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 […]
Cris Derksen’s New Album: THE VISIT
Featured UBC Alum: Cris Derksen, Cello (BMus ’07) Released: November 6, 2025 Description: Cris Derksen, a Juno-nominated Indigenous cellist and composer, is internationally renowned for her genre-defying music that bridges the traditional and contemporary. Hailing from Treaty 8 territory in Northern Alberta, Derksen comes from a lineage of chiefs from the NorthTall Cree Reserve on her […]
Understories
Ensemble: Dálava Featured UBC Students and Alumni: Julia Úlehla (PhD ’21) and Aram Bajakian (PhD Candidate) Recording details: Pi Recordings, April 25th, 2025 Dálava, the genre-defying ensemble led by vocalist Julia Úlehla with guitarist Aram Bajakian (Lou Reed, John Zorn, Diana Krall), returns with Understories, a deeply evocative new album that explores uncharted territories of […]
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 […]
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