Full-time Faculty
Alexander Fisher
Alexander Fisher
Professor, Early Music & Musicology, Renaissance and Baroque Studies
emailfisher@mail.ubc.ca
phone604-822-3524
location_onMusic Building 407
Alex Fisher was appointed to the UBC faculty in 2002, and holds degrees from Northwestern University (BMus 1992), Indiana University (MA 1995), and Harvard University (PhD 2001). His interests include German music of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, ritual contexts for sacred music in the ea...Read more
Anabel Maler
emailanabel.maler@ubc.ca
Research Area
Music TheoryDr. Anabel Maler is a scholar of music theory with interests in music and disability studies, music in Deaf culture, music perception, embodiment and gesture, post-tonal form, and the intersections of music theory, musicology, and ethnomusicology. Anabel was born outside of Ottawa, Ontario, and rece...Read more
Research Area
Music Theory
Andrea Grant
Andrea Grant
Lecturer, Opera, Voice
emailandrea.grant@ubc.ca
phone604-822-3113
Research Area
Voice & OperaAndrea Grant is the Head of Music Staff for Wexford Festival Opera, principal coach of University of Toronto Opera, and a member of the music staff of the Canadian Opera Company and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. She has also worked with Opera Omaha, Calgary Opera, Opera Atelier, Tapestry Opera, The ...Read more
Research Area
Voice & Opera
Brandon Konoval
Brandon Konoval
Associate Professor of Teaching, School of Music and Arts One Program
phone604-822-5687
location_onOld Auditorium 206B
Research Area
Music TheoryI hold a cross-appointment with the UBC School of Music and the UBC Arts One program, where I have taught since 1999. My research engages with intellectual and cultural history, with particular attention to music studies in several domains, the history and philosophy of science and technology, and t...Read more
Research Area
Music Theory
Claudio Vellutini
Claudio Vellutini
Associate Professor, Musicology
phone604-822-6795
location_onMusic Building 423
Research Area
MusicologyClaudio Vellutini joined the UBC School of Music in 2016. His research interests focus on the cultural and reception history of nineteenth-century Italian opera, its dissemination in the Austrian Empire, historiography, performers and performance practice, and staging. He has published essays and re...Read more
Research Area
Musicology
Corey Hamm
Corey Hamm
Professor, Piano and Chamber Music
emailcorey.hamm@ubc.ca
phone604-822-3522
location_onMusic Building 307
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KeyboardPianist Corey Hamm has established a unique musical profile performing widely in North America and in Asia as both soloist and chamber musician. His CD of Frederic Rzewski’s hour-long solo piano epic The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (Redshift Records TK431) won Spotify's Best Classica...Read more
Research Area
Keyboard
David Fung
David Fung
Associate Professor, Piano and Chamber Music
Curator Spirio Piano Series at the Chan Centre
emaildavid.fung@ubc.ca
phone778 300 3017
location_onMusic Building 309
Research Area
KeyboardPraised for his “ravishing and simply gorgeous” performances in the The Washington Post, pianist David Fung is widely recognized for interpretations that are elegant and refined, yet intensely poetic and uncommonly expressive. Mr. Fung regularly appears with the world’s premier ensembles inclu...Read more
Research Area
Keyboard
David Gillham
David Gillham
Associate Professor, Violin
emaildavid.gillham@ubc.ca
phone604-827-2035
location_onMusic Building 322
Research Area
StringsDavid Gillham has an extensive solo and chamber music career, having performed throughout Asia, Europe, the Americas and South Africa. He has performed in major venues such as Tokyo’s Opera City and Bunka Kaiken Recital Halls, Baxter Concert Hall in Cape Town SA and the Chicago Cultural Centre, as...Read more
Research Area
Strings
David Metzer
David Metzer
Chair, Musicology Division
Professor of Musicology
emaildavid.metzer@ubc.ca
phone604-822-2246
location_onMusic Building 403
Research Area
MusicologyDavid Metzer’s work explores a range of twentieth and twenty-first century styles, including classical, popular music, and jazz. He is currently working on a book dealing with how musicians have confronted the toll of incarceration in American society from the 1920s to the present day.
