ACTOR’s Training and Mentoring Committee coordinated the training opportunities for new students and mentors' students on research methods, collaboration ethics, and research dissemination methods. TMC coordinated student workshops, tracked student research output, and connected students with partners and other institutions for potential internships or job/career opportunities. The committee evaluated student applications to present at yearly workshops (5 students/year) and applications for exchange visits to other partner institutions. TMC provided mentoring for emerging scholars, students, and post-docs moving toward tenure-track academic positions.

ACTOR Mentoring Program

In the Fall 2021, the ACTOR project implemented a yearly mentoring program including one-on-one meetings between mentor and mentee pairs as well as group sessions at the end of each semester.

The main goal of the program was to provide emerging scholars, post-docs moving toward tenure-track academic positions, and students with guidance and resources so they could develop as a highly skilled, knowledgeable, and networked cohort of scholars and practitioners capable of advancing the next wave of orchestration research, teaching, creative output, and private-sector activity.

Each pair involved had one 30-minute online session per month scheduled by the mentor/mentee according to the academic calendar, that is from October-December and from February-May. 

Mentoring program forms:

  • ACTOR Mentoring Program 2024
  • Programme de Mentorat ACTOR 2024

CV & Cover Letter Workshop

 

On September 26, 2022, at 1:00pm (EDT), the ACTOR Training and Mentoring Committee (TMC) hosted an online workshop on CVs and cover letters with professors Robert Hasegawa (McGill University), Pierre Michel (Université de Strasbourg), Lindsey Reymore (Arizona State University), and Caroline Traube (Université de Montréal). The event was open to all ACTOR and CIRMMT members and included a panel discussion followed by breakout sessions for small working groups where participants got a chance to have their materials workshopped.

  • Video recording of presentations:

Abstract Proposal Workshop

 

On December 6, 2021, the ACTOR Training and Mentoring Committee (TMC) hosted an online workshop on conference proposal abstract writing with professors Robert Hasegawa (McGill University), Malte Kob (Detmold University of Music). The event was open to all ACTOR student members and included two short presentations followed by breakout sessions for small working groups. Breakout sessions were available in English, French, and German (depending on submissions) and discussed abstracts submitted in advance by participants. 

Resources

Collaborative Student Project Grant

 

The ACTOR Student Collaborative Project Grant aimed to support research in line with ACTOR’s mission to bring the musical use of timbre to the forefront of scholarship, practice, and public awareness as well as to provide students with funding for the summer 2021 and encourage interinstitutional collaboration among students at ACTOR academic partner institutions. For complete eligibility information and to access the application form, visit - ACTOR Student Collaborative Project Grant.

Effective Research Presentation Workshop

 

ACTOR’s Training and Mentoring Committee hosted a workshop on Designing and Delivering Effective Research Presentations. Aimed at graduate students and early-career scholars, this event featured as guest speakers ACTOR Partners Lindsey Reymore (Arizona State University) and Eliot Britton (University of Toronto) as well as Mithura Sanmugalingam (McGill University Teaching and Learning Services). Topics included:

  • strategies for effective oral presentations
  • handling audience questions
  • slide design
  • time management
  • adapting your presentation to different audiences

Date / Time: 27 September, 2023, 10:00am-12:00pm (EST) | 16h00-18h00 (CET)