Timbre Is a Many-Splendored Thing
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TIMBRE 2018: TIMBRE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING TANNA SCHULICH RECITAL HALL ELIZABETH WIRTH MUSIC BUILDING SCHULICH SCHOOL OF MUSIC MCGILL UNIVERSITY MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC 4 – 7 JULY 2018 PROGRAM & ABSTRACTS Published by: The Schulich School of Music McGill University 555 rue Sherbrooke ouest Montréal, QC Canada H3A 1E3 This conference was made possible with the generous support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Schulich School of Music of McGill University, and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT). Citation: In E. Thoret, M. Goodchild & S. McAdams (Eds.), Timbre 2018: Timbre Is a Many- Splendored Thing, Montreal, QC: McGill University © July 2018 the authors and McGill University ISBN 978-1-77247-013-0 2 3 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Stephen McAdams Chair Meghan Goodchild Co-chair Etienne Thoret Paper chair Moe Touizrar Musical event chair Kit Soden Tutorial/Round table chair Hannah Darroch Logistics and managerial support Aliza Thibodeau Logistics and managerial support Manda Fischer Graphic design INTERNATIONAL EVALUATION COMMITTEE Martha de Francisco McGill University (Sound recording) Philippe Depalle McGill University (Signal processing) Emily Dolan Harvard University (Musicology) Mounya Elhilali Johns Hopkins University (Neuroscience) Philippe Esling IRCAM/Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Computer science) Cornelia Fales Indiana University (Ethnomusicology) Robert Hasegawa McGill University (Music theory) Stephen McAdams McGill University (Music psychology) Luis Naón Haute école de musique de Genève (Composition) John Rea McGill University (Composition) Friedemann Sallis University of Calgary (Musicology) Zachary Wallmark Southern Methodist University (Popular music studies, Music psychology) Stefan Weinzierl Technische Universität Berlin (Acoustics) 4 WELCOME FROM THE DEAN OF THE SCHULICH SCHOOL OF MUSIC It is my great pleasure to welcome you to Montreal, Quebec, and to the Schulich School of Music of McGill University for the 2018 conference, Timbre Is a Many-Splendored Thing. As a hub of cultural activity, especially in the summer months, Montreal offers the ideal environment to bring together accomplished researchers from across the globe to discuss, discover, and examine the place and power of timbre in music. The Schulich School of Music is an international leader in professional music training and research, with critically acclaimed programs in classical performance, opera, jazz, early music, and contemporary music. The School is also a pioneer in the humanities, sound recording, and music technology, and is committed to studying musical language as part of a shared social and cultural fabric. An international conference dedicated to timbre enables a collaborative investigation of the distinct character of this intriguing musical element. To host such a gathering is our privilege. The Schulich School of Music is proud of the work Dr. Stephen McAdams has done in bringing together experts from the areas of music theory and analysis, ethnomusicology, psychology, technology, composition, and digital humanities. This event offers the opportunity for us to transcend disciplines as we explore the significance of timbre, and enhance awareness of its role in music composition, scholarship, science, and performance. My hope is that you all leave here having gained new insights, made new connections, and inspired to continue to shape the future of this important field of study. Brenda Ravenscroft, PhD Dean, Schulich School of Music of McGill University 5 SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY | 4 JULY 2018 Library Seminar Room A-510 enter library on 3rd floor of Elizabeth Wirth Music Building TUTORIALS AND ROUND TABLES 09:30 Tutorial on Computer-Aided Orchestral Simulation: DENYS BOULIANE & FÉLIX BARIL — OrchPlay (OrchSim): The orchestra in your classroom and research center! A new software for pedagogy and research 11:30 BREAK 12:00 Tutorial on Computer-Aided Orchestration: PHILIPPE ESLING, CARMINE EMANUELE CELLA, LÉOPOLD CRESTEL, AXEL CHEMLA-ROMEU-SANTOS & MATHIEU PRANG — The computer as an orchestra 14:00 BREAK 15:30 Round table: ROBERT FINK, CORNELIA FALES, MELINDA LATOUR, CATHERINE PROVENZANO, PAUL THÉBERGE, STEVE WAKSMAN, ZACHARY WALLMARK, SIMON ZAGORSKI- THOMAS — The Relentless Pursuit of Tone: A round table on timbre, technology, history, and genre in popular music 17:00 BREAK 17:30 Round table: JOHN REA, VICTOR CORDERO, FABIEN LÉVY, LAURIE RADFORD, LASSE THORESEN — Orchestration pedagogy in the 21st century 19:00 END REGISTRATION AND OPENING RECEPTION @ ELIZABETH WIRTH MUSIC BUILDING LOBBY 18:00 REGISTRATION 19:00 OPENING RECEPTION 21:00 END THURSDAY MORNING | 5 JULY 2018 Tanna Schulich Recital Hall, ground floor of Elizabeth Wirth Music Building 07:30 COFFEE AND REGISTRATION 08:00 OPENING ADDRESSES LLOYD WHITESELL, Assoc. Dean, Schulich School of Music, McGill University – Welcoming address STEPHEN MCADAMS, McGill University – 'What is timbre?' vs. 