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Sean Ferguson

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Associate ProfessorMusic ResearchMcGill University

Sean Ferguson

Associate Professor

Music Research

Schulich School of Music

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 SSHRC), most recently in 2006.

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Digital Musical Instrument Performance Research and Rapid Prototyping Laboratory (PR2P)
CFI · 2014 · Co-investigator
$366,158
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT)
NSERC · 2007 · Co-investigator
$115,260
Expanded musical practice: interdisciplinary approaches to live electronics in composition, performance and technology
SSHRC · 2006 · Principal investigator
$140,000

All 5 grants and awards

Digital Musical Instrument Performance Research and Rapid Prototyping Laboratory (PR2P)

Co-investigatorCFI2014John R. Evans Leaders Fund: John R. Evans Leaders Fund – Funding for research infrastructure

Principal investigators: Wanderley, Marcelo

Keywords: digital musical instrument design and evaluation, human-computer interaction, analysis of group performances, multimedia applications Performance research laboratory, multimedia space, rapid prototyping tools

$366,158

Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT)

Co-investigatorNSERC2007Major Resources Support Program - Infrastructure

Principal investigators: McAdams, Stephen

$115,260

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

Principal 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

Participation in the European Integra Project by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music, Media and Technology

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005International Opportunities Fund

Principal investigators: Ferguson, Sean A.

Keywords: music; composition; performance; technology; interaction; DSP

$75,000

2003 International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression - NIME03

Principal investigatorSSHRC2002Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Ferguson, Sean A.

Keywords: new musical instruments; interactive music; new interfaces; performance; composition; aesthetics

$10,000

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.

Profile data last refreshed on September 29, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and public research funding records.

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