Histoire des Métis: The Freedom Songs
Composer: T. Patrick Carrabré Artists: Vancouver Chamber Choir, Kari Turunen (director) Recording details: WinterWind Records, 2024. Recorded by James Perrella at the Chan Centre for Performing Arts. The story of the Métis people is not so well known. Jean Teillet’s amazing book, The North-West Is Our Mother has been a big step in documenting our truths, so I […]
Inventions
Composer/Performer: Jack Campbell, violin (alumni, BMus ’24) and Hank Bull, piano Recording details: Engineer: Kris Fearon; Recorded At: Hipposonic Studios, Vancouver, CA Notes: Jack and Hank’s philosophy as a musical duo can be summed up in a comment by Hank: “we never perform, we only rehearse.” Jack is a classically trained violinist, but it is […]
Humour in late Debussy: multiple perspectives on “Douze études”
Author: Wong, Lucas Publication details: WONG, LUCAS. “Humour in Late Debussy: Multiple Perspectives on ‘Douze Études.’” The Musical Times 157, no. 1935 (2016): 77–98. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44862507.
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 […]
A Prayer for Peace
Featured UBC Faculty Artist: Alexander Weimann, organ Redshift Records Recorded at Holy Rosary Cathedral in Vancouver Producer: Denise Ball Recording/mix engineer: Brian Chan Mastering: Will Howie Recording details: Organ – A Prayer for Peace Gregorian Chants serve as the foundation for the piece, played on the wonderful organ at Holy Rosary Cathedral in downtown Vancouver. […]
Fifteen Feet Closer to the Sky
Artist: Adam Zitanelli, trumpet Recording details: Leaf Music Featured works: Dorothy Chang All That Glitters Link
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; […]
A Left Coast
Artists: Tyler Duncan (BMus’98) and Erika Switzer (BMus’97, MMus’00) Recording details: A Left Coast is a heartfelt song collection for the place baritone Tyler Duncan and pianist Erika Switzer call home- British Columbia. The distinguished artists write that: “Our particular connections to Vancouver’s communities, geography, and spirit, continue to nourish us as artists. Its lands and […]
The Highwayman
Composer: Dean Burry Featured UBC Faculty Artist: Krisztina Szabó, Recording details: Alfred Noyes’ narrative poem The Highwayman made an early impact on me when I discovered it in a faded book in my elementary school library. I remember committing it to memory for a school concert, delivering the sumptuous descriptive language with all the drama a […]