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DAY 1: McGill University 

9:00 Coffee (A-832) 

Plenary session (A-832) 

9:20 Self-introductions (15') 

9:35 Partnership agreements, obligations/rights of partners, annual contribution statements (15') 

9:50 Axis structure and explanation of role of leads and co-leads (10') 

10:00 Committee structure and terms of reference, elections (20') 

Committee elections: Training & Mentoring (TMC) and Knowledge Mobilization (KMC) 

10:20 Summary of outcomes of planning meeting in July 2017 (15') 

10:35 Aims of this meeting [establish what needs to be done & methodology; data analysis and protocols; who's doing what, when & how? target potential additional funding opportunities (e.g., ERC synergy grants) (15') 

10:50 Coffee (A-832) 

11:10 Sub-axis (SA) breakout groups 

SA1 Music analysis (A-607) 

SA5 Performance analysis (A-707) 

SA7 Generative tools (A-807) 

12:40 Lunch (A-832/A-833) 

13:40 SA breakout groups 

SA8 Online orchestration resource (A-607) 

SA10 Innovation in music studies (A-707) 

SA11 Compositional innovation (A-807) 

15:10 Coffee (A-832) 

15:30 SA breakout groups 

SA3 Audio analysis (A-607) 

SA4 Perceptual analysis (A-707) 

SA9 Pedagogical innovation (A-807) 

17:00 Coffee (A-832) 

17:20 SA breakout groups 

SA2 Linguistic analysis (A-707) 

SA6 Orchard (A-807) 

18:50-21:00 Dinner (A-832/A-833) 

 

DAY 2: McGill University 

9:00 Coffee 

9:20 Cross-sub-axis (CSA) breakout groups 

CSA3 Document analysis & terminology [SA2, 8, 10] (A-607) 

CSA4 Linking audio and perception [SA3, 4] (A-707) 

CSA8 Development/deployment of computer-aided orchestration [SA7, 9, 11] (A-807) 

10:50 Coffee (A-832) 

11:10 CSA breakout groups 

CSA1 Taxonomies of orchestration techniques and effects [SA1,2] (A-607) 

CSA6 Composer/performer research ensembles [SA5, 9, 11] (A-707) 

CSA7 Development/deployment of computer-aided orchestral rendering [SA7, 9]  (A-807) 

12:40 Lunch (A-832/A-833) 

13:40 CSA breakout groups 

CSA2 Music annotation strategies & tools [SA1, 6] (A-607) 

CSA5 Effects of spatialization and room acoustics on orchestration [SA5, 7, 11] (A-707) 

15:10 Coffee (A-832) 

Plenary session (A-832) 

15:30 Executive summaries of sub-axis and cross-sub-axis groups (120') 

SAs: 6 minutes each 

CSAs: 6 minutes each 

17:30 Global integration and planning (60') 

Thanks team (Hannah & Aliza, McGill:Kit, Erica, Lena, Behrad, Dominique, Phil, Tobias; IRCAM: Axel, Léo, Tristan, Adrien, Mathieu, Clément) 

Call for people to introduce ideas for Protocols/standards, Valorization of research and creation output 

Logo vote 

CIRMMT tour during dinner (Catherine) 

TMC & KMC volunteers 

How to get to UdeM; note time change 

Group photo with the Queen at the end of this session 

18:30-21:00 Dinner (A-832/A-833) 

Committee meetings (over dinner) 

  • Training & Mentoring and Knowledge Mobilization Committees (18:30-19:30) 
  • Executive Committee (19:30-20:30) 

  

DAY 3: Université de Montréal 

8:30 Coffee (Foyer de la Salle Claude Champagne) 

Plenary session 

9:00 Discussion 1: Research data management structure (Auditorium B-421) 

Please send your summaries to me. We'll compile them and send them to the whole ACTOR team. 

10:30 Coffee (Foyer de la Salle Claude Champagne) 

11:00 Discussion 2: Protocols/standards/platform for data/document/information exchange (Auditorium B-421) 

  • perhaps have a list of equipment available at each partner
  • multitrack sound recording protocol 

MdF will develop a recording protocol for specified quartets in terms of mics,  configuration (placement, height, distance of mics), software (ProTools vs Pyramix), 96k SR, 24-bit, idea of reference recording, information about the mix, specification of the rooms, multiple levels of microphones for close, medium and far from musicians for getting room effects as well 

Malte – a little recording primer for team members 

  • compositions: what tools are connected to which parts of recordings in mixed music or electroacoustic music pieces, metadata from composer's perspective,  
  • audio standards protocol 
  • data format protocols 
  • symbolic music representation standard 
  • video 
  • online fora on different topics, what platforms: two types of exchanges – one for rapid chats and another for more in-depth scientifc; mattermost  is it installable locally or only on their server? 

12:30 Tour of the Salle Claude Champagne 

13:00 Lunch (Foyer de la Salle Claude Champagne) 

14:10 Discussion 3: Valorization of research and creation output (Online Orchestration Resource) (Auditorium B-421) 

  • highlight ACTOR group projects, but also individual researcher's projects for feedback from team members 
  • blog 
  • newsletter 
  • interactive web-based tools 
  • links to developed tools and projects 

15:40 Coffee (Foyer de la Salle Claude Champagne) 

16:10 Plenary session: Wrap-up issues (Auditorium B-421) 

  • Best time of year for annual workshops: teaching schedules, conferences [date for 2019 workshop - survey on availabilities outside teaching periods] 
  • Planned participation in different conferences - ideas for ACTOR-relevant special sessions/satellite meetings; call for proposals 
  • Timelines
    • collaborative research feeding into tools
    • tool development
    • online orchestration resource setup 
  • Student integration
    • student register
    • Mitacs Accelerate for Canadian grad students; European/USA opportunities? 

17:00-19:00 Dinner cocktail (Foyer de la Salle Claude Champagne)