These Indigenous artists are putting queer love in the spotlight
Contemporary cellist Cris Derksen (BMus’07) has been challenging traditional norms in the classical music world, including hosting the Banff Centre’s Canadian Indigenous Classical Music Gathering in 2019. / Photo: Curtis Perry for CBC News
Emerging Artists of Ballet BC and New Coast Players come together for Absence; Creation, February 17
“Absence; Creation” was created by UBC Music student Jack Campbell and UBC Music alum Anthony Knight, featuring emerging artists from Ballet BC and a new ensemble of UBC Music students called New Coast Ensemble./ Stir Vancouver
Arts Umbrella hosts performance of Debra Sparrow-inspired composition Strings of the Universe
Strings of the Universe, composed by UBC Music student Jack Campbell and inspired by renowned Musqueam artist Debra Sparrow’s weaving, will be featured at Arts Umbrella on February 25 at 2 pm.
Midnight at the opera: Enchantment and ardor take centre stage in Cendrillon
Pop culture has turned to spinning this fairytale in particular on its head countless times. Not UBC Opera — they preserved all the class. Courtesy Sarah Race Photography/ Ubyssey
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!
Announcing the UBC Concerto Competition winners!
We are thrilled to congratulate Harry Xie (DPMS ’24) for winning First Prize for his performance of Henri Tomasi’s Concerto for Alto Saxophone; and runner up Yanqing Zhang (DMA candidate) who performed Óscar Navarro’s III CONCERTO for Bb/Eb Clarinet.
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
‘Joyful, festive and glorious’: UBC Choirs and the Vancouver Brass Orchestra delight in the holidays with Gloria
The concert was exceptional and multi-faceted, an exhaustive demonstration of the versatility and vitality of some of UBC’s finest musicians. / The Ubyssey
Five concert grand pianos and five virtuoso pianists from the UBC School of Music take to the stage in Inspired at the Chan performance
UBC Music students Fergus Kwan, Hamilton Lau, Oleksandr Luchkov (replacing Christine Ngai), Vivienne Thamrin, and Daniel Tong perform in Piano Fantasy: Star Wars, Harry Potter, Holst. / Stir Vancouver
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