Andrew Hankinson is a Montreal-based music information theorist, specializing in networked retrieval systems, human-information interaction and digital music representation. He is currently working on his PhD in the Department of Music Research at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University, studying with Dr. Ichiro Fujinaga. Andrew holds a Master’s degree in Library and Information Studies (McGill) and a Bachelor’s degree in Music Theory & History (Acadia). When not in school, he has held jobs with the Parliament of Canada, McGill’s Marvin Duchow Music Library and Acadia University.
E-mail me: andrew.hankinson@mail.mcgill.ca
Presentations, Papers & Academic Work
Things I Do
- I’m a student member of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT)
- I’m in the Distributed Digital Music Archives & Libraries Lab
- My research interests include symbolic digital music representation, information seeking behaviour, distributed information systems, metadata and preservation.
- I’m on Facebook…
- …and Twitter
- I’m a freelance web design consultant.
- I sing baritone in the Christ Church Cathedral Singers under the direction of Patrick Wedd.
Things I’ve Done
Academic
- I graduated in 2004 with my Bachelors in Music Theory & History from Acadia University.
- Studied with Dr. Gordon Callon (History / Theory) and Dr. Jeff Hennessey (Composition)
- I graduated in 2007 with my Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University.
Personal & Professional
- I sang with the Manning Memorial Chapel Choir from 2004-2006 under the direction of John M. Scott. You can listen to some of our recordings:
- O Nata Lux, Morten Lauridsen
- The Lamb, John Tavener
- Wana Baraka, Trad. Kenyan
- Venite Exultemus Domino, JP Sweelinck (Intro Arr. John M. Scott)
- Directed, filmed & edited a full-length documentary & series of historical vignettes for the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches:
- Full documentary credits
- Josephine Moore, first woman ordained by the Atlantic Baptists
- William A. White, first African-Canadian chaplain in the Canadian military
- Charlie & Charlotte Taylor, Friends of the Friendless
- Created a series of three short “Promos” for library services, along with Nelly Savova-Petrova and Erin Phillips as part of my MLIS.
- Edited a series of short interviews as part of my Film & Video Production course (April 2009). (Due to privacy concerns, I’m only posting the intro & credits sections.)
- These were filmed in HD, and edited using Final Cut Pro, with effects & compositing done in Motion.
- I have lived and worked in a L’Arche Community (and think that it’s one of the best initiatives going.)
- I have toured with & recorded East Coast Music Award-nominated artists Jamie Mackay & The Great Beyond.
- Listen to Free, a cut off the live album Live & Kickin’
Tools I Use
- I’m a die-hard Mac user, but think all UNIXes are cool.
- I’m a huge fan of Textmate
- I don’t use Word; I use Mellel. (But I can open the stuff you send me in Word, don’t worry.)
- I don’t use Endnote; I use BookEnds.
- Final Cut Pro Studio has taken up many hours of my life.
- I speak HTML & CSS fluently.
- I can do Python, Ruby, Javascript, PHP & SQL.
- Drupal is my favourite Content Management System.
- My favourite serif font is Adobe Garamond Pro, and my favourite sans-serifs are Univers, Frutiger and Futura
- I have a strange attraction to SCORE for music typesetting.