People of Arts: Jonathan (Jono) Lee
Get to know UBC Music Alum Jonathan (Jono) Lee! Jonathan studied voice at UBC Music and is now an Arts Academic Advisor. You may have also recognized Jonathan as the Musical Director for the newly formed UBC Faculty of Arts Staff Choir!
Meet UBC School of Music Alum Spencer Britten!
As a Tenor, Dancer, and Actor, Spencer spends a lot of time on the road. Read his reflections on an international career and advice for breaking into the industry.
‘Everything grew out of the spine’: Emmalena Fredriksson’s cyborg dystopia at Dancing on the Edge
UBC team helps develop Emmalena Fredriksson’s cyborg-like costume in ‘Ecdysis’. UBC Associate Professor, Music Technology Bob Pritchard led the team of students/alumni which included Daniel Tsui (BMus, BSc, MMus), Danielle Lee (BMus) and Alaia Hamer (BA, BFA). Photo: Luciana Freire D’Anuncia/Vancouver Sun
All-female festivELLE devotes event to Jocelyn Morlock and her advocacy for mental health
The Allegra Chamber Orchestra, conducted by UBC Music alum Janna Sailor, and Astrolabe Musik Theatre perform Morlock’s music as well as music by her mentees UBC Music alumni Mari Alice Conrad, Holly Winter, and Sasha Kow. Stir
Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra’s Summer Concert Series has a few surprises in store
Janna Sailor (MMus ’08, DMPS ’12) will conduct the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra in the premieres of several new works as part of its Summer Concert Series, including ‘Ripple, Pitch, Rise, Ritual’ by Vancouver composer Robyn Jacob (BMus ’11). Stir
UBC Music alum Gage Sippel accepted for tuba position in the National Academy Orchestra of Canada
UBC Music alum Gage Sippel (BMus ’21, Diploma in Music Performance ’22) has been accepted for a position in the National Academy Orchestra of Canada! Gage studied with UBC Adjunct Professor Peder Maclellan.
Michael Dirk demonstrates Wurlitzer organ for Silent Movie Mondays
UBC Music Faculty member and organist Michael Dirk (BMus ’04) demonstrates the “bells and whistles” of the Orpheum Theatre’s historic Wurlitzer organ, on which he’ll perform for Silent Movie Mondays.
‘A tricky place to be’: Navigating Canada’s classical music scene with Luka Kawabata
Luka Kawabata graduated from UBC with a MMus in Opera performance in 2018. His “The HAFU ハーフ Project” is a three-part digital series exploring his story as a Nikkei-Canadian navigating Canada’s classical music scene. Ubyssey/Photo by Mark Yammine
INTERVIEW | Composer Cris Derksen Talks About Nîpîy’s Songwalks, A Concert With Amadeus Choir
Cree cellist and composer Cris Derksen (BMus ’07) will premiere their work, A Prayer for Water/Mass for Nîpîy, about Indigenous water sovereignty at the season finale concert of the Amadeus Choir. Kathleen Allan (BMus ’11) is the Artistic Director and Conductor of Amadeus. LudwigVan/Photo by Tanja-Tiziana
UBC Music alumni Erika Switzer and Tyler Duncan release “A Left Coast”
Composers include Jeffery Ryan, UBC Music emeriti, Stephen Chatman, Jean Coulthard and more.