MANAGEMENT
Directors | Staff | Executive Committee | Board of Directors | International Advisory Council | Student Representatives
The overall management of CIRMMT is the responsibility of the Board. While the Director and Associate Directors oversee the day-to-day management and operations of the Centre, the board approves CIRMMT’s research direction and priorities, its membership, and global decisions regarding its budget and resources. The Executive Committee is responsible for CIRMMT's policy decisions and resource allocations. In the event of an extended absence of the Director, the Executive Committee nominates an Associate Director to manage the Centre. The International Advisory Council provides counsel on collaborative research, research evaluation, articulation of an international research agenda, and development.
General Inquiries: info [AT] cirmmt.org / 514 398-8793
General Technical & Booking Inquiries: cirmmt.tech [AT] mcgill.ca
Directors
The Director and Associate Directors of CIRMMT are responsible for the day-to-day management and operations of the Centre.
Director:
Marcelo Wanderley (2024- )
Schulich School of Music, McGill University
Associate Director, Artistic Research:
Andrea Gozzi (2025- )
École de musique, Faculté des lettres et sciences humaines, Université de Sherbrooke
Acting Associate Director, Scientific & Technological Research:
Jérémie Voix (Dec 2025-Aug 2026 )
Département de génie mécanique, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)
Associate Director, Scientific & Technological Research:
Rachel Bouserhal (2023- ) [On leave Dec 2025-Aug 2026]
Département de génie électrique, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)
Staff
Systems/Technical Manager: Julien Boissinot, 514 398-3688
Network Technician (Part-Time): Marc Lavallée
Electronics Coordinator: Yves Méthot, 514 398-4745
Production Manager (Part-Time): Sylvain Pohu, 514 399-9304
Research Centre Administrator: Jacqueline Bednar, 514 398-2464
Events Coordinator (Part-Time): Tommy Davis, 514 398-8793
To contact staff by email, use firstname.lastname [AT] mcgill.ca
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee meets once a month and is responsible for CIRMMT's policy decisions and resource allocations. The term of appointment of Executive Committee members is for three years and is renewable. The membership of the Executive Committee includes the Director and the two Associate Directors and an Associate Dean from the Schulich School of Music. Additional members representing the research axes are included to ensure adequate representation of the Centre's research themes.
CURRENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Marcelo Wanderley, Chair, Director of CIRMMT, Schulich School of Music, McGill University
Jon Wild (Ex-Officio), Associate Dean, Schulich School of Music, McGill University
Rachel Bouserhal, Associate Director - Technology & Scientific Research, École de technologie supérieure
Andrea Gozzi, Associate Director - Artistic Research, University of Sherbrooke
Olivier Robin, RA1 representative, Faculté de Génie, Université de Sherbrooke
Gabriel Vigliensoni, RA2 representative, Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia University
Felipe Verdugo, RA3 representative, Faculté de médecine, McGill University
Caroline Traube, RA3 representative, Faculté de musique, Université de Montréal
Robert Hasegawa, RA4 representative, Schulich School of Music, McGill University [Sep 2026-Feb 2027]
Emmanuelle Majeau-Bettez, RA4 representative, École de musique Vincent-d’Indy [as of Jan 2027]
Kalen Smith, Student representative, Schulich School of Music, McGill University
David Piazza, Student representative, Faculté de musique, Université de Montréal
Past Executive Committee Members (Archives)
The 2026 fall semester committee dates are as follows: September 11, October 9, November 6 and December 4.
The 2027 winter semester committee dates are as follows: to come
Board of Directors
The overall management of CIRMMT is the responsibility of the Board. The Board is responsible for approving CIRMMT’s research direction and priorities, its membership, and global decisions regarding the overall management of its budget and resources.
CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS
Sean Ferguson (Ex-Officio), Chair, Dean, Schulich School of Music (2022- )
Marcelo Wanderley, Director of CIRMMT, Schulich School of Music, McGill University (2024- )
Dominique Bérubé (Ex-Officio), or delegate, Vice-President (Research and Innovation), McGill University (2024- )
Angela Campbell (Ex-Officio), or delegate, Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic), McGill University (2026- )
Alan Carter (Ex-Officio), or delegate, Dean of Research, École de technologie supérieure (2025- )
Isabelle Cossette, Schulich School of Music, McGill University (2024- )
Laëtitia Cremona (Ex-Officio), or delegate, Directrice, Team of the Vice-Rectorat, Université de Montréal (2023- )
John Hollenbeck, Schulich School of Music, McGill University (2023- )
Anne Lessard (Ex-Officio), or delegate, Vice-rectrice à la recherche & Vice-rectrice aux relations, Université de Sherbrooke (2025- )
Olivier Robin, Université de Sherbrooke member representative (2025- )
Dominic Thibault, Université de Montréal member representative (2025- )
Alanna Watt (Ex-Officio), or delegate, Dean (Interim), Faculty of Science, McGill University (2025- )
Viviane Yargeau (Ex-Officio), or delegate, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, McGill University (2023- )
David Piazza, Student representative, Faculté de musique, Université de Montréal OR Ziyue Piao, Student representative, Schulich School of Music, McGill University
International Advisory Council
The International Advisory Council is made up of internationally renowned innovators and researchers in the realms of the arts, sciences and technologies of sound and music and has has artistic, scientific/technological and industrial branches. The International Advisory Council provides counsel on collaborative research, research evaluation, articulation of an international research agenda, and development. The terms of appointment of International Advisory Council members is normally for three years and is renewable. Membership is subject to approval by the Board of Directors.
CURRENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Artistic Sector:
Edmund Campion, Co-Director - CNAMT, University of California at Berkeley, USA (2026- )
Zosha Di Castri, Associate Professor of Music (Composition), Columbia University, USA (2021- )
Alain Fleischer, Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains, France (2015- )
Gascia Ouzounian, Associate Professor, Faculty of Music, Oxford University, UK (2015- )
Arnaud Petit, Composer, France (2017- )
Patricia Vanzella, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience of Music, Universidade Federal do ABC, Brazil (2026- )
Scientific/Technological Sector:
Thierry Dutoit, Professor, Engineering Faculty (FPMs), University of Mons, Belgium (2017- )
Benjamin Knapp, Dean, College of Arts, Media, and Design (CAMD), Northeastern University, USA (2026- )
Alexander Refsum Jensenius, Director, MishMash Centre for AI & Creativity, University of Oslo, Norway (2026- )
Renee Timmers, Director of cross-faculty centre of excellence Muses, Mind, Machine, University of Sheffield, UK (2026- )
Hugues Vinet, Director Innovation and Research Means, IRCAM, France (2017- )
Industrial Sector:
Simon Ashby, Audiokinetic Inc. Canada (2018- )
Douglas Eck, Google, USA (2015- )
Pierre-Alexandre Fournier, Hexoskin, Canada (2018- )
Emilia Gomez Gutierrez, European Commission, Spain (2025- )
David Romblom, Senior Acoustic Signal Processing Engineer, Apple, USA (2026- )
Nicolas Roussel, Director of Inria Centre, University of Bordeaux, France (2026- )
Past International Advisory Council Members (Archives)
CIRMMT Student Representatives
CIRMMT's student representative is elected by the student membership and serves on our Board of Directors. The student representative is responsible for chairing the Student Executive Committee (composed of up to eight axis student coordinators), and for developing new student-initiated activities within the Centre. The student representative consults with students on a regular basis to ensure that their concerns are brought to the Executive Committee and to the Board.
CIRMMT Student Co-Representatives (2026-2027):
Kalen Smith, Music Composition Area, Schulich School of Music, McGill University
David Piazza, Faculté de musique, Université de Montréal