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New biography by UBC Music alumna celebrates composer and ethnomusicologist Elliot Weisgarber

 
This is the first full-length biography of Elliot Weisgarber, the American-born Canadian composer, clarinetist, and ethnomusicologist who served on the faculty of the UBC School of Music from 1960 until his retirement in 1984.

A Night of Music at the Learning Exchange: UBC School of Music Brings Students and the Downtown Eastside Together

 
UBC School of Music students partnered with the Learning Exchange to bring live music and dialogue to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

Prof. David Metzer authors new book on musicians confronting the US prison system

 
The book examines how musicians across genres­–hip hop, country, blues, folk, rock, jazz, and classical–have confronted the prison system.
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Streaming concerts

The School of Music presents selections of concerts streamed online from the stages of the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Old Auditorium, and Roy Barnett Recital Hall at UBC.
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