Collaborative Student Project Grant Recipients
Congratulations to the student members whose projects have been selected for funding through the Collaborative Student Project Grant:
Jason Winikoff (University of British Columbia) & Lena Heng (McGill University): Ulezo: Mapping Acoustic Properties to Timbre Descriptors in Zambian Luvale Drum Tuning
Martin Daigle (McGill University) & Pauline Patie (Université de Montréal): Real-time Timbral Analysis for Musical and Visual Augmentation
Jeremy Tatar (McGill University) & Victor Burton (Universität der Künste Berlin): Timbral, Textural, and Rhythmic Stratification in Footwork Percussion
Ruth A. Solie Award
The American Musicological Society gave the 2022 Ruth A. Solie Award to Emily I. Dolan & Alexander Rehding (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Timbre (Oxford University Press, 2021). This volume includes essays by ACTOR members Stephen McAdams, Meghan Goodchild, Robert Hasegawa, Michael Tenzer, and Zachary Wallmark, as well as by the editors. Check out the December Newsletter to learn more!
Stephen - Royal Society
Congratulations to ACTOR director Stephen McAdams who has been elected Fellow of The Royal Society of Canada! This is an outstanding accomplishment and is the highest recognition granted to the individual in the arts & social sciences by the RSC.
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.