Meet UBC School of Music Alum Spencer Britten!
As a Tenor, Dancer, and Actor, Spencer spends a lot of time on the road. Read his reflections on an international career and advice for breaking into the industry.
UBC Student Hamilton Lau included in CBC’s ’30 hot Canadian classical musicians under 30′ list
‘Wonder is the beginning of wisdom,’ says Hamilton Lau, quoting Socrates.
Photo: Michelle Koebke/Diamond’s Edge Photography
‘Everything grew out of the spine’: Emmalena Fredriksson’s cyborg dystopia at Dancing on the Edge
UBC team helps develop Emmalena Fredriksson’s cyborg-like costume in ‘Ecdysis’. UBC Associate Professor, Music Technology Bob Pritchard led the team of students/alumni which included Daniel Tsui (BMus, BSc, MMus), Danielle Lee (BMus) and Alaia Hamer (BA, BFA). Photo: Luciana Freire D’Anuncia/Vancouver Sun
All-female festivELLE devotes event to Jocelyn Morlock and her advocacy for mental health
The Allegra Chamber Orchestra, conducted by UBC Music alum Janna Sailor, and Astrolabe Musik Theatre perform Morlock’s music as well as music by her mentees UBC Music alumni Mari Alice Conrad, Holly Winter, and Sasha Kow. Stir
UBC Professor Dr. John Roeder to retire after 38 years at the UBC School of Music
Dr. Roeder reflects on his teaching life, how he discovered music theory through science, and shares what excites him about music technology today.
Matheus Moraes joins Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
Matheus Moraes (MMus ’19, DMA Candidate) has been accepted for the Principal Trumpet position with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Matheus is currently studying with Larry Knopp.
UBC Music alum Gage Sippel accepted for tuba position in the National Academy Orchestra of Canada
UBC Music alum Gage Sippel (BMus ’21, Diploma in Music Performance ’22) has been accepted for a position in the National Academy Orchestra of Canada! Gage studied with UBC Adjunct Professor Peder Maclellan.
Michael Dirk demonstrates Wurlitzer organ for Silent Movie Mondays
UBC Music Faculty member and organist Michael Dirk (BMus ’04) demonstrates the “bells and whistles” of the Orpheum Theatre’s historic Wurlitzer organ, on which he’ll perform for Silent Movie Mondays.
ASMTA presents UBC Music Director and Métis composer, T. Patrick Carrabré
Interview with Dr. Carrabré where he talks about his keynote appearance at the Arizona State Music Teachers Association (ASMTA) Conference where he will present Snewíyalh tl’a Staḵw (Teachings of the Water)—a composition he scored, based on Squamish text by Tsitsáyxemaat (Rebecca Duncan), performed by the Elektra Women’s Choir.
‘A tricky place to be’: Navigating Canada’s classical music scene with Luka Kawabata
Luka Kawabata graduated from UBC with a MMus in Opera performance in 2018. His “The HAFU ハーフ Project” is a three-part digital series exploring his story as a Nikkei-Canadian navigating Canada’s classical music scene. Ubyssey/Photo by Mark Yammine