Andrew Hankinson is a PhD candidate 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) and the ICMA
- I'm in the Distributed Digital Music Archives & Libraries Lab
- I'm the systems administrator for the Improvisation, Community and Social Practice project.
- My research interests include symbolic digital music representation, information seeking behaviour, distributed information systems, metadata and preservation.
- I release code on GitHub
- 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 on the desktop, and prefer FreeBSD on the server.
- 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 Huronia, and my favourite sans-serifs are Univers, Frutiger and Futura
- I have a strange attraction to SCORE for music typesetting, but Lilypond will do in a pinch.