Dr. Metzer...Read more
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Musicology
Dorothy Chang
Dorothy Chang
Professor, Composition
emaildorothy.chang@ubc.ca
phone604-822-3406
location_onMusic Building 315
Research Area
CompositionDescribed as "evocative and kaleidoscopic” (Seattle Times) the music of composer Dorothy Chang often reflects the eclectic mix of musical influences from her youth, ranging from popular and folk music to elements of traditional Chinese music. Many of her works are inspired by place, time, memor...Read more
Research Area
Composition
Dylan Robinson
Dylan Robinson is a xwélmexw (Stó:lō/Skwah) artist, curator and writer. From 2015-2022 he was the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts at Queen’s University. Dr. Robinson’s curatorial work includes the international touring exhibition Soundings (2019-2025) co-curated with Candice Hopkins....Read more
Eric Wilson
Eric Wilson
Associate Professor, Cello
emaileric.wilson@ubc.ca
phone604-822-5526
location_onMusic Building 306
Research Area
StringsEric Wilson was awarded the Bronze Medal (1971) in the Geneva International Competition and co-winner of the Morris Loeb Prize for Strings (1973) at the Juilliard School. Eric Wilson was solo cellist of the Ensemble of New York in residence at the Lincoln Centre, New York. He was also a founding mem...Read more
Research Area
Strings
Ève Poudrier
Ève Poudrier
Assistant Professor, Music Theory
Lead PI, Rhythm Research Cluster
emaileve.poudrier@ubc.ca
phone604-822-9193
location_onMusic Building 415
Research Area
Music TheoryI completed my doctoral studies in music theory at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). My Ph.D. dissertation “Toward a General Theory of Polymeter: Polymetric Potential and Realization in Elliott Carter’s Solo and Chamber Instrumental Works After 1980” presented a co...Read more
Research Area
Music Theory
Graeme Langager
Graeme Langager is Director of Choral Activities at the University of British Columbia School of Music. A passionate and dynamic conductor, Dr. Langager is sought-after as a clinician, adjudicator, educator and guest conductor. He has performed throughout Europe and across North America, appearing i...Read more
Hedy Law
Hedy Law
Associate Professor, Musicology
emailhedy.law@ubc.ca
phone604-822-5683
location_onMusic Building 421
Research Area
MusicologyHedy Law is Associate Professor of Musicology at the School of Music of the University of British Columbia. She graduated from the University of Chicago in 2007 with a Ph.D. in Music History and Theory. In 2005 she received the Howard Mayer Brown Fellowship of the American Musicological Society. In ...Read more
Research Area
Musicology
Hyejung Jun
Hyejung Jun
Assistant Professor, Choral Conducting
emailhyejung.jun@ubc.ca
phone604 822 3468
location_onUBC Music Building, Room 405
Dr. Hyejung Jun joins the University of British Columbia as Assistant Professor of Choral Conducting after completing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She earned her Master of Music degrees from Yonsei University in Korea and Emory Univ...Read more
J. Patrick Raftery
J. Patrick Raftery
Associate Professor, Voice
phone604-822-3460
location_onMusic Building 409
Research Area
Voice & OperaJ. Patrick Raftery was a teenager when he sang for Opera Star George London (then General Director of the Washington Opera) who personally encouraged his musical studies in voice and opera. While still in High School Mr. Raftery was invited to audit the Wolf Trap Summer Opera Program where he met hi...Read more
Research Area
Voice & Opera
J. S. Kofi Gbolonyo
J. S. Kofi Gbolonyo
Lecturer in African Music and African Studies
Director, UBC African Music and Dance
phone604-827-3259
location_onOld Auditorium 206 A
Research Area
EthnomusicologyDr. Kofi J. S. Gbolonyo joined the UBC School of Music as a Visiting Assistant Professor in September 2009, soon after completing his Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology with a Graduate Certificate in African Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Since joining the UBC faculty, he has been teaching graduate ...Read more
Research Area
Ethnomusicology
Jasper Wood
Jasper Wood
Chair, Strings Division
Professor, Violin and Chamber Music
emailjasper.wood@ubc.ca
phone604-827-5628
location_onMusic Building 308
Research Area
Strings“Wood is always a joy to hear.” –Gramophone
Canadian violinist Jasper Wood has established a flourishing reputation as a soloist through his frequent performances with many of North America’s finest orchestras, in cities such as Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Buffalo, and throughout Europe. H...Read more
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Strings
Jonathan Girard
Jonathan Girard
Director, Orchestral Activities
Associate Professor, Conducting and Ensembles
phone604-827-5307
location_onMusic Building 324
Research Area
ConductingAmerican-born conductor Jonathan Girard is one of the rising stars of his generation. A passionate musician committed to engaging audiences with thrilling performances, he continues to gain a reputation as a musical force equally versed in symphonic repertoire, opera, and new music.
As the Director...Read more
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Conducting
Jose Franch-Ballester
Jose Franch-Ballester
Associate Professor, Clarinet and Chamber Music
phone604-822-3824
location_onMusic Building 316
Research Area
Woodwind, Brass & PercussionThe multi-award-winning Spanish clarinetist Jose Franch-Ballester (FrAHnk Bai-yess-TAIR) is considered one of the finest classical soloists and chamber music artists of his generation. He has been hailed for his “technical wizardry and tireless enthusiasm” (The New York Times), his “rich, reso...Read more
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Woodwind, Brass & Percussion
Keith Hamel
Keith Hamel
Chair, Composition Division
Professor, Composition
Director, Computer Music Studio
emailkeith.hamel@ubc.ca
phone604-822-6308
location_onMusic Building 317
Research Area
CompositionKeith Hamel is both a composer and computer music specialist. Dr. Hamel writes acoustic and electroacoustic music, and has been awarded many prizes in both media. Many of his recent compositions focus on the interaction between live performers and computer-controlled electronics. He has been commiss...Read more
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Composition
Krisztina Szabó
Krisztina Szabó
Assistant Professor, Voice and Opera
Research Area
Voice & OperaHungarian-Canadian mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó is highly sought after in both North America and Europe as an artist of supreme musicianship and stagecraft, and has become known for her promotion and performance of contemporary Canadian works. Among her many laudatory reviews, Opera Canada declare...Read more
Research Area
Voice & Opera
Laurel Parsons
Laurel Parsons
Lecturer, Music Theory & Aural Skills
Co-ordinator, Aural Skills
location_onMusic Building 441
Research Area
Music TheorySince retiring as Teaching Professor in the University of Alberta Department of Music, I have returned to UBC full-time where I teach courses in aural skills and music theory, including film music analysis, gender and music theory, and analysis of text-music relations.
