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”.
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.
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.
UBC Opera’s The Florentine Straw Hat a mid-winter charmer
David Gordon Duke speaks to Director of Orchestral Activities and conductor, Jonathan Girard about Nino Rota’s rarely heard The Florentine Straw Hat.
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
UBC Music scholar, Marina Gallagher’s Final Fantasy is a PhD in ludomusicology
Turning Final Fantasy into a PhD research topic. UBC PhD candidate in ludomusicology, Marina Gallagher explains how gaming plays a part in her research.
BMus/BEd student, Kristine Choi wins Phoenix Chamber Choirs’ Student Composition Competition
Kristine Choi won for her work, “Herdsman and Weaver” which depicts an ancient Chinese tale through the use of Korean descriptive onomatopoeias.
Harpist, Vivian Chen (MMus ’22) performs at the Christmas with Chor Leoni
Vancouver harpist Vivian Chen (MMus ’22) brings musical storytelling to Christmas with Chor Leoni
UBC Wall Opera Project is bridging neuroscience and music training
UBC Opera director, Nancy Hermiston part of UBC Wall Opera Project exploring how rigorous opera training sculpts the brain. – The Ubyssey
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