Robert Hasegawa named a William Dawson Scholar
Congratulations to Robert Hasegawa,听Associate听Professor of Music Theory, who has been named a William Dawson Scholar, one of McGill鈥檚 most prestigious internal awards! This award recognizes a scholar who is becoming an outstanding and original researcher of world-class caliber and is poised to become a leader in their field. He will hold the award for a five-year term.
Professor Hasegawa is a proud advocate of contemporary music, and his research interests include听musical timbre,听spectral music听and听transformational theory. His publications are numerous, with articles in听Music听Theory Spectrum,听Perspectives of New Music,听Contemporary Music Review,听and听Grove Music Online. Forthcoming projects include two听book chapters in the听Oxford Handbook听series titled听鈥淐reating with Constraints鈥� and听鈥淭imbre as Harmony鈥擧armony as Timbre.鈥澨齀n addition, he is听an听active听composer, currently working on a new commission for saxophonist Doug O'Connor.
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