Winterreise
Featured UBC Alumni: Rachel Fenlon, soprano and piano Label: Orchid Classics Recording/mix engineer: Carl Talbot Recording details: It is a dream come true to put my debut record out into the world, and for that record to be Schubert’s Winterreise. Since I began singing, at 17 years old, I never quite understood why it wasn’t acceptable to […]
Edita Gruberová’s Wig: Belcanto Revival and Staging Practices at the Turn of the 21st Century
Arthor: Vellutini, Claudio Publication details: Edita Gruberová’s Wig: Belcanto Revival and Staging Practices at the Turn of the 21st Century, Belcanto: Tradition and Fascination Today, edited by Isolde Schmid-Reiter and Aviel Cahn (Regensburg: ConBrio, 2024), pp. 167-187. Details: Internationally renowned scholars and artists reflect on Belcanto from different angles rooted in research and practice and […]
Where Waters Meet
Artists: UBC Music PhD student Sherryl Sewepagaham, composer; Canadian Chamber Choir Release date: September 2024 Description (from Canadian Chamber Choir website): Where Waters Meet is an Indigenous/settler partnership built on friendship, deep respect and admiration, and the desire to communicate through our shared sung medium. It is a culmination of several joint projects in different […]
The Influence of Dissonance on Listeners’ Perceived Emotions in Rhythmically Complex Musical Excerpts
Author: Poudrier, Ève, Bell, Bryan, Lee, Jason Yin Hei, and Sapp, Craig Stuart Publication details: Auditory Perception and Cognition, Volume 7, Issue 4, pp. 291-318 Weblink: doi.org/10.1080/25742442.2024.2396980 Abstract: This study investigates the influence of dissonance on listeners’ ratings of five emotional dimensions (mood, energy, movement, dissonance, and tension) using excerpts from twentieth-century keyboard music that feature complex […]
Making Logos Musical: Joseph Koo’s Compositions for Jingles
Author: Hedy Law Publication details: Non-peer-reviewed essay commissioned by Tai Guan for an exhibition in July 2024, Hong Kong. Published in Bloomberg Connects, July 2024 Weblink: www.taikwun.hk/assets/filemanager/userfiles/2._Programme_-_Heritage/2024/Soundtrack_of_Our_Lives/Bloomberg_Connects/articles/Making_Logos_Musical_(Dr_Hedy_Law).pdf
Analysis of the Music and Lyrics of the Cantonese Musical, The Woman Who Wears Kenzo
Author: Hedy Law Publication details: Script of the Cantonese Musical, The Woman Who Wears Kenzo, 260–275. Hong Kong: Bbluesky and Taipei: e-RedAnt, 2024 Weblink: /www.ggrassy.com/product/
Listeners’ Perceived Emotions in Musical Excerpts with Ordered vs. Randomized Pitch and Register
Author: Poudrier, Ève, Bell, Bryan, Lee, Jason Yin Hei, and Sapp, Craig Stuart Publication details: 2023 4th International Symposium on the Internet of Sounds, Pisa, Italy, 2023, pp. 1-9. IEEE. Weblink: https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEECONF59510.2023.10335484 Abstract: The current study investigates the influence of pitch and register (ordered vs. randomized) on listeners’ ratings of five emotional dimensions (mood, energy, movement, […]
Listener’s perceived emotions in synthetic vs. human performance of rhythmically complex musical excerpts
Authors: Poudrier, Ève, Bell, B. J., Lee, J. Y. H., Sapp, C.S. Publication details: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer Music and Multidisciplinary Research (CMMR 2023), 13–15 November 2023, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 599–610. CMMR 2023 & Laboratory PRISM, Marseille, France. Weblink: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10076248 Abstract: Research on listeners’ perceived emotions in music draws on human and synthetic […]
one more way to see
Featured UBC Faculty Artist: Jennifer Butler composer Redshift Records Released November 4, 2023 CREDITS Producer/Réalisateur: Jennifer Butler Recording engineers, digital editing, mastering/Ingénieur de son, montage et transfert numériques: Will Howie and Paul Luchkow Recorded at/Enregistré à: Pyatt Hall, Vancouver, March 22, 2021 and Philip T. Young, Victoria, November 27, 2021 VSO School of Music: Sydney Trotter; […]
The Oxford Handbook of Music in China and the Chinese Diaspora
Featured UBC Contributors: Dr. Alan Thrasher (prof. emeritus) and Kar Lun Alan Lau (BMus ’03) Publication Details: Oxford University Press Link: doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190661960.001.0001 Abstract: This volume provides an innovative vision for Chinese music studies in the twenty-first century. Each chapter advances research insights into a genre or context in Chinese music and develops a theoretical model applicable beyond […]