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. […]
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 […]
Métis Songs
Composer: T. Patrick Carrabré Artists: Rebecca Cuddy, mezzo-soprano; Amy Hills, violin; M Gillian Carrabré, violin; Laurence Schaufele, viola; Ariel Carrabré, cello Recording details: WinterWind Records, released September 15, 2023 Métis Songs was commissioned by Harbourfront Centre for their Summer Music in the Garden concert series. Following the Red River Resistance (1869–1870) and the Battle of […]
Rainy Night in Helsinki
Featured UBC Faculty Artist: Alan Matheson Recording details: Released June 29, 2023
TRANSFORMATION
Artist: Megumi Masaki, piano Composers: T. Patrick Carrabré, Keith Hamel, Bob Pritchard Recording details: Centrediscs, released March 3, 2023 TRANSFORMATION presents three interactive piano + multimedia works written in collaboration with Megumi Masaki that reimagine the piano and pianist’s artistic expression through new technologies, and transform the listener’s concert to an immersive, theatrical, and cinematic […]
Viola Borealis
Artist: Marina Thibeault, viola Recording details: ATMA Classique, released March 25, 2022 With her latest album, Viola Borealis, violist Marina Thibeault explores the musical links between several northern cultures. From the 2016 concerto by Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks to solo works by Anishinaabe composer Melody McKiver to the very first viola concerto—composed around 1716 by Telemann—the elections on this album showcase the […]
Of Glow and Abandon
Featured UBC Faculty Artist: Ryan Davis viola Recording details: Released on all platforms on December 2021. Praised by The WholeNote as showcasing multitudes of colours and possibilities, with much skill and imagination, Radia, the moniker for Saskatchewan-raised artist Ryan Davis, has swiftly emerged as a singular creative force. Unifying his extensive classical training with the […]
Soaring Spirits
Ensemble: UBC Symphony Orchestra, UBC Choirs Jonathan Girard, conductor Featured UBC composers: Dorothy Chang, Stephen Chatman, Keith Hamel Featured UBC artist: Paolo Bortolussi Recording details: Redshift Records, released October 1, 2021 Link