analysis

Sub-axis 4—Perception analysis

Sub-axis 5—Performance analysis

Tool Development Axis

Developing a wide array of computer-based analytic, creative, and pedagogical applications to promote novel knowledge-discovery techniques to serve both research and the dissemination of ACTOR research to music practitioners.

Sub-axis 6—ORCHARD

Sub-axis 7—Generative Tool Development

Sub-axis 8—Online Orchestration Resource

Output Innovation Axis

Injecting what is learned from the other two axes into teaching, scholarship, and creation, as well as to feed back to the research activities through these efforts.

Sub-axis 9—Pedagogical innovation

Sub-axis 10—Innovation in music studies

Sub-axis 11—Compositional innovation

ACTOR Kickoff meeting, July 9-11, 2018. McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. Photo credit: Félix Baril