High Notes

We caught up with Professor Hamel to hear how progressive rock music ignited his passion for computer music, and to learn what continues to excite him about the evolving world of music technology.

Host Gloria Macarenko sits down with UBC Professor of Musicology, David Metzer, to learn how an economic downturn can influence music./ CBC On the Coast

UBC Opera Ensemble perform Thunderstorm at the Harbin Conservatory of Music in Heilongjiang Province, China. / Images from Harbin Normal University

Jaeden Izik-Dzurko is having an international career, Montreal piano music lovers will attend his Sunday afternoon recital at Pierre-Mercure hall. Alain Brunet had a chat with this more than excellent player./ Pro Musica

UBC Music Alum Jack Campbell (BMus '24) has created music based on the mathematics used to crack the Enigma code during the Second World War. /Credit: Vancouver is Awesome

UBC Music Alum Cris Derksen’s (BMus'07) composition, "Controlled Burn" begins with a “col legno” passage, which is when the strings are hit by the wood back of the bow. For the Cree composer, the “crackly sound” is meant to emulate nature.

UBC Opera Ensemble perform Thunderstorm at the Harbin Conservatory of Music in Heilongjiang Province, China. / Images from Harbin Normal University

UBC Music Students Linda Ruan (DMPS 2nd yr) received First Prize and Hamilton Lau (BMus'24, MMus 1st yr) received Second Prize, at the 48th Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition. / Photo: E-Gré Competition

Holly Bergeron-Dumaine's research encompasses Music Pedagogy, counter-canonical approaches to Popular Music studies & pedagogy, and analysis of music in video games with an emphasis on Timbre & Genre.