UBC Music Students selected for 2022 National Youth Band of Canada!
UBC Bands students Alison Cardinall, saxophone, Simon Prouxl, clarinet, Dawn Kwong, trumpet and Lawrence De Guzman, horn were selected to The National Youth Band of Canada (NYB), the most comprehensive music education youth project offered by the Canadian Band Association. The NYB provides an enriching musical and cultural experience to outstanding musicians aged 16 to […]
Introducing Dr. Dylan Robinson, Associate Professor
The UBC School of Music is elated to announce the appointment of Dr. Dylan Robinson as Associate Professor, beginning July 1, 2022. Dr. Robinson is a xwélmexw (Stó:lō/Skwah) artist, curator and writer. From 2015-2022, he served as the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts at Queen’s University. His book, Hungry Listening (University Minnesota Press, 2020), examines Indigenous […]
Introducing Dr. David Fung, Assistant Professor of Piano
The UBC School of Music is pleased to welcome Dr. David Fung, who is joining the faculty as Assistant Professor of Piano beginning January 1, 2022. Praised for his “ravishing and simply gorgeous” performances in the The Washington Post, pianist David Fung is widely recognized for interpretations that are elegant and refined, yet intensely poetic […]
Introducing Dr. Kofi Gbolonyo, Lecturer in African Music and African Studies
The UBC School of Music is pleased to announce the hire of Dr. Kofi Gbolonyo as a full-time Lecturer in African Music and African Studies. Dr. Kofi J. S. Gbolonyo joined the UBC School of Music as a Visiting Assistant Professor in September 2009, soon after completing his Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology with a Graduate Certificate […]
2020-21 Contemporary Players Series
The UBC Contemporary Players work every year with UBC Composition majors to commission, workshop and premiere music for subsets of the ensemble. This year, the Contemporary Players worked with eight composers who wrote duos and solos for the players, limiting the size of works to allow them to operate in accordance with COVID restrictions and […]
Congratulations, Class of 2021!
Happy Convocation Day! Congratulations to all our wonderful graduates for making it through a challenging year. We all know that it’s been a tough year, but you did it! No matter where you are in the world right now, we hope that you can take the time to connect with us and celebrate this tremendous […]
UBC Music nominations galore at the 2021 Western Canadian Music Awards
UBC Music nominations galore at the 2021 Western Classical Music Awards! Three of our faculty composers, Edward Top, Jocelyn Morlock and T. Patrick Carrabré, and alumna Katerina Gimon were nominated for Classical Composer of the Year. Faculty pianist Corey Hamm who is part of PEP (Piano and Erhu Project) with Nicole Ge Li was nominated […]
Commemorating the legacy of Justice Thomas Berger with music and art
Supreme Court Justice Thomas Berger — UBC graduate, legendary lawyer and trailblazing advocate for Indigenous land rights — passed away today at 88. Justice Berger’s groundbreaking work in First Nations activism led to the inclusion of Aboriginal rights in the Canadian Constitution. He was a counsel for the Nisga’a nation of B.C.. He led the […]
High Notes | Spring 2021 Edition
FEATURES Cris Derksen is home Award-winning cellist Cris Derksen (BMus’07) on the urgency of Indigenous activism in the arts, the importance of hustle, and the future of live music in a post-pandemic world Emmerich Kálmán, rediscovered Dr. Jonathan Girard and the UBC Symphony Orchestra shine a light on century-old symphonic treasures Conjuring the future An […]
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 […]