ACTOR’s Training and Mentoring Committee Workshop
ACTOR’s Training and Mentoring Committee will host a workshop on Designing and Delivering Effective Research Presentations. Aimed at graduate students and early-career scholars, this event features as guest speakers ACTOR Partners Lindsey Reymore (Arizona State University) and Eliot Britton (University of Toronto) as well as Mithura Sanmugalingam (McGill University Teaching and Learning Services).Topics will include, but not be limited to:
strategies for effective oral presentations
handling audience questions
slide design
time management
adapting your presentation to different audiences
Date / Time: 27 September 10:00am-12:00pm (EST) | 16h00-18h00 (CET)Registration is required, and can be done via this link:https://airtable.com/app8gRjxBogIgqZsH/shrchomIVjK1kh74V
The event will be held on Zoom, via this link: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/89834484226?pwd=cTAwUjJuSjBVY09hOGRDYVYyOVovQT09Meeting ID: 898 3448 4226
Passcode: 455016
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Workshop Deadline Extension
We invite all members interested in attending the Y5 workshop, online or in person, to register via the link below. The deadline has been extended until June 11. Register with the link in bio!
Registration
More details about the workshop are available at ACTOR Y5 Workshop.
Not a member yet? Visit our General Information page and learn how to apply for membership in time for the workshop.
Y5 Workshop Registrations
REGISTRATION
We would like to invite all members to register for the Y5 Workshop. Registration is free and can be done via the following link: https://forms.office.com/r/nH9x3chXzv
Those who have already responded to the survey recently circulated will have a chance to update their responses, confirming their participation.
Members whose travel is being funded by ACTOR, such as Institutional Representatives, don't need to register.
To learn more about the workshop, see the link below: https://www.actorproject.org/workshops/y5/homepage
FluCoMa Workshop
The Fluid Corpus Manipulation (FluCoMa) Workshop will take place on April 14 from 10am-5pm at McGill University (room A-832) in collaboration with CIRMMT, the ACTOR project and composer Pierre Alexandre Tremblay.
This workshop will bring together creative practitioners who currently work with FluCoMa and will provide a constructive and collegial environment to present ongoing projects, exchange ideas and learn about different approaches and uses of the FluCoMa library. Presentations in English and French will be featured, and the workshop is intended for advanced users.
If you are interested in participating in the workshop, please send an email to andres.gutierrezmartinez@mcgill.ca stating your interest in participating before April 1. To learn more about FluCoMa and the workshop, see the link in bio!
Student Members Y5 Workshop
Congratulations to the student members selected to present at the plenary session (July 3) of the Y5 ACTOR Workshop in Strasbourg! They include Jason Winikoff (University of British Columbia), Linglan Zhu (McGill University), Erica Huynh (McGill University), Rebecca Moranis (CUNY Graduate Centre), and Simon Jacobsen (University of Oldenburg)
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!
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.
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)!
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!
MAMuTh Workshop
Next Thursday, November 19 from 9:30-11:00am, MAMuTh will be hosting its first-ever collaborative event with CIRMMT's ACTOR project. This Timbre Analysis Workshop will feature talks by two of CIRMMT's new post-docs, Matt Zeller and Lindsey Reymore. If you've been curious about the ACTOR project, what our colleagues at CIRMMT do, or timbre analysis as it relates to your own music theory research, you won't want to miss this event! Paper titles and abstracts can be found below, and the event will be held [on] Zoom. Looking forward to this event and seeing you all there!
ACTOR Symposium Montreal #2, on orchestration and musical analysis, with Fabien Lévy
Composer and musicologist Fabien Lévy will join McGill researchers in music theory, composition, and music perception in a symposium co-sponsored by ACTOR (Analysis, Creation, and Teaching of Orchestration) and CIRMMT Research Axes 3 and 4
Etudier le timbre et l’orchestration : rencontre de présentation du partenariat ACTOR
Cette rencontre se propose de présenter de façon générale les études sur le timbre et l’orchestration telles qu’elles sont développées dans le cadre du partenariat ACTOR
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