UBC DMA student Caroline Olsen newest member of Kamloops Symphony Orchestra.
Caroline Olsen is currently studying viola with Assistant Professor Marina Thibeault.
PhD Candidate, Oscar Smith receives Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award.
The UBC Killam Teaching and Service awards recognize faculty members and graduate students for their outstanding teaching, research and service to the community.
Lauren Visel appointed as Director of Symphony Band and Lecturer at Carleton College
Lauren graduated from our Masters of Music in Conducting program in 2019. She studied with Professor Robert Taylor.
UBC Assistant Professor Marina Thibeault’s album Viola Borealis, wins Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year
Thibeault, with Orchestre de l’Agora led by Nicolas Ellis, performs music by Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks, Anishinaabe composer Melody McKiver, the very first viola concerto—composed around 1716 by Telemann.
‘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
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
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
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
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
BBC Culture looks to research from Chair of the UBC Musicology Division and Professor, David Metzer, to help define the “power ballad”.