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 […]
Guiding Light: An Octopath Traveler Harp Collection
Artist: Samantha Ballard (BMus’15) Producer: Samantha Ballard Recording details: Independent release, May 2020 Link
Life in the Universe
Composer: Thomas Beckman (MMus’16) Producer: Thomas Beckman Performers: Thomas Beckman viola, Borealis Quartet, Jarrett Plett percussion, Christopher Blaber vibraphone Recording details: Redshift Records, April 2019 Link Life in the Universe by Thomas Beckman
ELLES
Artist: Marina Thibeault, alto/viola Compositions by: Ana Sokolović, Dorothy Chang, and Melody McKiver. Recording details: ATMA Classique, released March 2019 Thibeault’s 2020 JUNO Award-nominated album ELLES honours groundbreaking women composers from Clara Schumann to the present day. Link
Apogee
Composer: Farshid Samandari (MMus’07, DMA’14) UBC Music Performers: Mark Takeshi McGregor flute, Joy Yeh harp Recording details: Redshift Records, June 15, 2018 Link iTunes | Spotify
Beginnings and Endings, Four Decades Apart: Arnold Schoenberg’s String Quartets of 1897 and 1936
Author: Kurth, Richard Publication details: Symposium on the String Quartets of the Second Viennese School. School of Music, University of Victoria