UBC Music Alum Jeff Toyne awarded Emmy for Music composed for TV Series “Palm Royale”
Toyne was also nominated for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) for “Palm Royale.”
UBC Professor Dr. Robert Pritchard retires from the UBC School of Music
We caught up with “Dr. Bob” to collect his thoughts on technology in the music industry, advice for students today, and how it all started with taking Greyhound bus trips from Vernon to UBC for composition lessons with Cortland Hultberg.
PhD Student, Sherryl Sewepagaham awarded 2024 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship
Sherryl’s research is focused on revitalizing the Cree language through Indigenous songs and examining gender within Cree traditions. Sherryl is studying with Associate Professor Dr. Dylan Robinson xwélmexw (Stó:lō/Skwah).
UBC Music alum Jeff Toyne nominated for two Emmy Awards
“This happened to be a show the filmmakers and the studio believed in the power of music — in particular, live music,” Toyne said. “The investment in recording musicians — real people — for the score of the show really paid off.” / SooToday
UBC DMA Candidate Matthew-John Knights selected as Symphony Nova Scotia’s fifth Maria Anna Mozart Award Recipient
The Maria Anna Mozart Award supports the work of Canadian women and non-binary composers. Matthew-John Knights’ original composition will premiere with Symphony Nova Scotia during the 2025/26 concert season. They are studying with Professor Dorothy Chang.
This UBC alum composed the score for Apple TV+’s Palm Royale
UBC Music Alum, Jeff Toyne describes Palm Royale’s music as ‘Henry Mancini meets Bernard Hermann — but Latin’ / CBC news
Vancouver Chamber Choir set to premiere T. Patrick Carrabré’s Histoires des Métis in Longhouse concert
The title of the upcoming show, Stories of the Land will also feature a premiere by Vancouver Chamber Choir composer-in-residence Andrew Balfour and works by UBC Music PhD Student Sherryl Sewepagaham, UBC Music Alum Alex Vollant, and Russell Wallace. /stir magazine
Dylan Robinson and Sherryl Sewepagaham win Friends of Canadian Music Award
Associate Professor, Dylan Robinson has selected PhD student Sherryl Sewepagaham to receive support as an emerging artist through this award.
Canadian Music Centre awards prizes to UBC Composition students
UBC Composition students Joanne Na, Hope Salmonson, Mark Marinic were awarded prizes from the Canadian Music Centre BC.
UBC Chamber Strings hold tribute to fiddler and politician Wally Firth
The event will feature a short film about Firth’s life and politics, as well as video of him talking about and playing fiddle music. /Emily Blake for Cabin Radio