Trio Garibaldi: In Faded Sepia
Featured UBC Faculty: Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet & David Fung, piano with Marina Thibeault Release: March 2026 on ATMA Classique Description: With In Faded Sepia, the Garibaldi Trio offers a musical journey where memory, lyricism, and stylistic contrasts intertwine in a remarkably rich sonic palette. The album brings together works by Lowell Liebermann, Dorothy Chang, and […]
Sustenance
Featured UBC Alumni: Iman Habibi (BMus ’08, MMus ’10) Featured Track: Offering of Water (2023) for violin and piano 1. of life 2. yasna 3. purify 4. it shall flow if from tears 5. to life Label: Spektral Records Recording details:
Julius Rontgen: Piano Music, Vol. 6
Artists: Mark Anderson Recording details: Nimbus Records, April 4th, 2025 This recording provides the listener with a chronological overview of Julius Rontgen’s creative output, from his earliest published composition, written in 1864-when he was just nine years old-to pieces written as a mature composer five decades later. The latter reveals a composer of outstanding skill, […]
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 […]
Before the World Sleeps
UBC Faculty and Alumni: Alfredo Santa Ana (MMus’05, DMA’10), composer; Miranda Wong, pianist Label: Redshift Records Recording details: Much of the inspiration behind the music in Before the World Sleeps is rooted in the overwhelming sense that the world continues to be on a steady course toward ecological, political, and technological disaster. As the expanding rift between human […]
Where Waters Meet
Artists: UBC Music PhD student Sherryl Sewepagaham, composer; Canadian Chamber Choir Compositions also by Hussein Janmohamed (BMus’96, MMus’98, MMus’14) 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 […]
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 […]
Nova Pon: Symphonies of Mother and Child
Featured UBC Alumni and Faculty Performers: Nova Pon, composer (MMus15′, DMA23′); Brenda Fedoruk, flute; Valery Whitney, horn; Jeremy Berkman, trombone. Label: Redshift Records Recording details:
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; […]