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[03/2023] CIRMMT Student Award winners: PhD student Linglan Zhu (with Benjamin Lavastre and Maël Oudin) "Mixed pieces with digital instruments: From writing to perception" and MA student Yifan Huang (with Jonas Régnier and Christopher Keach) "Emotion studies on daily life sound in music composition and performance".

[09/2022] MPCL Director Stephen McAdams has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada ().

[08/2022] MPCL Director Stephen McAdams has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Music Perception and Cognition at SMPC 2022 in Portland, OR.

[06/2022] PhD student Yuval Adler has been awarded an ACTOR Collaborative Student Grant for a project in collaboration with UCSD doctoral student Berk Schneider "Timbrenauts: Creative explorations in timbre space."

[04/2022] MA student Linglan Zhu (with collaborator DMus student Benjamin Lavastre) received a CIRMMT Student Award for their project "Mixed pieces with digital instruments: From writing to perception."

[05/2021] PhD candidatesÌýErica HuynhÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýIza KorsmitÌýreceived a CIRMMT Student Award for their project "Teaching concepts of timbre with an online educational platform."

[04/2021] MA studentÌýMax HenryÌýreceived the Schulich School of MusicÌýOutstanding Teaching Assistant/Graduate Instructor Award.Ìý

[03/2021] PhD candidate Lena Heng received Honorable Mention for their presentation "" at the Future Directions in Music Cognition conference organized by Ohio State University.

[04/2020] PhD students Erica Huynh and Jade Roth have received a CIRMMT Student Award for their project "Perceiving instrument register and playing effort through timbral cues."

[04/2020] MA student Max Henry (in collaboration with MA student Jonas Régnier and PhD student Xiaohan Bao) has received a CIRMMT Student Award for the project "Directing attention in contemporary composition with timbre."

[04/2019] PhD student Yuval Adler and MA Student Max Henry have received a CIRMMT Student Outreach Award for their project "YouTube Public Outreach."

[04/2019] Project Coordinator Juanita Marchand Knight has received 91ÉçÇø’s Award for Equity and Community Building in the Administrative and Support Staff category for 2019.

[04/2019] PhD students Eddy Kazazis and Iza Korsmit have received a CIRMMT Student Award for their project "Misophonia: Identification of acoustic features and the effect of context in evoking ‘mastication rage’" as did PhD student Yuval Adler (in collaboration with Nestor Napoles Lopez) for the project "Ear training gamification software."

[04/2019] MA student Rachel Hottle won the Master's level International Grant Competition in the Music Research Department for her project "Unconventional Formal Structures and Function in the Music of Joanna Newsom."

[04/2019] PhD student Yuval Adler received a CIRMMT Travel Award to attend the Learning Music Through Play conference in Quebec City.

[03/2019] PhD student Lena Heng has been awarded a CIRMMT Inter-Centre Research Exchange funding for an internship at the Singapore University of Technology and Design and A*STAR (IHPC) over the summer of 2019.

[04/2018] PhD student Moe Touizrar has been awarded the John Rea Travel Award 2018 by the Composition Area to conduct research in Finland over the summer of 2018.

[04/2018] PhD student Tanor Bonin has been awarded a BLUE Fellowship by the 91ÉçÇø B21 project, "a hub for creative scholars and staff to network with like-minded talents from across our campuses, and freely explore ideas and projects they may otherwise not have."

[04/2018] PhD student Kit Soden has been awarded the Andrew Svoboda Memorial Prize for Orchestral Composition 2018 to compose a piece for the 91ÉçÇø Symphony Orchestra.

[03/2018] Three MPCL PhD students have been awarded CIRMMT Student Awards:ÌýMoe TouizrarÌý(Composition),ÌýKit SodenÌý(Composition, with Laura Jacyna, Information Studies), andÌýTanor BoninÌý(Music Technology, withÌýKseniya Degtyareva & Ephraim Hahn, Sound Recording).

