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Applying to our graduate program?

Applying to our graduate program?

By Katherine Evans, Admissions Manager Thinking about applying to our graduate program? Here are some tips ahead of the Dec. 1 deadline. The graduate application deadline is approaching! Dec. 1st is the last day to submit your application to the UBC School of Music for MMus, MA, PhD or DMA programs. If you’re on the fence […]

Remembering Andrew Dawes, Professor Emeritus of Music

Remembering Andrew Dawes, Professor Emeritus of Music

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Andrew Dawes, Professor Emeritus of Music.⁠ “Andrew Dawes was a giant in the world of classical music. As first violinist of the Orford String Quartet and a faculty member at the UBC School of Music he influenced generations of young musicians and touched the […]

Games in Music: Behind the Scenes with composer and UBC alum Antony Knight

Games in Music: Behind the Scenes with composer and UBC alum Antony Knight

Composers Antony Knight (BMus ’22) and Gabriella Yorke (BMus ’23) talk about their role in arranging medleys for the upcoming concert Games in Music: Halo, WoW, LOTR.

MMus student Vivian Kwok wins 3rd prize at the SOCAN Young Composer Awards

MMus student Vivian Kwok wins 3rd prize at the SOCAN Young Composer Awards

MMus student Vivian Kwok wins 3rd prize at the SOCAN Young Composer Awards for her composition, Distant. “Distant was an internal dialogue I frequently had with myself in the heat of the Hong Kong protests that began in mid-2019, which were triggered by the introduction of the Fugitive Offenders amendment bill, and evolved into a […]

The Hilton Head International Piano Competition presents 2022 First Prize Winner Jaeden Izik-Dzurko in Review

The Hilton Head International Piano Competition presents 2022 First Prize Winner Jaeden Izik-Dzurko in Review

The Hilton Head International Piano Competition presents 2022 First Prize Winner Jaeden Izik-Dzurko in Review.

Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, Winner Of The 2022 Hilton Head Piano Competition, to Perform at Weill Recital Hall

Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, Winner Of The 2022 Hilton Head Piano Competition, to Perform at Weill Recital Hall

Jaeden Izik-Dzurko (MMus studying with Corey Hamm)⁠, will perform at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Friday, Oct 14. The Hilton Head International Piano Competition First-Prize winner will perform works by Albéniz, Scriabin, Beethoven, Hamelin and Rachmaninoff.

Professor Dorothy Chang wins Classical Composer of the Year

Professor Dorothy Chang wins Classical Composer of the Year

Composer and professor Dorothy Chang was nominated for a Juno Award for Classical Composition of the Year for her composition, Flight.

Inspired at the Chan kicks off with internationally-acclaimed pianist David Fung

Inspired at the Chan kicks off with internationally-acclaimed pianist David Fung

“Inspired at the Chan kicks off with internationally-acclaimed pianist David Fung making his Chan Centre debut”

Elektra sings Snewíyalh tl’a Staḵw (Teachings of the Water), an act of reconciliation through the arts

Elektra sings Snewíyalh tl’a Staḵw (Teachings of the Water), an act of reconciliation through the arts

Teachings of the Water was conceived by ethnomusicologist Jeanette Gallant, the five-piece a cappella work is based on Squamish text gifted by Tsitsáyxemaat (Rebecca Duncan) and scored by Métis composer T. Patrick Carrabré

Krisztina Szabo

Krisztina Szabó: Artist in Focus

Canadian mezzo Krisztina Szabó shares her thoughts on singing Judith, teaching and maintaining a healthy work-life balance.