Ryan McClelland, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Analysis, creation and teaching of orchestration (ACTOR)
SSHRC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$1,754,922
Analysis, creation and teaching of orchestration (ACTOR)
SSHRC · 2017 · Co-investigator
$745,078
Performing metric dissonance in the music of Johannes Brahms
SSHRC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$66,467

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

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

Performing metric dissonance in the music of Johannes Brahms

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: McClelland, Ryan

Keywords: music theory and analysis; sound recordings; performance practice; J. Brahms; musical meter; metric dissonance; nineteenth-century music; piano music

$66,467

The scherzo-type movement in 19th century Austro-German music

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: McClelland, Ryan

Keywords: theory; analysis; narrative; genre; rhythm; metre; form; tonal structure

$29,184

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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