As a music theorist, my res...Read more
Research Area
Music Theory
Leigh VanHandel
Leigh VanHandel
Chair, Music Theory Division
Associate Professor, Music Theory
phone604-822-5287
location_onMusic Building 419
Research Area
Music TheoryMy primary research areas are music theory pedagogy, music cognition, the relationship between music and language, computer-assisted research, and how those things all relate to one another. My scholarship seeks to understand how music works and how humans process music; this allows me to help other...Read more
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Music Theory
Mark Anderson
Mark Anderson
Chair of the Keyboard Division; Associate Professor, Piano, Piano Pedagogy
emailmark.anderson@ubc.ca
phone604-827-2532
location_onMusic Building 311
Research Area
KeyboardIn a world where transient glitter is often mistaken for pianistic excellence, Anderson offered that rare commodity: an ability to speak through music without hint of artifice.
– The Washington Post
A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, pianist Mark Anderson’s recordings and performances hav...Read more
Research Area
Keyboard
Michael Tenzer
Michael Tenzer
Professor, Ethnomusicology
Director, Balinese Gamelan Ensemble
phone604-822-3405
location_onOld Auditorium 206a
Research Area
EthnomusicologyMy home in the School of Music is in the Ethnomusicology division, and my musical interests span the globe, but my activities cover all of the kinds of things musicians do: performance, composition, research, teaching and mentoring, analyzing, thinking and writing about music, promoting interest in ...Read more
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Ethnomusicology
Nancy Hermiston
Nancy Hermiston
Chair, Voice and Opera Divisions Director, UBC Opera Ensemble
phone604-822-8246
location_onOld Auditorium 305
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Voice & OperaNancy Hermiston’s operatic career has taken her throughout Canada, the United States and Europe. Her New York debut took place in Carnegie Hall with Marilyn Horne and Mario Bernardi. Her European début led to a permanent engagement with the prestigious Nürnberg Opera. She has held numerous appoi...Read more
Research Area
Voice & Opera
Nathan Hesselink
Nathan Hesselink
Professor, Ethnomusicology
emailn.hesselink@ubc.ca
phone604-827-3259
location_onOld Auditorium 206b
Research Area
EthnomusicologyMy research broadly encompasses the topic of rhythmic play and social meaning, firstly in South Korean traditional percussion genres and more recently in North American and British rock music. I received my Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from the University of London, SOAS, and was a postdoctoral research...Read more
Research Area
Ethnomusicology
Rena Sharon
Rena Sharon
Professor, Collaborative Piano
emailrena.sharon@ubc.ca
phone604-822-3409
location_onMusic Building 321
Research Area
KeyboardBorn in Montreal, Canada, Rena Sharon began her life in chamber music at the age of eight. Her early studies were with Professor Dorothy Morton, and she continued her training at the Eastman School and Indiana University. Principal teachers were Menahem Pressler and Gyorgy Sebok, Janos Starker, and ...Read more
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Keyboard
Robert Komaniecki
phone604-822-3113
Research Area
Music TheoryDr. Robert Komaniecki is a passionate musician, communicator, and educator. Born and raised in Minnesota, USA, Robert earned his B.A. and M.A. in music theory from the University of Minnesota. Robert received his PhD in music theory with a minor in music history from Indiana University.
