Wanna be like who? Meet the man who ranked every Disney song
When UBC musicologist Robert Komaniecki decided to score the cartoon tunes using complex objective criteria (and some ‘vibes’), he found some startling winners. He shows us his workings / The Guardian
UBC Lecturer of Music Theory, Dr. Robert Komaniecki goes viral after ranking every single Disney animated film song
Dr. Komaniecki talks to Gloria Macarenko about how he ranked every song in the Disney animated film library and the reaction he’s been getting to his list. / CBC News
A Spanish Hour? reimagines French one-act opera with a playful queer lens
An all-out cast helps bring to life, UBC Associate Professor J. Patrick Raftery’s vision for the story of rotating affairs, all set on a Toronto patio.
This UBC alum composed the score for Apple TV+’s Palm Royale
UBC Music Alum, Jeff Toyne describes Palm Royale’s music as ‘Henry Mancini meets Bernard Hermann — but Latin’ / CBC news
Opera Canada: 38 QS for Neil Craighead
The Artist of the Week is Canadian bass-baritone and UBC Student Neil Craighead. /Opera Canada
UBC Music Alum, Jaeden Izik-Dzurko wins 1st prize at the 2024 Montreal International Music Competition
Jaeden Izik-Dzurko (MMus ’23) studied with Professor Corey Hamm.
Dylan Robinson and Sherryl Sewepagaham win Friends of Canadian Music Award
Associate Professor, Dylan Robinson has selected PhD student Sherryl Sewepagaham to receive support as an emerging artist through this award.
UBC Chamber Strings hold tribute to fiddler and politician Wally Firth
The event will feature a short film about Firth’s life and politics, as well as video of him talking about and playing fiddle music. /Emily Blake for Cabin Radio
How a Composer was Reunited with a Long-lost Score
UBC Music Librarian Kevin Madill reunites composer with their lost score, 20 years after being lost in a flood.