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Research Chairs in Music

Canada Research Chair (CRC) - Tier 1

  • Ichiro Fujinaga, Canada Research Chair in Music Information Retrieval, SSHRC
  • David Brackett, Professor, Music History/Musicology Area (Department of Music Research), Canada Research Chair in Popular Music and Society

Tier 1 Canada Research Chairs are awarded to outstanding researchers acknowledged by their peers as world leaders in their fields

James McGill Professors

  • Andrea Creech, Professor, Music Education and Music Performance (Department of Music Research)
  • Steven Huebner, Professor, Music History/Musicology Area (Department of Music Research)
  • Richard King, Professor, Sound Recording (Department of Music Research)

McGill's James McGill Professor award recognizes senior scholars as outstanding and original researchers of world-class caliber and as international leaders in their field.

Distinguished James McGill Professor 

  • Stephen McAdams, Professor, Music Technology (Department of Music Research)
  • Wieslaw Woszczyk, Professor, Sound Recording (Department of  Music Research) 
  • William Caplin, Professor Emeritus, Music Theory (Department of Music Research)

McGill’s Distinguished James McGill Professor award recognizes a late-career scholar's sustained scholarship of world-class caliber and international leadership. 

William Dawson Scholars

  • Robert Hasegawa, Associate Professor, Music Theory Area (Department of Music Research)
  • Dorian Bandy, Assistant Professor, Early Music (Department of Music Performance and Department of Music Research)

McGill's William Dawson Scholar award recognizes scholars developing into outstanding and original researchers of world-class caliber.

INRIA International Chair

  • Marcelo Wanderley, Professor, Music Technology Area (Department of Music Research) (2016-2020)

Schulich Distinguished Visiting Chair 

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