UBC Professor Dr. John Roeder to retire after 38 years at the UBC School of Music
Dr. Roeder reflects on his teaching life, how he discovered music theory through science, and shares what excites him about music technology today.
ASMTA presents UBC Music Director and Métis composer, T. Patrick Carrabré
Interview with Dr. Carrabré where he talks about his keynote appearance at the Arizona State Music Teachers Association (ASMTA) Conference where he will present Snewíyalh tl’a Staḵw (Teachings of the Water)—a composition he scored, based on Squamish text by Tsitsáyxemaat (Rebecca Duncan), performed by the Elektra Women’s Choir.
‘A tricky place to be’: Navigating Canada’s classical music scene with Luka Kawabata
Luka Kawabata graduated from UBC with a MMus in Opera performance in 2018. His “The HAFU ハーフ Project” is a three-part digital series exploring his story as a Nikkei-Canadian navigating Canada’s classical music scene. Ubyssey/Photo by Mark Yammine
INTERVIEW | Composer Cris Derksen Talks About Nîpîy’s Songwalks, A Concert With Amadeus Choir
Cree cellist and composer Cris Derksen (BMus ’07) will premiere their work, A Prayer for Water/Mass for Nîpîy, about Indigenous water sovereignty at the season finale concert of the Amadeus Choir. Kathleen Allan (BMus ’11) is the Artistic Director and Conductor of Amadeus. LudwigVan/Photo by Tanja-Tiziana
UBC Music alumni Erika Switzer and Tyler Duncan release “A Left Coast”
Composers include Jeffery Ryan, UBC Music emeriti, Stephen Chatman, Jean Coulthard and more.
Vancouver’s Chor Leoni sings of mental health and wellness in The Turning
Innu First Nation member and UBC Music Student Alex Vollant talks to Stir Magazine about the positive impact of singing with Chor Leoni.
“Music can change us, change communities, and change society.”
UBC Symphony Orchestra visits Germany in first ever European tour
The UBC Symphony Orchestra and University of Stuttgart Academic Orchestra reunite in Germany
Armand Birk selected as Conducting Fellow at Tanglewood Music Centre
Armand will also have an opportunity to conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra as part of this fellowship.
UBC Alum Monica Chen appointed as Assistant Conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Monica Chen studied Orchestral Conducting with Professor Jonathan Girard.
UBC DMA student Caroline Olsen newest member of Kamloops Symphony Orchestra.
Caroline Olsen is currently studying viola with Assistant Professor Marina Thibeault.