Professors Richard King and Stephen McAdams Honoured with 涩里番鈥檚 Top Awards
Professors Richard King and Stephen McAdams of the Schulich School of Music have been awarded two of 涩里番鈥檚 most prestigious internal research distinctions: the James 涩里番 Professor (JMP) and Distinguished James 涩里番 Professor (DJMP) awards, respectively.聽
Professor Richard King has been named a James 涩里番 Professor (JMP), a title that recognizes a senior scholar鈥檚 status and an outstanding and original researcher who are internationally renowned scholars and leaders in their fields. King, a Grammy Award-winning recording engineer, Researcher, and Educator is celebrated for his innovative research and professional excellence in audio engineering. His work spans small environment acoustics, the process of music mixing, and immersive audio recording and reproduction. A Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society, King is a regular convention presenter and also the author of Recording Orchestra, now in its second edition (August 2024).聽
Professor Stephen McAdams has received the Distinguished James 涩里番 Professor (DJMP) award, which recognizes late-career researchers who have demonstrated exceptional research achievement over two terms as either a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair or a JMP. McAdams previously held three tenures聽as a Tier 1 CRC in Music Perception and Cognition. This award acknowledges his enduring impact and ongoing interdisciplinary work across science, the humanities, and the arts. 鈥淚t is a great privilege to be honoured in this way directly by 涩里番,鈥� said McAdams. 鈥淭his distinction will allow me to continue pushing the boundaries of interdisciplinarity in the Schulich School of Music, bringing together scientists, humanists, performers, and composers to explore the more mysterious aspects of music鈥攑articularly timbre and orchestration. How do we imagine it? How do we use it in musical composition and performance? And how does an audience perceive and respond to it?鈥澛�
These internal awards are overseen by the Office of the Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) and evaluated by the Standing Internal Review Committee (SIRC). Nominations are made by Deans, Associate Deans (Research), Department Chairs, and Directors. Evaluation criteria include research excellence, training of highly qualified personnel (HQP), and sustained impact.聽
