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The Art of Zen Music Playing

The Art of Zen Music Playing

Anxiety is a major issue in our modern society. Giving music students and professional musicians the autonomy to cultivate mindfulness is a path to be explored.

The 2020 UBC Concerto Competition winners

Bernardino Assunçao Congratulations to everyone who competed in the 2019/20 UBC School of Music Concerto Competition! This year’s winner is Bernardino Assunçao (clarinet) for his wonderful performance of Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57. The first runner-up is Gabriel Landstedt (piano), for his terrific performance of Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43. The second […]

Woodwinds, brass and percussion at the UBC School of Music

Woodwinds, brass and percussion at the UBC School of Music

One of the largest and most prestigious music schools in Canada, the UBC School of Music offers a wide array of undergraduate, graduate, and non-degree training in performance, composition, and scholarship. At the School of Music you will study, perform, and collaborate with some of the country’s best and brightest faculty as well as student […]

Forces to be reckoned with

Forces to be reckoned with

Regular Force musicians Katrina Bligh (BMus’09) and Tony Taylor (MMus’18) talk about their careers in the Canadian Armed Forces and why they love it By Tze Liew Plaza Sotomayor, Valparaiso, 2018. It is the 200th anniversary of the Chilean Armada. Canada has sent the Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy to join in the […]

A studio of one’s own

A studio of one’s own

Music production has seen a huge technological shift in recent years, but what has not been as quick to change is the diversity of the people behind the soundboard. Innovators Hildegard Westerkamp (BMus’72) and Kiran Bhumber (BMus’14) talk about tech, gender, and trusting your inner voice. By Aryn Strickland When Hildegard Westerkamp (BMus’72) looks back on her […]

Teaching at the heart of giving

Teaching at the heart of giving

Musicologist Elizabeth Lamberton (MA’78, PhD’88) fondly recalls her time at UBC. She credits her inspiring professors with helping her to discover her own lifelong passion: teaching. By Michelle Keong “I immediately felt that being in front of a class was where I was meant to be,” says Lamberton, who began her career as a sessional […]