Anna completed a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 2014, with a double major in music performance and psychology. She is in her second year at McMaster University working towards a M.Sc. in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behaviour. Her main area of study is the use of ancillary movements (i.e. gestures that don’t directly affect sound production) in joint music performance (more than one performer). She has also explored motor effector training and how it affects rhythmic synchronization abilities, and examined the relationship between rhythmic structure of music and tempi chosen by performers. Anna also performs on and teaches the clarinet; past experience includes playing principle in the UBC symphonic wind ensemble, in the UBC symphony orchestra, and in various chamber ensembles, recently performing in the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival.
Awards
Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master’s (2016-2017)
Publications
Manning, F. C., Siminoski, A., & Schutz, M. (under review). Motor synchronization contains perceptual limitations for highly skilled pianists.
Presentations
Posters
February 2017. Lake Ontario Visionary Establishment (LOVE) Meeting. Niagara Falls, ON.
Siminoski, A. & Schutz, M. Joint action of highly trained musicians in a natural performance setting.
Huynh, E., Siminoski, A., & Schutz, M. Viewer perception of musical cohesion and expression.
November 2016. McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind NeuroMusic Conference. Hamilton, ON.
Siminoski, A. & Schutz, M. Exploring the use of ancillary movement in joint music performance.
October 2016. University of Toronto’s Clarinet Day. Toronto, ON.
Siminoski, A. & Schutz, M. Music psychology: How it relates to the clarinet.
July 2016. International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC). San Francisco, CA.
Siminoski, A., Manning, F., & Schutz, M. Exploring rhythmic synchronization abilities in musicians using training-specific movements.
February 2016. Lake Ontario Visionary Establishment (LOVE) Meeting. Niagara Falls, ON.
Siminoski, A., & Schutz, M. Exploring the relationship between rhythmic variability and chosen tempi.
Manning, F., Siminoski, A., & Schutz, M. Movement familiarity and multisensory cues heighten timing sensitivity.
November 2015. McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind NeuroMusic Conference. Hamilton, ON.
Manning, F., Siminoski, A., & Schutz, M. Pianists’ keystrokes lead to enhancements in perceived timing.
Talks
August 2017. Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC). San Diego, CA.
Siminoski, A., Huynh, E., & Schutz, M. Ancillary gestures as a tool for inter-performer communication.
July 2016. International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC). San Francisco, CA.
Manning, F., Siminoski, A., & Schutz, M. Motor effector training and musical expertise heighten temporal detection abilities.