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Meet the UBC School of Music’s Quartet-in-Residence!

Meet the UBC School of Music’s Quartet-in-Residence!

The Somerset String Quartet was selected for their expertise and commitment to the excellence of chamber music at the UBC School of Music.

Remembering Marjorie Hougham

Remembering Marjorie Hougham

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Marjorie Hougham. Hougham was a long-time member of the piano faculty at the UBC School of Music.

UBC Wall Opera Project is bridging neuroscience and music training

UBC Wall Opera Project is bridging neuroscience and music training

UBC Opera director, Nancy Hermiston part of UBC Wall Opera Project exploring how rigorous opera training sculpts the brain. – The Ubyssey
Image: Anya Anber Ameen

UBC Music Faculty and Alum win Society for Music Theory Publication Awards⁠

UBC Music Faculty and Alum win Society for Music Theory Publication Awards⁠

Leigh VanHandel, Dylan Robinson, and Leslie Tilley win Society for Music Theory Publication Awards!⁠

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.