Martha de Francisco, McGill University

Research

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Latest funding

Analyzing orchestration practice in ensemble music
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$126,503
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

All 5 grants and awards

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Analyzing orchestration practice in ensemble music

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: McAdams, Stephen E.

Keywords: timbre analysis; timbre perception; orchestration analysis; perceptual effects of orchestration; orchestration theory

$126,503

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

Expanded musical practice: interdisciplinary approaches to live electronics in composition, performance and technology

Co-investigatorSSHRC2006Research/Creation Grants in Fine Arts

Principal investigators: Ferguson, Sean A.

Keywords: music; live electronics; interactive computer systems; composition; performance; music technology; sound recording; digital signal processing; user interface design

$140,000

Haydn the orator: a complete recording of his solo keyboard music

Co-investigatorSSHRC2003Research/Creation Grants in Fine Arts

Principal investigators: Beghin, Tom

Keywords: music; sound recording; Haydn; works for keyboard; historical performance; rhetoric and arts in the 18th century; musical oratory

$180,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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