Robert enjo...Read more
Research Area
Music Theory
Robert Pritchard
Robert Pritchard
Associate Professor, Music Technology
emaildr.bob@ubc.ca
phone604-822-3526
location_onMusic Building 313
Research Area
CompositionBob Pritchard teaches music technology at UBC, and works in acoustic, electroacoustic, and interactive media as well as with film/video, dance, and installation art. He has received several awards and commissions through the The Canada Council, the BC Cultural Fund, the Ontario Arts Council and the ...Read more
Research Area
Composition
Robert Taylor
Robert Taylor
Director of Bands
Chair, Wind Brass & Percussion
Professor, Conducting & Ensembles
emailrob.taylor@ubc.ca
phone604-827-5474
location_onMusic Building 319
Robert Taylor is Professor of Music and Director of Bands at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, where he conducts the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, teaches graduate and undergraduate conducting, and serves as Chair of the Woodwind Brass and Percussion Division. With a career in music ed...Read more
T. Patrick Carrabré
T. Patrick Carrabré
Director of the School of Music; Professor, Composition
phone604-822-5436
location_onMusic Building 206
Research Area
CompositionT. Patrick Carrabré has been active as a composer, administrator, educator, radio host and conductor. For well over a decade, he worked closely with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, including six seasons as composer-in-residence and co-curator of the orchestra’s New Music Festival. Also active in...Read more
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Composition
Terence Dawson
Terence Dawson
Associate Professor of Teaching
Former Chair of the Keyboard Division
phone604-822-3587
location_onMusic Building 305
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KeyboardHis musicality described as “lucid” (Globe and Mail), his performances as “stunning” (Vancouver Sun), and possessing “trademark elegance and technical flair” (Georgia Straight), pianist Terence Dawson has earned a reputation as one of Vancouver’s most respected musicians. Repeat invita...Read more
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Keyboard
Valerie Whitney
Valerie Whitney
Assistant Professor, Horn
phone604-822-2598
location_onMusic Building 304
Research Area
Woodwind, Brass & PercussionDr. Valerie Whitney was appointed to the faculty at the UBC School of Music in 2018, where she is now Assistant Professor, Horn and Brass Area Coordinator. Dr. Whitney has been performing in and around the Chicagoland area for over a decade. She regularly appears with some of the nation’s most est...Read more
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Woodwind, Brass & PercussionAdjunct Faculty
Chloe Meyers
Chloe Meyers
Adjunct Professor, Baroque Orchestra Mentorship Programme
phone604-822-3113
location_onMusic Building
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Early MusicViolinist Chloe Meyers is a regular guest leader and orchestra member of baroque ensembles all over North America. She has worked with ensembles including Les Violons du Roy, Tafelmusik, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Les Boreades, the Theatre of Early Music, Les Idées Heureuses, and Les...Read more
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Early Music
Christie Reside
Christie Reside
Adjunct Professor, Flute
phone604-822-3113
location_onMusic Building Room 320
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Woodwind, Brass & PercussionChristie Reside began her career in the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra as Second Flute at the age of 19. She received her formal training with Timothy Hutchins at McGill University in Montreal, and continued her training with Lise Daoust, Marina Piccinini, and Patrick Gallois at the Banff Centre for t...Read more
Research Area
Woodwind, Brass & Percussion
Dylan Palmer
Dylan Palmer
Adjunct Professor, Double Bass
emaildylanpalm@gmail.com
phone604-754-3523
Research Area
StringsOriginally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Dylan Palmer joined the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO) as Principal Double Bass in 2010. Prior to joining the VSO, Dylan was a member of the New World Symphony, in Miami Beach, Florida. Dylan has participated in numerous music festivals including Tanglewo...Read more
Research Area
Strings
Elizabeth Volpé Bligh
Elizabeth Volpé Bligh
Adjunct Professor, Harp
phone604-822-3113
604-622-1700
604-622-1700
location_onMusic Building
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StringsElizabeth Volpé Bligh was the Vancouver Symphony’s Principal Harpist for 35 years (1982 - 2018), after 6 seasons (1976 -1982) as the Principal Harpist of the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra. A graduate of University of Toronto’s Bachelor of Music program in 1975, she studied with Judy Loman...Read more
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Strings
Geronimo (Nimo) Mendoza
emailnimo.mendoza@ubc.ca
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Woodwind, Brass & PercussionWhether performing La Boheme with the Vancouver Opera, Le Sacre du printemps with the Vancouver Symphony, collaborating with ethnical performers from various latitudes with the Vancouver Intercultural Orchestra, or exploring the most avant-garde trends with the Vancouver New Music ensemble, oboist G...Read more
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Woodwind, Brass & Percussion
Ilan Morgenstern
Ilan Morgenstern
Sessional Lecturer, Bass Trombone
emaililanbone@gmail.com
location_onMusic Building 323
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Woodwind, Brass & PercussionBorn in Rehovot, Israel, Ilan Morgenstern is hailed by the International Trombone Association Journal for his “rhythmically driving, technically flawless, and unfailingly dynamic and exciting" playing.
