Emerging Artists of Ballet BC and New Coast Players come together for Absence; Creation, February 17
“Absence; Creation” was created by UBC Music student Jack Campbell and UBC Music alum Anthony Knight, featuring emerging artists from Ballet BC and a new ensemble of UBC Music students called New Coast Ensemble./ Stir Vancouver
Arts Umbrella hosts performance of Debra Sparrow-inspired composition Strings of the Universe
Strings of the Universe, composed by UBC Music student Jack Campbell and inspired by renowned Musqueam artist Debra Sparrow’s weaving, will be featured at Arts Umbrella on February 25 at 2 pm.
Midnight at the opera: Enchantment and ardor take centre stage in Cendrillon
Pop culture has turned to spinning this fairytale in particular on its head countless times. Not UBC Opera — they preserved all the class. Courtesy Sarah Race Photography/ Ubyssey
Q & A with Dr. Leigh VanHandel
We caught up with the Chair of our Music Theory Division to discuss her music theory origin story, what excites her most about teaching, and her involvement with roller derby!
UBC Opera’s Cendrillon conjures a fairy-tale world with some serious singing
As Cinderella and her Prince Charmant, soprano Alexandra Baird and mezzo Katie Fraser relish the chance to stage Massenet’s magic-dusted masterpiece at the Chan Centre / Stir Vancouver
Anmore composer scores music in début ballet
[UBC Music student] Jack Campbell’s “Absence & Creation” will have two showings in Vancouver, will feature four of Ballet BC’s emerging artists, and will include the UBC School of Music’s New Coast Chamber Ensemble. Photo: Jack Campbell (left) with UBC Alum Antony Knight./Jeff Topham for TriCity News
Announcing the UBC Concerto Competition winners!
We are thrilled to congratulate Harry Xie (DPMS ’24) for winning First Prize for his performance of Henri Tomasi’s Concerto for Alto Saxophone; and runner up Yanqing Zhang (DMA candidate) who performed Óscar Navarro’s III CONCERTO for Bb/Eb Clarinet.
Vancouver pianist Corey Hamm reflects on a Ligeti-filled holiday.
UBC Professor Corey Hamm performs Ligeti’s entire, complex Concerto for Piano and Orchestra as part of a Turning Point Ensemble concert with conductor Fabián Panisello at the Annex on January 12 and 13. / Stir
‘Joyful, festive and glorious’: UBC Choirs and the Vancouver Brass Orchestra delight in the holidays with Gloria
The concert was exceptional and multi-faceted, an exhaustive demonstration of the versatility and vitality of some of UBC’s finest musicians. / The Ubyssey
Five concert grand pianos and five virtuoso pianists from the UBC School of Music take to the stage in Inspired at the Chan performance
UBC Music students Fergus Kwan, Hamilton Lau, Oleksandr Luchkov (replacing Christine Ngai), Vivienne Thamrin, and Daniel Tong perform in Piano Fantasy: Star Wars, Harry Potter, Holst. / Stir Vancouver