EduFilms Timbre and Orchestration Resource EduFilms Timbre and Orchestration Resource

EduFilm 2

In the second ACTOR / TOR EduFilm, Lab partners Cameron Chameleon and Stephen McAdams (director, ACTOR project) explore cross-modal correspondences between sound and colour.

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IRCAM Forum IRCAM Research Team IRCAM Forum IRCAM Research Team

A case study of the perceptual challenges and advantages of homogeneous orchestration

Orchestration is defined by Stephen McAdams as “the choice, combination or juxtaposition of sounds to achieve a musical end.” This typically invokes a palette of heterogeneous sounds, especially those of the instruments of the symphony orchestra, but McAdams’ definition equally applies to homogeneous sound palettes encountered in ensembles of uniform composition, such as the guitar orchestra.

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Research Alive Jason Noble Research Alive Jason Noble

The music of dialect

Jason Noble (Ph.D in Composition) and Steven Cowan (D.Mus in Guitar Performance), winners of the Research Alive student competition, describe the project that they've been working on back in their home province of Newfoundland.

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