Robert Pritchard, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest funding

Analysis, creation and teaching of orchestration (ACTOR)
SSHRC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$1,754,922
Tracking and smart textiles environment (TASTE)
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$175,294
Analysis, creation and teaching of orchestration (ACTOR)
SSHRC · 2017 · Co-investigator
$745,078

No publications available.

Analysis, creation and teaching of orchestration (ACTOR)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Grants

Keywords: orchestration; musical timbre; musical data mining; auditory grouping; music analysis; musical performance; computer-aided orchestration; orchestration pedagogy; digital humanities; digital educational tools

$1,754,922

Tracking and smart textiles environment (TASTE)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Pritchard, Robert B.

Keywords: interactive music; interactive dance; interactive media; computer music; music; dance; e-textiles; gesture tracking; optical tracking; kinect

$175,294

Analysis, creation and teaching of orchestration (ACTOR)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Partnership Grants

Keywords: orchestration; musical timbre; musical data mining; auditory grouping; music analysis; musical performance; computer-aided orchestration; orchestration pedagogy; digital humanities; digital educational tools

$745,078

Integrated multimodal score-following environment

Co-investigatorSSHRC2008Research/Creation Grants in Fine Arts

Principal investigators: Hamel, Keith A.

Keywords: multimedia; interactive music performance; gesture-tracking; automated score-following; software development; visual music

$177,000

GRASSP: gesturally realized audio, speech, and song performance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2003Research/Creation Grants in Fine Arts

Principal investigators: Pritchard, Robert B.

Keywords: speech synthesis; singing synthesis; alternative controllers; formant synthesis; consonant synthesis; computer music; neural networks

$186,150

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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