Three UBC School of Music faculty and alumni have been nominated for 2020 Juno Awards!
Marina Thibeault
Violist and assistant professor Marina Thibeault is a finalist for Best Classical Album: Solo or Chamber for her album ELLES, recorded with pianist Marie-Ève Scarfone. ELLES features repertoire for viola and piano by exceptional 19th and 21st century women composers: Clara Schumann, Fanny Hensel, Nadia Boulanger, Rebecca Clarke, Lilian Fuchs, and Anna Pidgorna.
John Stetch
Pianist, composer and sessional instructor John Stetch (MMus’19) received a nomination for Best Jazz Album: Solo for Black Sea Suite — his 16th album. Recorded with his NYC-based band Vulneraville, Black Sea Suite features originals “ranging from toe-tapping swing to East European suites to classically influenced cinematic excursions.” This is John’s 7th Juno nomination!
Jared Miller
Alumnus composer Jared Miller (BMus’ 10) received a nomination for Under Sea, Above Sky in the category of Classical Composition of the Year. The work is an ode to our planet, representing “both Earth’s massive, majestic and wild side, and its incredibly fragility, as climate change continues to wreak havoc upon it.” It was commissioned and recorded by the National Youth Orchestra of Canada with support from the SOCAN Foundation in 2019.
Congratulations, Marina, John and Jared!
