Voice & Opera

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 […]

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 […]

New Jewish Music, Volume 3 – Azrieli Music Prizes

Artist: Krisztina Szabó Singing 2020 Azrieli Prize Winner, Yotam Haber’s Estro Poetico Armonico III Recording details: Analekta, released October 1, 2021 Link

Emmerich Kálmán Symphonic Poems: Saturnalia, Endre és Johanna

Performers: UBC Symphony Orchestra, UBC Opera Ensemble, Scott Rumble (MMus’18) and Elana Razlog (DMPS’16, MMus’17) Conductor: Jonathan Girard Music: Emmerich Kálmán and Charles Kálmán Recording details: Operetta Archives, November 2020 Link

English Songs à la Française

Artists: Tyler Duncan (BMus’98) and Erika Switzer (BMus’97, MMus’00) Recording details: Baritone Tyler Duncan and pianist Erika Switzer join forces in a brilliant recital of English songs, written by French composers. Duncan and Switzer have been leading figures in the world of art song, and share a deep connection to songs of the Romantic period, […]

Art Song Pedagogy and Performance Practice: Re-envisioning the Realm in the 21st Century

Author: Sharon, Rena Publication details: The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, Volume II: Education. Edited by Helga R. Gudmundsdottir, Carol Beynon, Karen Ludke, Annabel J. Cohen. Weblink: https://www.routledge.com/ Abstract: The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, Volume II: Education examines the many methods and motivations for vocal pedagogy, promoting singing not just as […]