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UBC Lecturer of Music Theory, Dr. Robert Komaniecki goes viral after ranking every single Disney animated film song

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Faculti: T. Patrick Carrabré, Snewíyalh tl’a Staḵw (Teachings of the Water)
How a Composer was Reunited with a Long-lost Score

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.

‘I didn’t think I could get there’: Q&A with Treaty 8 composer performing at Carnegie Hall

‘I didn’t think I could get there’: Q&A with Treaty 8 composer performing at Carnegie Hall

Cree musician, Cris Derksen (BMus’07) will perform music inspired by the Indigenous tradition of controlled burns /CBC News