NEWS
30 students receive CIRMMT funding for 2019-20!
CIRMMT has just announced funding for the 2019-20 Student Awards, Travel Awards Round 1 and Inter-Centre Exchange.
CIRMMT member Tom Beghin on the cover of Flemish magazine 'Staal Kaart'
The October 2013 edition of the Flemish magazine 'Staal Kaart' talks to Tom Beghin about a new replica of a Broadwood piano.
Beta Lyræ : Nébuleuses (Terri Hron and Cléo Palacio-Quintin), DAME/Ambiances Magnétique: Winner of 20th edition of the Prix d'Opus
Boston Symphony Orchestra Project: McGill Concert
In a first-of-its-kind experiment, a team of scientists led by Daniel Levitin, Steve McAdams, Teresa Marrin Nakra attached electrophysiological sensors to conductor Keith Lockhart, 5 members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and 15 audience members, to measure their brain activity and emotional reactions during a live concert in Boston's Symphony Hall on August 8, 2006.
This is Your Brain on Music
CIRMMT researcher Dan Levitin's new book, This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession, explores research into how our brains process the works of artists as varied as Beethoven, the Beatles and Britney Spears, and why they make us feel so good.
"These are our brains on music..."
CIRMMT featured in McGill Reporter.
BRAMS Day June 20, 2005
BRAMS, the International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research, was launched on June 20, 2005.
CIRMMT members' research to be featured in Researching the Future of Music by Canal Savoir
Research by CIRMMT members will be featured in TV show "Researching the Future of Music" by Canal Savoir this week.
Boston Symphony Orchestra project in the news
Links to articles about the Boston Symphony Orchestra project, lead by CIRMMT members Daniel Levitin and Stephen McAdams (Director of CIRMMT), and Teresa Marrin Nakra.
Plugged into Mozart: CIRMMT research unlocks the mysteries of music
Boston Symphony Orchestra Project featured in the McGill Reporter.
Bylaws Update (June 2018)
Canada Foundation for Innovation's Research Facilities Navigator
The Canada Foundation for Innovation's Research Facilities Navigator is a searchable online directory of research labs and facilities in universities, colleges and research hospitals across Canada that are open to working with business and other organizations. CIRMMT is one of the most highly sought after centres in this directory.
The Canadian League of Composers chooses CIRMMT collaborator for the 2020-2021 PIVOT program
Kevin Gironnay is one of the six composers selected by the Canadian league of composers.
Can't Carry a Tune?
CIRMMT member and Co-Director of BRAMS, Isabelle Peretz, is cited on the CBC as part of a new study published in the journal Brain.
Participants needed for live in-concert experiment using the CARS (CIRMMT Audience Response System)
November 9th, 2010, Tanna Schulich Hall. Solo flute recital by James Zhang (works by Bach, Debussy, Varèse) with a live in-concert experiment using the CARS.
CBC Evolution National Composition Competition Concert
The final concert of the CBC Evolution National Composition Competition is held tonight Thursday, March 26. Current doctoral student and CIRMMT student member David Adamcyk and former undergraduate and master's student Geof Holbrook are two of the five finalists.
CBC Radio 2: Concerts on Demand: CIRMMT - The Expanded Musical Practice Project
In February 2011, live@CIRMMT presented a concert by The Expanded Musical Practice Project which was recorded by CBC Radio 2.
[Call for Papers] 2016 IPLAI/IICSI MCGILL COLLOQUIUM
“IF YOU HAVE TO ASK”: THE CULTURAL, COGNITIVE, AND NEURAL UNDERPINNINGS OF IMPROVISATORY BEHAVIOR IN THE ARTS AND BEYOND MCGILL UNIVERSITY, MAY 27-‐28, 2016
CIRMMT student Frédéric Chiasson receives SMUC composition award
In May 2008, CIRMMT student Frédéric Chiasson (Université de Montréal, Faculté de musique) won the SMUC (Société de musique des universités canadiennes) composition award for his piece "Cristal." "Cristal" will be played by the Turning Point Ensemble in Vancouver during the summer.
CIRMMT director Marcelo Wanderley interviewed in "Circuit - Musiques contemporaines"
Marcelo Wanderley talks to CIRMMT postdoctoral student Guillaume Boutard about the challenges facing CIRMMT, as well as the different areas of research carried out at the Centre.