[02/2018] Composition PhD studentÌýKit SodenÌýhas received theÌýMichael Smith Foreign Study Supplement to his SSHRC doctoral scholarship to study with our colleagues at the Haute École de Musique in Geneva.

[10/2017] Psychology honours undergradÌýManda FischerÌýhas been selected to represent the Psychology Department at the Faculty of Science's 13th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference.

[08/2017] Psychology honours undergradÌýManda FischerÌýhas been awardedÌýthe Celia Hendler Scholarship in Psychology for outstanding undergraduate students who are entering the U3 year of the B.Sc., B.A., or B.A.& Sc. degree in Psychology.

[08/2017] Former PhD student and post-docÌýMeghan GoodchildÌýhas just accepted a position in Research Data Management at Queens University in Kingston, ON.Ìý

[11/2017] Composition PhD studentÌýMoe TouizrarÌýwas interviewed in theÌýÌýon his new pieceÌýBright, Blue, and Shimmering, the piece composed for his Andrew Svoboda Prize in Orchestral Composition, premiered on November 24 and 25, 2017 by the 91ÉçÇø Symphony Orchestra.Ìý

[07/2017] Former PhD studentÌýDavid SearsÌýhas just accepted a position in Interdisciplinary Arts at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX. Congratulations, David!

[05/2017] MPCL was awarded $356,000 by the FRQSC to continue work on theÌýOrchestration and Perception projectÌý(2017-2021).

[04/2017]ÌýTanor BoninÌýhas been awarded a Mitacs-Japan Society for the Promotion of Science internship to work with Prof. Rie Matsunaga at Kanagawa University in Summer 2017. Congratulations, Tanor!

[03/2017]ÌýKit SodenÌýhas been granted a 91ÉçÇø Mobility Award to visit the Haute école de musique de Genève in Switzerland, andÌýTanor BoninÌýhas been granted a CIRMMT Inter-centre Research Exchange Award to visit Kanagawa University and Hokkaido University in Japan. Congratulations, guys!

[01/2017] Former PhD studentÌýKai SiedenburgÌýhas been awarded a European UnionÌýMarie SkÅ‚odowska-Curie Individual Fellowship at the Universität Carl von Ossietsky in Oldeburg, Germany. Congratulations, Kai!

[01/2017]ÌýMeghan GoodchildÌýwas nominated by 91ÉçÇø for the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools Dissertation Award in the social sciences and humanities category. Congratulations, Meghan!

[06/2016]ÌýMeghan GoodchildÌýwas awarded the CALM (Canadian Association of Music Libraries, ArchivesÌýand Documentation Centres)ÌýFirst-time Presenter Award for her paper "Digital Music Libraries: The Challenges Ahead." Congratulations, Meghan!

[04/2016] Prof.ÌýStephen McAdamsÌýwas awarded a Canada Council for the ArtsÌýKillam Research Fellowship. He is the second Killam Research Fellowship recipient from the Schulich School of Music. Congratulations, Stephen!

[04/2016] Composition PhD studentÌýMoe TouizrarÌýhas been awarded the Andrew Svoboda Memorial Prize for Orchestral Composition to write a piece for the 91ÉçÇø Symphony Orchestra in 2016-17. Congratulations, Moe!​

[04/2016]ÌýEddy KazazisÌýandÌýJason NobleÌýreceived a CIRMMT Award for their project "Composing with gestures on a perceptual chordal space." Congratulations, Eddy and Jason!

[04/2016]ÌýMeghan GoodchildÌýhas submitted the final version of her PhD dissertation. Congratulations, Meghan!

[03/2016]ÌýKai SiedenburgÌýhas submitted the final version of his PhD dissertation. Way to go, Kai!

[03/2016] Incoming Music Tech PhD studentÌýTanor BoninÌýhas been awarded an NSERC CGS-D doctoral fellowship. Congratulations, Tanor!

[12/2015] Ceci Taher has won first prize in the Schulich School of Music International Grant Writing Competition, which comes with a fellowship of $10,000. Congratulations, Ceci!

