‘Music is everything’: Musician, professor in B.C. shines the spotlight on West African music, dance
UBC Professor of African studies and ethnomusicology, J. S. Kofi Gbolonyo speaks to CBC News about bringing West African culture to the world stage.
Connecting continents through the pipe organ
UBC Organ instructor Michael Dirk connecting musicians in Vancouver and Kigali, Rwanda in cross-continental pipe organ performance.
NBA All-Star Game singer changes Canadian anthem in nod to Indigenous rights
Director, UBC School of Music T. Patrick Carrabré reflects on Jully Black’s edit to the Canadian national anthem during the NBA All-Star Game in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Total Eclipse of the Heart: The most epic song ever written
BBC Culture looks to research from Chair of the UBC Musicology Division and Professor, David Metzer, to help define the “power ballad”.
Introducing new Music Theory faculty members, Anabel Maler and Robert Komaniecki
Dr. Maler and Dr. Komaniecki will join the School as Professor of Music Theory and Lecturer, Music Theory, respectively, as of July 1, 2023.
UBC Opera’s The Florentine Straw Hat a mid-winter charmer
David Gordon Duke speaks to Director of Orchestral Activities and conductor, Jonathan Girard about Nino Rota’s rarely heard The Florentine Straw Hat.
Remembering Helen Chen Lee
It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Helen Chen Lee.
Remembering Beth Orson
It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of our dear friend and Adjunct Professor, Beth Orson.
Remembering Marjorie Hougham
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Marjorie Hougham. Hougham was a long-time member of the piano faculty at the UBC School of Music.
UBC Wall Opera Project is bridging neuroscience and music training
UBC Opera director, Nancy Hermiston part of UBC Wall Opera Project exploring how rigorous opera training sculpts the brain. – The Ubyssey
Image: Anya Anber Ameen