High Notes

‘Music is everything’: Musician, professor in B.C. shines the spotlight on West African music, dance

‘Music is everything’: Musician, professor in B.C. shines the spotlight on West African music, dance

UBC Professor of African studies and ethnomusicology, J. S. Kofi Gbolonyo speaks to CBC News about bringing West African culture to the world stage.

Connecting continents through the pipe organ

Connecting continents through the pipe organ

UBC Organ instructor Michael Dirk connecting musicians in Vancouver and Kigali, Rwanda in cross-continental pipe organ performance.

Vancouver Fringe appoints Duncan Watts-Grant as Executive Director

Vancouver Fringe appoints Duncan Watts-Grant as Executive Director

Congratulations to UBC Music alum (BMus 2016, Opera), Duncan Watts-Grant for his appointment as Executive Director at the Vancouver Fringe!

Fast-rising B.C. pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko joins Spain’s Casals Quartet in Vancouver for a winning performance

Fast-rising B.C. pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko joins Spain’s Casals Quartet in Vancouver for a winning performance

UBC Music student Jaeden Izik-Dzurko (MMus) to perform with Spain’s Casals Quartet, for Friends of Chamber Music concert on Feb 28 at Vancouver Playhouse.

This UBC PhD student is fulfilling her fantasy, one note and one game at a time

This UBC PhD student is fulfilling her fantasy, one note and one game at a time

Marina Gallagher presented her paper at the 10th annual North American Conference on Video Game Music this month in Florida.

Total Eclipse of the Heart: The most epic song ever written

Total Eclipse of the Heart: The most epic song ever written

BBC Culture looks to research from Chair of the UBC Musicology Division and Professor, David Metzer, to help define the “power ballad”.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream’s Spencer Britten forges a new path in opera

A Midsummer Night’s Dream’s Spencer Britten forges a new path in opera

Rising tenor and UBC Alum, Spencer Britten (MMus 2018), on becoming a champion for diversity in Opera.

Introducing new Music Theory faculty members, Anabel Maler and Robert Komaniecki

Introducing new Music Theory faculty members, Anabel Maler and Robert Komaniecki

Dr. Maler and Dr. Komaniecki will join the School as Professor of Music Theory and Lecturer, Music Theory, respectively, as of July 1, 2023.

Listen: PhD candidate Marina Gallagher explores the music of Final Fantasy

Listen: PhD candidate Marina Gallagher explores the music of Final Fantasy

Marina will be speaking next month at the 10th annual North American Conference on Video Game Music.

Music, Art and Architecture Library exhibition that explores activism in classical music extended until February

Music, Art and Architecture Library exhibition that explores activism in classical music extended until February

Activism in the Arts: I’ve Got U Under My Skin: AIDS & Classical Music is curated by Kevin Madill, Music Librarian at the MAA Library. By Anna Moorhouse