Vancouver Fringe appoints Duncan Watts-Grant as Executive Director
Congratulations to UBC Music alum (BMus 2016, Opera), Duncan Watts-Grant for his appointment as Executive Director at the Vancouver Fringe!
NBA All-Star Game singer changes Canadian anthem in nod to Indigenous rights
Director, UBC School of Music T. Patrick Carrabré reflects on Jully Black’s edit to the Canadian national anthem during the NBA All-Star Game in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Fast-rising B.C. pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko joins Spain’s Casals Quartet in Vancouver for a winning performance
UBC Music student Jaeden Izik-Dzurko (MMus) to perform with Spain’s Casals Quartet, for Friends of Chamber Music concert on Feb 28 at Vancouver Playhouse.
This UBC PhD student is fulfilling her fantasy, one note and one game at a time
Marina Gallagher presented her paper at the 10th annual North American Conference on Video Game Music this month in Florida.
Total Eclipse of the Heart: The most epic song ever written
BBC Culture looks to research from Chair of the UBC Musicology Division and Professor, David Metzer, to help define the “power ballad”.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream’s Spencer Britten forges a new path in opera
Rising tenor and UBC Alum, Spencer Britten (MMus 2018), on becoming a champion for diversity in Opera.
Introducing new Music Theory faculty members, Anabel Maler and Robert Komaniecki
Dr. Maler and Dr. Komaniecki will join the School as Professor of Music Theory and Lecturer, Music Theory, respectively, as of July 1, 2023.
Listen: PhD candidate Marina Gallagher explores the music of Final Fantasy
Marina will be speaking next month at the 10th annual North American Conference on Video Game Music.
UBC Opera’s The Florentine Straw Hat a mid-winter charmer
David Gordon Duke speaks to Director of Orchestral Activities and conductor, Jonathan Girard about Nino Rota’s rarely heard The Florentine Straw Hat.
Music, Art and Architecture Library exhibition that explores activism in classical music extended until February
Activism in the Arts: I’ve Got U Under My Skin: AIDS & Classical Music is curated by Kevin Madill, Music Librarian at the MAA Library. By Anna Moorhouse