Currently the Bass Trombonist of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Morgenstern has also been ...Read more
Research Area
Woodwind, Brass & Percussion
Larry Knopp
Larry Knopp
Adjunct Professor, Trumpet
emaillarry.knopp@ubc.ca
phone604-822-3113
location_onMusic Building 325
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Woodwind, Brass & PercussionLarry Knopp began his career as acting principal trumpet of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra at the age of 20. He has also held positions as principal trumpet with Orchestra London, the Hamilton Philharmonic, and the Malaysia Philharmonic Orchestra, and is currently principal trumpet of the Vancouver...Read more
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Woodwind, Brass & Percussion
Natalie Mackie
Natalie Mackie
Adjunct Professor, Baroque Orchestra Mentorship Programme
phone604-822-3113
location_onMusic Building
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Early MusicNatalie Mackie studied cello at the Conservatoire de Musique (Québec), followed by a degree from the School of Music, University of British Columbia. While at UBC she was introduced to the viola da gamba, and following graduation, she pursued further studies at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The ...Read more
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Early Music
Peder MacLellan
Peder MacLellan
Adjunct Professor, Tuba
phone604-822-3113
location_onMusic Building Room 318
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Woodwind, Brass & PercussionPeder MacLellan is Principal Tuba with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and a sessional lecturer at UBC where he teaches low brass and coaches chamber ensembles. In the past, Peder has been principal tuba with the South Bend and Lafayette Symphony Orchestras, and was the Associate Instructor of Tuba...Read more
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Woodwind, Brass & Percussion
Serra Hwang
Serra Hwang was born in Seoul, Korea and received her education in the United States. She received her MA and DMA in Composition from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Musical awards include the performance of her orchestral piece Pinari by the Hallé Orchestra for the BBC (British Broadcasting...Read more
Research Area
Composition
Sharman King
Sharman King
Adjunct Professor, Brass Chamber Music
emailsharman.king@ubc.ca
phone604-822-3113
location_onMusic Building
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Woodwind, Brass & PercussionBass trombonist Sharman King (BMus’70) has enjoyed a long and varied career in Western Canada. While attending UBC he was a member of the legendary Cave Theatre Orchestra house band under Fraser MacPherson. After graduating from The University of British Columbia in 1970 Mr. King joined the Buddy ...Read more
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Woodwind, Brass & Percussion
Sophie Dansereau
Sophie Dansereau
Adjunct Professor, Bassoon
emailsdansere@mail.ubc.ca
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Woodwind, Brass & PercussionA passionate performer, known for her “deftly realized” and “lyrical” playing (Globe and Mail), Sophie Dansereau is assistant-principal bassoon and contrabassoon for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Born in Sorel-Tracy Quebec, Sophie’s talent and virtuosity stood out from the very start o...Read more
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Woodwind, Brass & Percussion
Vern Griffiths
Vern Griffiths
Adjunct Professor, Percussion
phone604-822-3113
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Woodwind, Brass & PercussionPercussionist Vern Griffiths is one of the prominent players in Vancouver’s musical community. He joined the Vancouver Symphony as Principal Percussionist in 1997, and is also a member of the CBC Radio Orchestra, and the new music groups Standing Wave and Turning Point Ensemble. He can be heard on...Read more
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Woodwind, Brass & PercussionSessional Faculty
Alan Matheson
Alan Matheson
Sessional Lecturer, Jazz Trumpet and Jazz Piano
emailadmatheson@shaw.ca
phone604-822-3113
location_onMusic Building 318
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Woodwind, Brass & PercussionAlan Matheson is a Vancouver-based pianist, trumpeter, composer and arranger. He teaches at the music schools of the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Community College where he is an instructor in jazz piano and trumpet and at the Vancouver Symphony School of Music where he lectures in j...Read more
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Woodwind, Brass & Percussion
Alec Pearson
Alec Pearson enjoys a career based in Vancouver where he currently serves as sessional instructor of guitar at the University of British Columbia. Alec has performed both solo and in ensemble across Canada, Spain, Colombia, Greece and the U.S. He currently serves as president of the “Vancouver Cla...Read more
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Strings
Alexander Weimann
Alexander Weimann
Sessional Lecturer, Conducting
Sessional Lecturer, Harpsichord
emailaweimann@mail.ubc.ca
location_onMusic Building 400 C
Alexander Weimann is one of the most sought-after ensemble directors, soloists, and chamber music partners of his generation. After traveling the world with ensembles like Tragicomedia, and as frequent guest with Cantus Köln, the Freiburger Barockorchester, Gesualdo Consort and Tafelmusik, he now f...Read more
Amanda Chan
Amanda Chan
Sessional Lecturer, Piano
emailamanda.chan@ubc.ca
phone604-822-5739
location_onMusic Building 309 / 323