[09/2015] We are proud to be able to announce that MPCL received aÌýSSHRC Partnership DevelopmentÌýgrant, anÌýNSERC DiscoveryÌýgrant and anÌýNSERC Discovery AcceleratorÌýsupplement.

[05/2015]ÌýStephen McAdamsÌýreceived theÌýSchulich School of Music Outstanding Teaching AwardÌýin recognition for his excellence and commitment to teaching and supervision. Congratulations and thank you, Stephen!

[05/2015] PhD studentÌýSven-Amin LembkeÌý(Music Technology) has received two awards for his dissertation: the Governer General's Gold Medal and the 91ÉçÇø Alumni Association Graduate Award.

[04/2015] PhD studentÌýMoe TouizrarÌý(Composition) received a SSHRC doctoral award.

[04/2015] Moe Touizrar and Kit Soden (Composition) and Sarah Gates (Music Theory) received a CIRMMT Student Award for their project on orchestral and visual gestures in dramatic scenes.

[03/2015] Ayla Tse (Psychology) was awarded an NSERC USRA and Charlene Zhang (Psychology) was awarded an NSERC USRA through the ACN-CREATE program, both to work as RAs in MPCL this summer.

[03/2015] PhD student Eddy Kazazis awarded a CIRMMT Inter-Centre Exchange grant to work with Philippe Esling at IRCAM in Paris.

[03/2015] PhD student Kai Siedenburg awarded 2nd place Dean's Essay Prize of the Schulich School of Music.

[03/2015] Master's students Yinan Cao and Sarah Gates are heading to Oxford University and Northwestern University, respectively.

[09/2014] Former MPCL post-doc Hauke Egermann gave a talk in Ghent, Belgium.

[09/2014] Yinan Cao has been awarded an NSERC-Create Internship to work with Prof. Marc Schönweisner at the Université de Montréal, Oct 2014-May 2015.

[04/2014] Kiray Jones-Mollerup received the 2014 Psychology Department Undergraduate Poster Session Prize.

[04/2014] Sarah Gates has been awarded a SSHRC CGS Master's scholarship for research on how musical training and timbre differences affect the apparent size of pitch intervals.

[04/2014] Kai Siedenburg has been awarded the PBEEE (Quebec Merit Scholarship for Foreign Students).

[03/2014]ÌýSarah Gates, Kit Soden and Moe Touzrar received theÌýCIRMMT Student AwardÌýfor their project "Correspondence of orchestral and visual gestures in representing basic emotional categoriesÌýin dramatic scenes".

[03/2014]ÌýJason Noble was awarded the Dean's essay prize for his paper ''Reconsidering Musical Timelessness: Semiotic Time in Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps and Grisey’s Vortex Temporum''.

[06/2013]ÌýSong Hui ChonÌýsuccessfully defended her PhD dissertation and has been offered a post-doc with David Huron at Ohio State University.

[07/2013]ÌýKai SiedenburgÌýhas received a Harman Scholarship from the Audio Engineering Society Educational Foundation.

[06/2013]ÌýCeciÌýTaher‎Ìýreceived an FRQSC DS doctoral scholarship.

[02/2013] NSERC-CreateÌýÌýGraduate Fellowship winners:ÌýKai SiedenburgÌý(2012, 2013) andÌýYinan CaoÌý(2013-14).

[03/2013]ÌýKyra ParkerÌýreceived the NSERC-Create ACN Undergraduate Summer Research Award for 2013.

[03/2013]ÌýMeghan GoodchildÌýreceived the IPLAI Malloch Graduate Fellowship for 2013-14.

[03/2013]ÌýDavid SearsÌýreceived theÌýCIRMMT Student Award for 2013-14.

[03/2013]ÌýDavid SearsÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýYinan CaoÌýreceived CIRMMT Inter-Centre Research Exchange Funding for collaborations with Queen Mary University of London and University of Glasgow, respectively.