Doctoral Defence

December 21, 2017, I passed my doctoral defence at Université de Montréal on the topic “Negotiating the frontier between Computer-assisted composition and traditional writing: The utility of each and their effective cross-integration”. The thesis was completed under the direction of Alan Belkin (website) and Pierre Michaud (website), and was graded exceptional (the highest grade).

The jury and I (L-R): François-Hugues Leclair, Jean Piché, Pierre Michaud, me, Alan Belkin (not pictured: Örjan Sandred, external examiner)

The presentation combined explanations of my use of computer-assisted composition with my philosophical approach to the domain, tied together with score samples and audio files of my compositions, and more in-depth looks at some of my software.

The final thesis has been submitted and will soon be available on the web from the Université de Montréal library, at which point a link will be posted here.

A slide from the doctoral defence presentation, discussing Mutations II for organ.

CMC Associate Composer

I’m happy to announce that since last fall, I am an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre, an organisation that supports and promotes the work of Canadian composers, and doubles as a publishing house for their music. Within the next year, some of my music will begin to appear on their site here, and will be available for purchase.

New website

After many years, I’m making a serious attempt at getting a new website setup properly. This should take about a month, given other ongoing projects, but if you would like information, scores, audio files, or software, please feel free to contact me directly at lanematthewc@gmail.com.