Acoustic Alloy
Ensemble: Vancouver Brass Collective Featured UBC Alumni: Jaelem Bhate (conductor, artistic director, and featured composer), Matheus Moraes (trumpet), Albert Wu (horn), Emily Daily (horn), Maddie Davis (horn), Tyrell Loster (horn), Alan Li (tuba), Jacob Kryger (percussion), Kaiya Gazley (percussion) Recording/mix engineer: Vince Renaud Recording details: As an alloy is a metal of combinations, so too is […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jaya
Ensemble: Raagaverse Featured UBC Alumni: Shruti Ramani (vocals, composer) Recording/mix engineer: Sheldon Zaharko/Zed Productions Recording details: JUNO nominated Indo Jazz fusion band, Raagaverse, celebrates the journey and personal triumphs of Shruti Ramani, a young, queer, Indian immigrant in Canada. Raagaverse highlights Shruti’s cultural background, her forays into and admiration of multiple musical genres, and her ever-growing […]
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