About me
I am a PhD candidate in Educational Technologies at the Computational Acoustic Modeling Laboratory of McGill University, supervised by Gary Scavone. My research area focuses on the intersection of music pedagogy and technology with the aim to democratize high-quality education while promoting healthy learning. My research interests include the applications of AI, mathematical models and cognitive science to develop low-cost interactive tools for wind and bowed string instruments.
My doctoral research is kindly funded by the Fonds de Recherche du Québec, and I am a Tomlinson scholar.
When I am not working on my research, I usually can be found playing the trumpet in the most diverse ensembles, cycling in the nature or enjoying winter sports during the Canadian winter.
Selected publications
A Acquilino, N Puranik, I Fujinaga, G Scavone (2023). “A dataset and baseline for automated assessment of timbre quality in trumpet sound”. Proceedings of the 24th International Society of Music Information Retrieval Conference. Proceedings
A Acquilino, N Puranik, I Fujinaga, G Scavone (2023). “Detecting efficiency in trumpet sound production: proposed methodology and pedagogical implications”. Proceedings of the 5th Stockholm Music Acoustic Conference. Proceedings
A Acquilino, G Scavone (2022). “Current state and future directions of technologies for music instrument pedagogy”. Frontiers in Psychology, Volume 13. PDF DOI
See the full list of publications here.
Education
McGill University
- PhD in Music Research, Music Technology Area (2020-present)
Global Leaders Institute
- Executive Graduate Certificate in Arts and Innovation, Honours with Distinction (2021-2022)
Université Savoie Mont Blanc
- MSc in Energy and Sustainable Buildings Engineering, Honours with Distinction (2017-2018)
University of Genoa
- MSc in Energy and Nuclear Engineering, Honours with Distinction (2016-2019)
- BSc in Mechanical Engineering, Honours (2010-2016)
Conservatory of Music “N. Paganini”
- MMus in Trumpet Performance, Honours (2005-2011)
Music Education Interface: MEI-Trumpet
I am excited to present my new music education app, MEI-Trumpet. Aiming to expand the potential of trumpet teachers, the app contains interactive exercises and practice tools devised to enhance the learning experience of trumpet students. This application is a work in progress, where several functionalities will be added through constant updates. Please, consider testing it and providing constructive feedback, whether publicly or privately, to help me improve it.
MEI-Trumpet is freely available in the Google Play Store and in the Apple Store. See the MEI-Trumpet page for more information.
Contacts
- albertoacquilino@gmail.com
- Snail mail
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