Retirement Celebration Concert for Keith Hamel


DATE
Friday May 23, 2025
TIME
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
COST
Free

Professor Keith Hamel is retiring after 38 years at the UBC School of Music!
Join us as we celebrate the remarkable legacy of Professor Hamel— a trailblazer in contemporary music, a dedicated educator, and a visionary who has shaped generations of students at UBC.

Program

Program will also include video tributes and speeches by faculty and students.
All works composed by Keith Hamel

Spark and Sizzle for flute, clarinet and interactive video (2020)
Paolo Bortolussi flute, Aaron McDonald clarinet, Keith Hamel electronics

Melt for piano, interactive electronics, and responsive video (2023)
Megumi Masaki piano, Keith Hamel electronics

Flourish for viola and interactive audio and video (2021)
Ryan Davis viola, Keith Hamel electronics

Heroes in the Seaweed (2015)
Paolo Bortolussi flute, Aireleen Zhu cello, Jane Hayes piano, Liz Hamel narrator, Keith Hamel electronics

Piano Games for piano, gesture tracking, interactive electronics andinteractive video game (2019)
Megumi Masaki piano, Keith Hamel electronics