Remembering Jocelyn Morlock
It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Jocelyn Morlock.
UBC Assistant Professor Marina Thibeault’s album Viola Borealis, wins Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year
Thibeault, with Orchestre de l’Agora led by Nicolas Ellis, performs music by Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks, Anishinaabe composer Melody McKiver, the very first viola concerto—composed around 1716 by Telemann.
‘Music is everything’: Musician, professor in B.C. shines the spotlight on West African music, dance
UBC Professor of African studies and ethnomusicology, J. S. Kofi Gbolonyo speaks to CBC News about bringing West African culture to the world stage.
Connecting continents through the pipe organ
UBC Organ instructor Michael Dirk connecting musicians in Vancouver and Kigali, Rwanda in cross-continental pipe organ performance.
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.