Profs. William Caplin and Philippe Leroux inducted to the Royal Society of Canada

William Caplin and Philippe Leroux were inducted as fellows of the Royal Society of Canada on November 26th, 2015.  The Royal Society of Canada (RSC): The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada was established under an Act of Parliament in 1883 as Canada’s National Academy, the senior collegium of distinguished scholars, artists and scientists in the country. The primary objective of the Society is to promote learning and research in the arts, the humanities and the natural and social sciences.

William Caplin's revival of the study of musical form has transformed our understanding- and hearing - of how classical music is organized. His theories provide novel methodologies for musical analysis that have had a significant impact on music scholarship and pedagogy. As a historian of music theory, Caplin is a leader in the domains of rhythm and harmony; he also contributes to topic theory, schema theory, and music perception and cognition.

Philippe Leroux has changed our perception of music. Rather than a collection of discrete elements, his music is about gesture, motion, and transformation, realized through the combination of human voices, acoustic instruments, and the infinite possibility of computer music. While he uses technology in innovative ways, the guiding idea is always human in origin - the breath, the brushstroke, memory, and motion.

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