Jack Kelly is a Montréal-based creative professional, spatial audio specialist, and educator, whose passion for music and recorded sound drives his academic and professional pursuits. He is an assistant professor (professional) in the sound recording area of the department of music research at the Shulich School of Music, McGill University. He teaches graduate-level courses focused on advanced technical ear training, digital studio technologies, electroacoustic measurement, spatial audio post-production techniques, and audio research methods for Ph.D. students. He holds a Ph.D. (2023) and M.Mus (2016) in Sound Recording from McGill University, and a BFA in Electroacoustic Studies from Concordia University (2012). His thesis research focused on the development and validation of artificial reverberation techniques used as music production tools.

Jack’s research interests centre on music production and spatial audio processing techniques for virtual reality and interactive media applications. Through a research-creation approach, he works to collaborate with artists and produce compelling musical experiences using new media, thus contributing to both the technological and aesthetic development of 3D music production. As a recording engineer, Jack has worked with professional musicians such as James Ehnes, The New Orford String Quartet, Charles-Richard Hamelin, Kent Nagano and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Matt Haimovitz, the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Collectif9, Lara Deutsch, and Philip Chiu. His recording work has been released by labels such as Analekta, Pentatone, Atma, Centerdiscs (Canadian Music Center), and Leaf Music.