UBC Music Alum, Jaeden Izik-Dzurko wins 1st prize at the 2024 Montreal International Music Competition
Jaeden Izik-Dzurko (MMus ’23) studied with Professor Corey Hamm.
Jaelem Bhate named as PEI Symphony Orchestra’s New Music Director
UBC Alum and faculty member Jaelem Bhate’s (BMus’17, MMus’19) first concert with the PEISO will take place on Oct. 20, 2024 at the Sobey Family Theatre at the Confederation Centre of the Arts.
‘I didn’t think I could get there’: Q&A with Treaty 8 composer performing at Carnegie Hall
Cree musician, Cris Derksen (BMus’07) will perform music inspired by the Indigenous tradition of controlled burns /CBC News
These Indigenous artists are putting queer love in the spotlight
Contemporary cellist Cris Derksen (BMus’07) has been challenging traditional norms in the classical music world, including hosting the Banff Centre’s Canadian Indigenous Classical Music Gathering in 2019. / Photo: Curtis Perry for CBC News
Emerging Artists of Ballet BC and New Coast Players come together for Absence; Creation, February 17
“Absence; Creation” was created by UBC Music student Jack Campbell and UBC Music alum Anthony Knight, featuring emerging artists from Ballet BC and a new ensemble of UBC Music students called New Coast Ensemble./ Stir Vancouver
Anmore composer scores music in début ballet
[UBC Music student] Jack Campbell’s “Absence & Creation” will have two showings in Vancouver, will feature four of Ballet BC’s emerging artists, and will include the UBC School of Music’s New Coast Chamber Ensemble. Photo: Jack Campbell (left) with UBC Alum Antony Knight./Jeff Topham for TriCity News
Iman Habibi, Winner of the 2022 Azrieli Commission for Jewish Music
Iman Habibi was born in Tehran, immigrated to Canada in 2003, and now lives in Toronto. Following early training in his native Iran, Habibi went on to earn his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of British Columbia, working with Dorothy Chang, Jeffrey Ryan and Stephen Chatman. His music will be featured in a performance in London as part of winning the 2022 Azrieli Commission for Jewish Music!
Production featuring exclusively 2SLGBTQ+ artists receives grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and BC Arts Council
“A Spanish Hour?” is a Queer-English reimagining of Maurice Ravel’s “L’heure Espagnole”, a one-act comédie musicale from 1911, directed by UBC School of Music Associate Professor J. Patrick Raftery, who also co-wrote the English libretto with dramaturge Peter Tiefenbach.
Meet UBC Music alum Albert Chan!
“A formal skill set in the theory, history, and fundamental concepts of music has allowed me to interact with other artists (both musical and non-musical) in positive ways.” – Albert Chan (BA ’13, BEd ’14)
Janna Sailor: From Violinist to Conductor, Pioneering Change Through Music
Janna Sailor (MMus ’08, DMPS ’12) is the Artistic Director of Allegra Chamber Orchestra. “Allegra runs a six-month “composer incubator” program in which female and minority composers are mentored by seasoned composers.” Photo: Michelle Keobke/Diamond’s Edge Photography