High Notes

UBC Alumnus Jaelem Bhate receives Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestra Conducting

UBC Alumnus Jaelem Bhate receives Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestra Conducting

Jaelem Bhate (BMus’17, MMus’19) is a conductor, composer and Music Director of the Prince Edward Island Symphony. While at UBC, Jaelem studied with Dr. Jonathan Girard and later served as interim director of orchestras and bands. / Canada Council of the Arts Photo: Darrell Theriault

Breath, Brass and Belonging: The Vancouver Brass Collective’s thriving music community

Breath, Brass and Belonging: The Vancouver Brass Collective’s thriving music community

We caught up with UBC alumni—VBC creator Dasa Silhova (BMus’19, MM’20) and director Jaelem Bhate (BMus’17, MMus’19)—to explore the Collective’s vision and their newly released album Acoustic Alloy.

Spines of historical musicology books at the UBC School of Music

Publications and Lectures

New books on Opera post Napoleonic France and Sign Language Music and publications and lectures on Afrofuturist Visual Culture and Indigenous water teachings and more from UBC Music Faculty.

Faculty News: Spring 2025

Faculty News: Spring 2025

New director and faculty appointments, music releases, a Queer reimagining of Ravel’s L’heure Espagnole, awards, performances, and more news from UBC Music Faculty.

Alumni Making Waves: Spring 2025

Alumni Making Waves: Spring 2025

Opera débuts, Leeds Prize and Emmy Award winners, new music releases and performing at Carnegie Hall and more from UBC Music Alumni.

Catching up with our Students

Catching up with our Students

Egré and Silverman competition winners, Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, Juno nominations, new music and more from UBC Music Students.

79-year-old piano teacher accepted to Oxford and Cambridge music programs

79-year-old piano teacher accepted to Oxford and Cambridge music programs

UBC Music student Susan Evans (MMus, Music Theory), who has been teaching students in North Vancouver for the last two decades, has a decision to make after earning spots in two prestigious programs in the U.K./ Abby Luciano / North Shore News

Dr. Hedy Law appointed as Director, UBC School of Music

Dr. Hedy Law appointed as Director, UBC School of Music

“I am deeply honoured to assume this leadership role for the UBC School of Music community.” Dr. Law’s appointment as Director starts July 1, 2025 after serving a year as Acting Director.

Concert review: Jack M Campbell (violin) (BMus ’24), Alexis Fletcher (dancer)

Concert review: Jack M Campbell (violin) (BMus ’24), Alexis Fletcher (dancer)

UBC Music alum “Jack M Campbell’s Sounding Bombe: Enigma Project concludes its UK tour at the Brighton Fringe on June 3 […] the prodigiously gifted young violinist will be presenting his work at the Edinburgh Fringe on 18 August 2025 at the Surgeons’ Hall, Stephenson Theatre. Be prepared to have your mind blown by Sounding Bombe.” / The Strad

Spencer Britten marks Asian Heritage Month and Pride Month with recital Memoirs of a Gaysian

Spencer Britten marks Asian Heritage Month and Pride Month with recital Memoirs of a Gaysian

Chinese-Canadian tenor and UBC alum Spencer Britten (BMus’15, MMus’17) is set to debut their recital Memoirs of a Gaysian at the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto on May 27. / Yujia Huang for the Ubyssey