The Timbre and Orchestration Resource (TOR) is an open-access web platform supporting the analysis, creation and teaching of timbre and orchestration.

  • Publications

    Articles, interviews, interactive research outputs, videos, and essay series, including “Amazing Moments in Timbre” and “Timbre Lingo”

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  • Learn about timbre

    Resources to learn about, or expand your knowledge of, timbre. Modules for teaching timbre in the university classroom

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  • Learn about orchestration

    Explore resources to deepen your understanding of orchestration, from techniques to expressive possibilities.

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The Timbre and Orchestration Resource serves as the public face for research at the Analysis, Creation, and Teaching of Orchestration (ACTOR) Project.

This Partnership links North American and European orchestration-based practice and pedagogy, stimulates the development of new creativity-enhancing digital tools for learning, creating, and studying timbre and orchestration.