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KeyboardAmanda Chan has achieved recognition in her career as concert pianist, teacher, lecturer, adjudicator and examiner for the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. She has given concerts and masterclasses in Canada, USA, China and Europe as a soloist and chamber player. Born and raised in Vancouver, ...Read more
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Keyboard
Andrew Poirier
Andrew Poirier
Sessional Lecturer, Trombone
phone604-822-3113
location_onMusic Building
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Woodwind, Brass & PercussionAndrew Poirier hails from Lewisporte, Newfoundland and began his musical studies in the Salvation Army. After earning a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of British Columbia, he continued his education at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music earning a Master of Music Degree in Orchestr...Read more
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Woodwind, Brass & Percussion
Ben Henriques
Julian Award nominee and saxophonist Ben Henriques has performed with Joe Lovano, Ben Monder, Jim McNeely, Father John Misty, Hey Ocean! and more. Originally from Vancouver, Ben cut his teeth in the Montreal jazz-scene, and returned to make Vancouver his home. His original tunes have been described ...Read more
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Woodwind, Brass & Percussion
Brenda Fedoruk
Brenda Fedoruk
Sessional Lecturer, Flute
phone604-822-3407
location_onMusic Building 325
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Woodwind, Brass & PercussionBrenda Fedoruk is currently Principal Flute of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, a position she has held for more than 15 years. As a longtime member (Flute and Piccolo) of the CBC Radio Orchestra, she was also the Musicians’ Contractor until the orchestra’s disbanding in 2008. A busy freelance pla...Read more
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Woodwind, Brass & Percussion
Christina Hutten
Christina Hutten
Sessional Lecturer, Musicology
Director, Early Music Ensembles
emailcahutten@mail.ubc.ca
phone604-822-3113
location_onMusic Building
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Early MusicAs both a scholar and performer, Christina Hutten is committed to helping students integrate their academic and practical studies. She is passionate about public musicology, sharing music history with audiences from diverse backgrounds through online courses, pre-concert chats, and program notes and...Read more
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Early Music
Dale Throness
Dale Throness
Sessional Lecturer, Voice
emaildale.throness@ubc.ca
phone604-822-3113
location_onMusic Building 326 / 328
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Voice & OperaLyric Baritone Dale Throness, a native of Grande Prairie, Alberta, received his early musical training in Winnipeg and subsequently obtained his Master of Music in Voice Performance at the University of British Columbia. Post-graduate studies were undertaken at the Vancouver Academy of Music and the...Read more
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Voice & Opera
Edward Top
Composer Edward Top studied composition and violin at the Rotterdam Conservatoire in The Netherlands. He primarily studied with Peter-Jan Wagemans, but also worked with Klaas de Vries, Peter Eötvös, Pierre Boulez, and Luciano Berio. After living and traveling in the Far East for several years h...Read more
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Composition
Gloria Wong
Gloria Wong
Sessional Lecturer
Director Chinese Music Ensemble
emailgloria.n.wong@ubc.ca
location_onAsian Centre 105
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EthnomusicologyGloria Wong is an ethnomusicologist and Chinese music specialist. She has worked in many roles to promote Chinese instrumental music in Vancouver, including teacher, scholar, conductor, arranger and administrator. From 2012 to 2020, she served as the Artistic Director of the British Columbia Youth C...Read more
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Ethnomusicology
Ingrid Chiang
Ingrid Chiang
Sessional Lecturer, Bassoon
phone604-822-3113
location_onMusic Building
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Woodwind, Brass & PercussionIngrid Chiang, a Taiwanese-born Canadian, moved to Vancouver at age 15. She started her piano study at age 5 and bassoon at age 12. Ingrid studied at University of British Columbia School of Music with Jesse Read, and later at the Vancouver Academy of Music with Christopher Millard.
Ms. Chiang is...Read more
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Woodwind, Brass & Percussion
Jaelem Bhate
Jaelem Bhate
Sessional Lecturer, Conducting
phone604-822-3113
location_onMusic Building
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ConductingActive in both classical and jazz genres, Jaelem Bhate is a conductor, composer and proponent of reinvention and accessibility and works to reimagine the role of instrumental music in the 21st century. He was named to CBC’s hot 30 under 30 classical musicians in 2019 and is a board member of Orche...Read more
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Conducting
James Littleford
James Littleford
Sessional Lecturer, Class Brass
phone604-822-3113
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Woodwind, Brass & PercussionJim Littleford is a very active freelance musician in Vancouver. He has played trumpet with the Vancouver Opera Orchestra since 1981 as well as extra trumpet with the Vancouver Symphony and the C.B.C. Vancouver Orchestra. In chamber music Jim plays with A Touch Of Brass quintet and the Kwantlen Coll...Read more
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Woodwind, Brass & Percussion
Jeremy Berkman
Jeremy Berkman
Sessional Instructor, Trombone
Chamber Music Coach
phone604-822-3113
location_onMusic Building 318
Research Area
