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
UBC Music Faculty and Alum win Society for Music Theory Publication Awards
Leigh VanHandel, Dylan Robinson, and Leslie Tilley win Society for Music Theory Publication Awards!
Games in Music: Behind the Scenes with composer and UBC alum Antony Knight
Composers Antony Knight (BMus ’22) and Gabriella Yorke (BMus ’23) talk about their role in arranging medleys for the upcoming concert Games in Music: Halo, WoW, LOTR.
Virtual vocal arts project pays tribute to remains discovered at residential schools
“Two musical artists are joining together on a vocal arts virtual video project that pays tribute to the recent discovery of the unmarked graves of hundreds of children at residential schools across the country. Lil’wat composer Russell Wallace and Toronto artist Hussein Janmohamed plan to compile clips of people singing into a tribute video.”
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.”
Alumni Making Waves: Opera débuts, a virtual piano app, and a project to reclaim languages and cultures erased by colonialism
Tenor Spencer Britten (MMus’17) was featured as an opening soloist in Against the Grain Theatre’s Messiah/Complex, a bold cross-Canada performance of Handel’s Messiah created in partnership with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. A timeless piece of music with a distinctly Canadian twist, Messiah/Complex is performed in Arabic, Dene, English, French, Inuktitut, and Southern Tutchone, showcasing a […]