Dr. T. Patrick Carrabré steps down as Director of the School of Music.
Dr. Carrabré will continue his role as a faculty member in the School of Music composition division and as Director of the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. His directorship at the School will end May 15. An Acting Director will be announced soon.
MUSIC research cluster awarded grant in research excellence
The MUSIC cluster will develop collaborative and interdisciplinary research projects, educational opportunities, and community outreach projects in music cognition. Dr. Leigh VanHandel, Chair of the Music Theory Division, is the Cluster Lead.
If Alicia Keys’s voice cracks at the Super Bowl, but it’s edited out, did it even happen?
“I think some people are a little bit freaked out by that. That millions and millions of people can witness something happen, and then the official record will just carry no evidence that it happened, and there will be no acknowledgement that it changed,” [Lecturer, Music Theory] Robert Komaniecki told CBC News. Photo: Steve Luciano/The Associated Press
Q & A with Dr. Leigh VanHandel
We caught up with the Chair of our Music Theory Division to discuss her music theory origin story, what excites her most about teaching, and her involvement with roller derby!
Vancouver pianist Corey Hamm reflects on a Ligeti-filled holiday.
UBC Professor Corey Hamm performs Ligeti’s entire, complex Concerto for Piano and Orchestra as part of a Turning Point Ensemble concert with conductor Fabián Panisello at the Annex on January 12 and 13. / Stir
Opera on the brain
How does operatic training affect memory, cognitive functioning, and learning? The Wall Opera Project, funded by Peter Wall Institute, has been looking deep inside the brains of UBC opera students to unveil the science behind these changes. / UBC Magazine
Taylor Swift mania hits Vancouver
Swift’s cross-generational success can be attributed to her ability to delve into different musical sounds, says UBC Musicology professor Dr. David Metzer /Vancouver Sun
Congratulations to newly Tenured UBC Music faculty!
UBC Music Faculty Jose Franch Ballester, David Fung, Claudio Vellutini, and Dylan Robinson have been promoted with Tenure.
UBC Wind Ensemble merges western classical music and Hindustani rāga-inspired works in Tarot
Robert Taylor reflected on the performance. “…We brought in a lot of new ideas which are very different [from] what you might normally expect in a concert hall experience. And the openness and hard work by the students created this event that had all of the right kinds of energy.” – The Ubyssey
The sounds of the Métis, the music and the many years of untold stories
“I wanted to draw attention to the reality of being Métis,” said Carrabré. “I think it’s incumbent on those of us who can to take the opportunity when we can, to be a little bit political to draw people’s attention to it.” /The Ubyssey