Woodwind, Brass & PercussionJeremy Berkman earned a BA in Economics and a BMus from Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music. After receiving his MMus from the Juilliard school, and working at the Aspen Music School for several summers, Mr. Berkman came to Canada to study at the Banff Centre, where he developed projects with ...Read more
Research Area
Woodwind, Brass & Percussion
Julia Nolan
Julia Nolan
Sessional Lecturer, Saxophone
emailjulia.nolan@ubc.ca
phone604-822-3529
location_onMusic Building 312
Research Area
Woodwind, Brass & PercussionDr. Julia Nolan maintains an active performing schedule committed to promoting new works for saxophone. She has commissioned works by many Canadian composers including Stephen Chatman, Keith Hamel, Colin MacDonald, Robert Pritchard, Nicolas Scherzinger, Jacquie Leggatt, Hope Lee, Fred Stride, N...Read more
Research Area
Woodwind, Brass & Percussion
Julia Ulehla
Julia Ulehla
Sessional Lecturer
emailulehla@mail.ubc.ca
location_onOld Auditorium 206
Research Area
EthnomusicologyArtist-scholar Julia Ulehla’s critical/creative practice-based research lies at the intersection of experimental and improvised music, Slavic folk song, research-creation, and ethnomusicology. Julia earned a PhD in ethnomusicology from UBC, where she was recipient of the Killam Doctoral Scholarshi...Read more
Research Area
Ethnomusicology
Marisa Gaetanne
Marisa Gaetanne
Sessional Lecturer, Voice
phone604-822-3407
location_onMusic Building 326
Research Area
Voice & OperaSessional Lecturer and Voice Lyric coloratura soprano, Marisa Gaetanne has sung in opera, oratorio and recitals in Europe, Canada and the United States. She studied extensively in Italy, England (on a Canada Council award) and the United States, and has a background of French immersion (Montréal), ...Read more
Research Area
Voice & Opera
Michael Dirk
Michael Dirk
Sessional Lecturer, Organ
emailmjdirk@mail.ubc.ca
location_onMusic Building
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KeyboardAs one of Vancouver’s more active and versatile organists, Michael Dirk is equally at home offering solo concerts, accompanying the many fine choirs/ensembles of the region, improvising an entertaining accompaniment to a silent film, or serving liturgically in various worship styles. During his BM...Read more
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Keyboard
Michelle Anderson
Michelle Anderson
Sessional Lecturer, Clarinet
location_onMusic Building 325
Research Area
Woodwind, Brass & PercussionMichelle Anderson is a clarinetist and teacher who lives in Vancouver BC. She has been a professional performer and teacher for over 30 years and plays regularly with the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, Lionsgate Sinfonia, and the Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble. She has studied the clarinet at Universit...Read more
Research Area
Woodwind, Brass & Percussion
Miranda Wong
Miranda Wong
Sessional Lecturer, Piano
emailmiranda.wong@ubc.ca
phone604-822-6792
location_onMusic Building 309 / 323
Research Area
KeyboardAs solo recitalist, chamber musician, and teacher, Miranda Wong is equally at home with the music of the traditional classical repertoire as well as with the complexities of the contemporary idiom.
Her solo career has taken her to stages across Canada, the United States, England, and on many occasi...Read more
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Keyboard
Paolo Bortolussi
Paolo Bortolussi
Sessional Lecturer
Director, UBC Contemporary Players
phone604-822-3113
Research Area
Woodwind, Brass & PercussionFlutist Paolo Bortolussi is a soloist, chamber artist, and new music pioneer. Raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician across Canada, the US and abroad. A specialist in contemporary music, Paolo is the flutist and co-director of the Nu:BC Collective, a new mu...Read more
Research Area
Woodwind, Brass & Percussion
Patricia Hoy
Patricia Hoy
Sessional Lecturer, Piano Chamber Music
emailpatricia.hoy@ubc.ca
phone604-822-6128
location_onMusic Building 309 / 325
Research Area
KeyboardPianist Patricia Hoy has gained attention and critical acclaim as a soloist and chamber musician. From a young age she has concertized throughout Canada and the United States and most recently has been invited to tour Asia, India as well as a return tour to Alaska. Winner of numerous competitions, h...Read more
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Keyboard
Peter Barcza
Peter Barcza
Sessional Lecturer, Voice
emailpeter.barcza@ubc.ca
phone604-822-3531
location_onMusic Building 411
Research Area
Voice & OperaSessional Lecturer Voice Peter Barcza is one of Canada’s most versatile baritones and has won critical acclaim, both nationally and internationally, in a wide range of repertoire. He graduated from the Opera Department of the University of Toronto where he was a student of the renowned Canadian ba...Read more
Research Area
Voice & Opera
Ryan Swaryandana
location_onAsian Centre, Room 105
Research Area
EthnomusicologyI Putu Swaryandana Ichi Oka (he/him), known as Ryan, is originally from Tabanan, and grew up in Ubud, Bali. Since he was young, he studied Balinese gamelan music, culminating in a B.A. (2019) and M.A. (2022) from the Indonesian Institute of the Arts in Denpasar. He is also a member of Cudamani, a we...Read more
Research Area
Ethnomusicology
Stephanie Nakagawa
Research Area
Voice & OperaBiography for Dr. Nakagawa is coming soon!
Research Area
Voice & Opera
Susan Chai
Susan Chai
Sessional Lecturer, Class Piano
emailsusan.chai@ubc.ca
phone604-822-3113
Research Area
KeyboardMs. Chai holds degrees of Bachelor of Music from UBC, and Master of Music in Piano Pedagogy and Performance from the University of Michigan. Her teachers include Mary Tickner, Bob Rogers, Joanne Smith and Arthur Greene.
