Schumann, Vienna and the Cat by Robert Silverman
Offers a model of how talent is shaped through uncertainty, risk, and self-examination rather than immediate mastery.
With, Against, and Along the Grain: Digital and Multimedia Sources on Cantonese Opera by Hedy Law
What are the sources documenting Cantonese opera in North America? Where can one locate them?
A Sacred Chariot of Triumph: German Children’s Song and the Great Jesuit Canonization of 1622 by Alexander Fisher
Explores how children’s singing shaped the celebration of Catholic saints in the early phases of the Thirty Years War in Germany.
“Marvellous!”: The Life and Music of Elliot Weisgarber by Karen Suzanne Smithson
“Marvellous!” is the story of Elliot Weisgarber, a vibrant, 20th-century composer, clarinetist and educator.
Prison Song: Music and Incarceration in the United States by David Metzer
How musicians across genres have confronted the prison system over the last hundred years.
How Sign Language Analyzes Musical Form
This article reframes sign language cover songs as music analysis.
Listenings: A publication following the Soundings exhibition
Listenings is published in response to and alongside Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts.
Cris Derksen’s New Album: THE VISIT
Featured UBC Alum: Cris Derksen, Cello (BMus ’07) Released: November 6, 2025 Description: Cris Derksen, a Juno-nominated Indigenous cellist and composer, is internationally renowned for her genre-defying music that bridges the traditional and contemporary. Hailing from Treaty 8 territory in Northern Alberta, Derksen comes from a lineage of chiefs from the NorthTall Cree Reserve on her […]
Standing Wave: in an archipelago
Featured UBC Faculty and Alumni: Vern Griffiths percussion; Christie Reside, flute and UBC Alum AK Coope, clarinet (BMus) Release: October 2025 on Redshift Description: in an archipelago (2020) – James O’Callaghan In an archipelago is a work for sextet and electronics, or any combination of its constituent parts, from solos, various possible duos and trios, […]