Instrument ‘masks’ and puppy pee pads help music classes continue in schools
“It’s not going to be business as usual. But we found a safe way to do it,”
Pianist Mark Anderson gets all classical on your ass this Wednesday
If you’ve got a hankering for some classical piano music, UBC Music’s got your back.”
Guide aims to help music students play along with physical distancing
“We know that music education is important to developing the whole learner, the whole child,” said Ms. Reardon MacLellan
Let world-renowned Indigenous cellist Cris Derksen give you a concert from their living room
“Originally from the North Tall Cree reserve in Northern Alberta, the Juno-nominated artist is an internationally renowned cellist and composer known for their unique sound that blends traditional Indigenous music with classical music.”
UBC’s Krisztina Szabo voices excitement about heading back to school
“With the future of staged opera more or less uncertain for the next while, Szabo is delighted to be joining the UBC faculty at what seems like a particularly opportune moment.”
Bali and Burnaby music students collide in Mepalu Sari avant-gamelan project
“Developed over a year in a working partnership with boutique gamelan label Insitu Recordings, co-founders Jonathan Adams and I Putu Gede Sukayana and Burnaby North students under teacher Kevin Ault, this new album’s title translates as Essence of a Collision.”
Cantopop ballad with COVID-19 twist co-written by UBC contest winner
“A new Cantonese pop song about the coronavirus pandemic — with lyrics penned by a University of British Columbia music student — hit digital streams this week.”
Corey Hamm Joins The Elite In Rzewski
“Corey Hamm is a professor of piano at the University of British Columbia School of Music. He has made a career-long study of Rzewski’s amazing set of variations on The People United Will Never Be Defeated, and it shows.”
Classical music: Vancouver composer Stephen Chatman worth celebrating
“In February, 2020, University of British Columbia’s School of Music was scheduled to feature a grand program of works by composer Stephen Chatman, since he was turning 70 that month.
Well, that, along with so much else, didn’t happen. Even so, concert or not, celebrating the dean of British Columbia composers is still a real pleasure.”
Faculty adjust to a new COVID-19 reality: online, physically-distanced classes
“‘If we can figure out how to make good music … that’s gonna be where we try and stay until things get a little bit better,’ [says Dr. Carrabré]