'What can we do with timbre?' Picking the right questions 6 RESEARCH KEYNOTE 1 – MUSICOLOGY 08:45 EMILY DOLAN, Harvard University – Timbre eternal TALK SESSION 1: CHAIR LLOYD WHITESELL 09:45 HEATHER BUFFINGTON-ANDERSON – Black power voices: Examining timbre and polyvocality in Oscar Brown, Jr. and Nina Simone 10:10 REBECCA FLORE – The social life of timbre: Discussing sound color in online guitar communities 10:35 ISABELLA VAN ELFEREN – Timbre: Aesthetics of vibration 11:00 COFFEE BREAK TALK SESSION 2: CHAIR LLOYD WHITESELL 11:30 FEDERICA DI GASBARRO – Timbre and formal functions in Edgard Varèse’s Amériques 11:55 PASCAL DECROUPET – Phrasing through timbre: Timbral variety, figural coherence and formal evidence in Stockhausen’s Kontakte and Ferneyhough’s Time and Motion Study II 12:20 DAVID BLAKE & ALESSANDRO BRATUS – Timbral syntax in Björk's Utopia 12:55 POSTER SESSION 1 & LUNCH CHRISTOPH REUTER, ISABELLA CZEDIK-EYSENBERG, SALEH SIDDIQ & MICHAEL OEHLER – The closer the better: The role of formant positions in timbre similarity perception and timbre classification MATTHEW ZELLER – Timbral function in Klangflächetechnik SONG HUI CHON & SUNGYOUNG KIM – Understanding the perception of acoustic space from the perspectives of timbre SIMON WALOSCHEK, ARISTOTELIS HADJAKOS & AXEL BERNDT – Score and sound-based interface for exploring music performances SERGIO GIRALDO, RAFAEL RAMIREZ, GEORGE WADDELL & AARON WILLIAMON – Computational modeling of new timbre dimensions for automatic violin tone quality assessment ETIENNE RICHAN & JEAN ROUAT – Towards translating perceptual distance from hearing to vision using neural networks MOE TOUIZRAR – Sound signifying light: The sunrise topic as a transmodal perceptual metaphor MARGARET SCHEDEL & ERIKA HONISCH – New wor(l)ds for old sounds LAURENT POTTIER – Local sound signatures for music recommendations SALEH SIDDIQ, CHRISTOPH REUTER, ISABELLA CZEDIK-EYSENBERG & DENIS KNAUF – The (obvious) influence of pitch and dynamics on the perceptual dimensions of the timbre of musical instruments MATTSON OGG & L. ROBERT SLEVC – An investigation of the acoustic features supporting the perception of timbre and other auditory objects ROBERT NORMANDEAU – Timbre spatialisation JACK KELLY, JULIAN NERI, DIEGO QUIROZ & ALEJANDRO ASPINWALL – Communication through microphone choice and placement 7 THURSDAY AFTERNOON | 5 JULY 2018 MUSICAL EVENT 1 14:45 BRUNO DESCHÊNES – The tone-color melodies of the Japanese shakuhachi TALK SESSION 3: CHAIR PHILIPPE ESLING 15:25 KAI SIEDENBURG – Testing relative perception and context-sensitivity of timbral brightness 15:50 CHARALAMPOS SAITIS & KAI SIEDENBURG – Exploring the role of source-cause categories in timbral brightness perception 16:15 COFFEE BREAK TALK SESSION 4: CHAIR PHILIPPE ESLING 16:45 ETIENNE THORET, BAPTISTE CARAMIAUX, PHILIPPE DEPALLE & STEPHEN MCADAMS – A computational meta-analysis of human dissimilarity ratings of musical instrument timbre 17:10 SVEN-AMIN LEMBKE – Measuring temporal interdependence between duet performers along timbre, dynamics, and pitch 17:35 JONATHAN BERGER, TALYA BERGER, EOIN CALLERY, ELLIOT KERMIT-CANFIELD & JONATHAN ABEL – Timbre, texture, space and musical style: The interplay of architecture and music in Rome’s Chiesa di Sant’Aniceto 18:25 CONTINUATION OF POSTER SESSION 1 MUSICAL KEYNOTE 1 – KOTO 20:00 ANDO MASATERU, Kisoukai Koto Association — Perception and cognition of playing the koto 20:20 ANDO MASATERU & ANDO TAMAKI — The world of the koto 21:20 END FRIDAY MORNING | 6 JULY 2018 Tanna Schulich Recital Hall, ground floor of Elizabeth Wirth Music Building 08:00 COFFEE RESEARCH KEYNOTE 2 – COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE 08:45 VINOO ALLURI, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad — Timbre in the brain TALK SESSION 5: CHAIR ZACHARY WALLMARK 09:45 JAMES O'CALLAGHAN – Rupture of timbre and source-bonding as musical aesthetic 10:10 STEPHEN SPENCER – Arthur Lange and the spectrotone system of orchestration 10:35 LAURIE RADFORD – Locating timbre: Challenges of timbral design in multichannel electroacoustic music 11:00 COFFEE BREAK 8 TALK SESSION 6: CHAIR ZACHARY WALLMARK 11:30 CARMINE EMANUELE CELLA & PHILIPPE ESLING – Open-source modular toolbox for computer- aided orchestration 11:55 LÉOPOLD CRESTEL, PHILIPPE ESLING, DANIELE GHISI & ROBIN MEIER – Generating orchestral music by conditioning SampleRNN 12:20 TRISTAN CARSAULT, AXEL CHEMLA-ROMEU-SANTOS & PHILIPPE ESLING – Learning spectral transforms to improve timbre analysis 12:55 POSTER SESSION 2 & LUNCH FRANÇOIS-XAVIER FÉRON, CATHERINE GUASTAVINO & BENJAMIN CARAT – Acoustical