PhD Candidate, Oscar Smith receives Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award.
The UBC Killam Teaching and Service awards recognize faculty members and graduate students for their outstanding teaching, research and service to the community.
Lauren Visel appointed as Director of Symphony Band and Lecturer at Carleton College
Lauren graduated from our Masters of Music in Conducting program in 2019. She studied with Professor Robert Taylor.
NBA All-Star Game singer changes Canadian anthem in nod to Indigenous rights
Director, UBC School of Music T. Patrick Carrabré reflects on Jully Black’s edit to the Canadian national anthem during the NBA All-Star Game in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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.
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.
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
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.
Elektra sings Snewíyalh tl’a Staḵw (Teachings of the Water), an act of reconciliation through the arts
Teachings of the Water was conceived by ethnomusicologist Jeanette Gallant, the five-piece a cappella work is based on Squamish text gifted by Tsitsáyxemaat (Rebecca Duncan) and scored by Métis composer T. Patrick Carrabré
Cris Derksen is home
Award-winning cellist Cris Derksen (BMus’07) on the urgency of Indigenous activism in the arts, the importance of hustle, and the future of live music in a post-pandemic world Cris Derksen is home. The COVID pandemic has brought the Juno-nominated cellist’s life on the road — more than a decade of near constant-travel, with frequent stops on […]
Emmerich Kálmán, Rediscovered
Dr. Jonathan Girard and the UBC Symphony Orchestra shine a light on century-old symphonic treasures by the Jewish-Hungarian composer By Tze Liew Emmerich Kálmán couldn’t sing, and wouldn’t dance — but his music has moved hundreds of thousands of operetta-goers to fits of tears and waltzes of joy. Capturing many a heart with gems […]