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Stephen McAdams studied music theory and composition before turning to perceptual psychology (BSc, McGill, 1977; PhD, Stanford, 1984). In 1986, he founded the Music Perception and Cognition team at IRCAM in Paris where he headed The Angel of Death research-creation project in collaboration with Roger Reynolds. He was a senior research scientist in the French CNRS (1989-2004) before moving to McGill University to direct CIRMMT (2004-2009). He holds the Canada Research Chair in Music Perception and Cognition and is director of the Analysis, Creation, and Teaching of Orchestration (ACTOR) partnership. He studies musical timbre and the perception of orchestration.

Vol. 13 nº 1, juin 2026
Le projet EROC. Repenser la recherche-création en orchestration contemporaine Sous la direction de Stephen McAdams, Jimmie LeBlanc et Joshua Rosner Présentation / Introduction Articles Notes de terrain / Field Notes Note de terrain (Contribution libre) Comptes rendus PDF Érudit Présentation C’est sous l’impulsion de Stephen McAdams, chercheur en perception et cognition de la […]
Vol. 13 nº 1, juin 2026
The ACTOR Partnership’s Composer-performer Orchestration Research Ensemble (CORE) Project Stephen McAdams and Roger Reynolds PDF | CITATION | AUTHORS Abstract The Composer-performer Orchestration Research Ensembles (CORE) project of the Analysis, Creation, and Teaching of Orchestration (ACTOR) international partnership sought to achieve both pedagogical and compositional innovation through extensive collaboration as well as through the co-creation of short pieces by […]