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 speeches by faculty and students.
All music composed by Keith Hamel

Spark and Sizzle for flute, clarinet and electronics
Paolo Bortolussi flute and Aaron Macdonald clarinet

Melt for solo piano, text, live video and electronics
Megumi Masaki piano and Keith Hamel electronics

Flourish for solo viola and electronics
Ryan Davis viola

Heroes in the Seaweed
Paolo Bortolussi flute, Aireleen Zhu cello, Jane Hayes piano, Liz Hamel narrator

Piano Games for solo piano, live computer game and electronics
Megumi Masaki and Keith Hamel