UBC Alum Monica Chen appointed as Assistant Conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Monica Chen studied Orchestral Conducting with Professor Jonathan Girard.
Lauren Visel appointed as Director of Symphony Band and Lecturer at Carleton College
Lauren graduated from our Masters of Music in Conducting program in 2019. She studied with Professor Robert Taylor.
UBC Opera’s The Florentine Straw Hat a mid-winter charmer
David Gordon Duke speaks to Director of Orchestral Activities and conductor, Jonathan Girard about Nino Rota’s rarely heard The Florentine Straw Hat.
Introducing Hyejung Jun, Assistant Professor of Choral Conducting
Dr. Hyejung Jun joins the UBC School of Music faculty as Assistant Professor of Choral Conducting, beginning September 1, 2022.
Allegra Chamber Orchestra’s amplifies female voices from across Canada in their latest event: FestivELLE
“In the summer of 2020, Allegra Chamber Orchestra performed a Jocelyn Morlock piece called “Solace” in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. This year, the company has worked with the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra to develop an Indigenous event, featuring Métis soprano Melody Courage, which will be happening in August.”
‘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.”
Composer and conductor Hussein Janmohamed on choral singing, identity, and fostering cultural understanding
By Aryn Strickland As a composer, conductor, and teacher, Hussein Janmohamed (BMus’96, MMus’98, MMus’14) has built a career using choral music to challenge cultural stereotypes and reframe the conversation about race in Canada. Growing up as an Ismaili Muslim in rural Alberta taught him that discrimination was an unfortunate fact of life, even in a […]
Engineering’s loss is music’s gain
Kathleen Allan (BMus ‘11) talks about her love of singing, conducting, and writing music; the three-headed monster that is her career; and her return to the West Coast. By Emma Lancaster Math and science whiz Kathleen Allan was anticipating a career in engineering when she stumbled across the composition program at the UBC School of […]