Conjuring the future
An exciting new multimedia collaboration between Professor Bob Pritchard and Turning Point Ensemble imagines one possible future for humanity — and points to another for classical music performance WATCH: Synapses (6:15) An oboist wanders barefoot in near-darkness. He plays a string of searching notes, trails off, and begins again, elaborating the melody. He stops, peers. […]
Cross-Continental “Orbit” Features New Works by Indigenous Composers
“Cris Derksen’s Latency was designed with Zoom as both inspiration and model. Weary of waging war with bandwidth and its inevitable technical difficulty, Derksen simulates latency, creating its characteristic stutters and glitches using precisely calculated delay.”
‘I saw a hole in the classical music world that I wanted to fill,’ conductor/composer Bhate says
“Bhate has chosen his ensemble’s repertoire from contemporary composers and historical figures who, for one reason or another, have been invited out of the canon.”
Stephen Chatman and Mark Takeshi McGregor win at the 2020 Western Canadian Music Awards
Congratulations to Dr. Stephen Chatman and flutist Mark Takeshi McGregor (BMus’95, DMA’12), winners at the 2020 Western Canadian Music Awards! The Western Canadian Music Alliance (WCMA), created by the music industry associations of B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory, presents the awards to promote and celebrate western Canadian music. Stephen Chatman was […]
Dr. T. Patrick Carrabré appointed Director of the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
We are excited to announce that Dr. T. Patrick Carrabré has been appointed the role of Director of the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, in addition to his current role as Director of the School of Music! “The Chan Centre has been an important performing arts presenter for over two decades, so I’m looking […]
School of Music faculty and alumni nominated for 2020 Juno awards
Three UBC School of Music faculty and alumni have been nominated for 2020 Juno Awards! Marina Thibeault Violist and assistant professor Marina Thibeault is a finalist for Best Classical Album: Solo or Chamber for her album ELLES, recorded with pianist Marie-Ève Scarfone. ELLES features repertoire for viola and piano by exceptional 19th and 21st century […]
Jocelyn Morlock says her Juno-winning piece My Name is Amanda Todd ‘stands up for itself’
“It is impossible for a composer to know what a listener will take from a piece,” [Morlock] says. “All you can hope is that it’s given proper context and a great performance. People will react to it as they will.”