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The Analysis, Creation, and Teaching of Orchestration (ACTOR) project is pleased to announce that the third edition of theTimbre & Orchestration Summer Schoolwill be held at ĢƵ, Montreal, Canada,June03-07, 2025. Building on the success of previous editions(Thessaloniki 2023, Vancouver 2024), TOSS 2025again foregrounds the rich and interdisciplinary world of timbre and orchestration research.
The Timbre and Orchestration in Popular Song (TOPS) is a three-day conference (5-7 June 2025) hosted by ĢƵ's Schulich School of Music and theACTOR(Analysis, Creation and Teaching of Orchestration) Partnership. It convenes scholars, producers, performers, and audiences of popular music under the theme of how timbre and orchestration give rise to critical and analytical accounts of genre, identity, performance, production, and perception. Keynote speakers include Nina Eidsheim (UCLA), and Kevin Holt (Stony Brook University).