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.
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.
Vancouver Fringe appoints Duncan Watts-Grant as Executive Director
Congratulations to UBC Music alum (BMus 2016, Opera), Duncan Watts-Grant for his appointment as Executive Director at the Vancouver Fringe!
A Midsummer Night’s Dream’s Spencer Britten forges a new path in opera
Rising tenor and UBC Alum, Spencer Britten (MMus 2018), on becoming a champion for diversity in Opera.
Harpist, Vivian Chen (MMus ’22) performs at the Christmas with Chor Leoni
Vancouver harpist Vivian Chen (MMus ’22) brings musical storytelling to Christmas with Chor Leoni