From 1996 to 1999, she taught and served as the Associate Director, at the Pi...Read more
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KeyboardEmeriti
Alan Thrasher
Alan Thrasher
Professor Emeritus of Music (2005), Chinese Music, Organology and Semiotics and Asian musical performance
emailalan.thrasher@ubc.ca
phone604-822-2331
Alan Thrasher began his study of East Asian music during the late 1970s, following earlier training in Baroque music performance, notably with LaNoue Davenport and other musicians in New York, upon which he became particularly interested in questions of ornamentation for recorder flutes and harpsich...Read more
Andrew Dawes
Andrew Dawes
Professor Emeritus of Music (2005), Violin
(1940-2022)
Violinist, ANDREW DAWES was born in High River, Alberta. He has been acclaimed as recitalist, chamber musician and soloist throughout North and South America, Europe and the Orient, and been celebrated as “one of the most distinguished violinists Canada has ever produced” (Ottawa Citizen). After...Read more
Gregory Butler
Gregory Butler
Professor Emeritus of Music (2011), Musicology
Gregory Butler joined the faculty in 1973 after two years as Visiting Scholar at Columbia University, where he studied with Christoph Wolff. He was winner of the first Canada Council Doctoral Dissertation Prize and a Canada-Belgium Exchange Fellowship. He spent 1984-85 and 1990-91 in Berlin as a Von...Read more
J. Evan Kreider
J. Evan Kreider
Professor Emeritus of Music (2007), Musicology
Musicologist and music historian J. Evan Krieder began teaching at the UBC School of Music in 1975.
Kreider’s research encompassed studies of Renaissance chant, early music notation, recension of manuscript and printed sources, liturgical music, and the editing of Renaissance and Baroque keyboa...Read more
James Fankhauser
James Fankhauser
Professor Emeritus of Music (2000), Voice & Choral Conducting
Former Director, UBC University Singers
James Fankhauser was a professor of voice and choral conducting until 2000. He directed the UBC University Singers for many years during which time the group won several singing competitions, including the CBC National Radio Competition in 1994, which led to the BBC’s International Radio Competiti...Read more
Jane Coop
Jane Coop
Professor Emerita of Music (2012), Piano
emailjane.coop@ubc.ca
Pianist Jane Coop, one of Canada’s most distinguished artists, has toured extensively throughout North America, Asia and Europe, performing in such halls as Lincoln Center, Wigmore Hall, the Kennedy Center, Roy Thomson Hall, Salle Gaveau, the Singapore Cultural Center, and the Bolshoi Zal of St. P...Read more
Jesse Read
Jesse Read
Professor Emeritus of Music (2015), Bassoon
Former Director, UBC School of Music (1996 - 2007)
Former Music Director, UBC Symphony Orchestra (1990-2008)
emailjesse.read@ubc.ca
Jesse Read has served as Principal Bassoon of the Pacific Baroque and Carmel Bach Festival Orchestras, Metropolitan Opera National Company, San Francisco Opera, Spring Opera, and North Hollands Symphony Orchestra, as well as the CBC Curio Ensemble and Vancouver Chamber Winds. A specialist in 18th-ce...Read more
John Roeder
John Roeder
Professor Emeritus of Music (2023), Music Theory
emailjohn.roeder@ubc.ca
Research Area
Music TheoryAs a music theorist and analyst, I describe ways that people conceive of music, and how music is heard to organize time coherently, expressively, and meaningfully. I concentrate on music of special relevance today: recent works by contemporary composers in the Western art-music tradition and the “...Read more
Research Area
Music Theory
Martin Berinbaum
Martin Berinbaum
Professor Emeritus of Music (2008), Trumpet
Former Director, UBC Bands
Professor Berinbaum retired from the full time faculty in 2008 after 32 years of service to the University and the music culture of British Columbia.
Professor Berinbaum was born in Philadelphia but spent his first 18 years in Bakersfield, California. He graduated from the University of Southern ...Read more
Robert Silverman
Robert Silverman
Professor Emeritus of Music (2003), Piano
Former Director, UBC School of Music (1991 - 1995)
In a career spanning more than five decades, Robert Silverman has climbed every peak of serious pianism: lauded performances of the complete sonata cycles by Beethoven and Mozart; concerts in prestigious halls across the globe; orchestral appearances with many of the world’s greatest conductors; a...Read more
Stephen Chatman
Stephen Chatman
Professor Emeritus of Music (2021)
Former Head of Composition
One of Canada’s most frequently performed composers, Stephen Chatman, C.M., D.M.A. was Professor and Head of Composition at the University of British Columbia School of Music. He retired in 2021. He has received many composition awards, including 2005, 2006, 2010, and 2020 Western Canadian Music ...Read more
Vera Micznik
Vera Micznik
Professor Emerita of Music (2014), Musicology
emailvera.micznik@ubc.ca
Areas of Interest
Nineteenth- and early twentieth-century music; Gustav Mahler; Program Music: aesthetics and analysis (Berlioz, Liszt); Applications of literary theory to music: Music with/without explicit words, Narrativity in Music, Music Textuality; Semiotics; Opera–especially Women in Opera;...Read more
William Benjamin
William Benjamin
Professor Emeritus of Music (2014), Music Theory
Former Director, UBC School of Music (1984 - 1991)
I was born in Montréal, Canada, and was educated in that city, studying piano at the Conservatoire de musique et d’art dramatique du Québec, and obtaining a Mus. Bac. in composition from McGill University in 1965, when I was 20. My goal at that time was to be a composer, and I pursued it through...Read more