David Garfinkle

M.Sc in Computer Science

Content-Based Symbolic Music Retrieval

David is pursuing a Master’s in Computer Science at McGill. He is currently focused on implementing an excerpt retrieval system for symbolic music.

Before starting his Master’s, he received two bachelor’s degrees from McGill: a B.Sc in Mathematics & Computer Science and a Bachelor of Music with a concentration in piano. During his undergraduate studies, he liked to perform musical improv theater and worked as a research assistant at DDMAL.

Publications

  • Garfinkle, David, Peter Schubert, Claire Arthur, Julie Cumming, and Ichiro Fujinaga. “PatternFinder: Content-Based Music Retrieval with Music21.” In Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Digital Libraries for Musicology. Shanghai, China, 2017.

Research Interests

  • Music Information Retrieval

Academic Record

  • B.Mus focus in piano, McGill University
  • B.Sc Mathematics & Computer Science, McGill University