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The School of Music is a leader in music scholarship, from music theory to ethnomusicology. Faculty contribute actively to all aspects of music research, and support students develop their research interests.
Research Spotlight
Featured Recordings
Keyboard
Rediscovering Couperin & Rameau
Artists: Lucas Wong piano Release Year: 2018 Recorded at Fazioli Concert Hall, Sacile, Italy Engineer: Federico Furlanetto Description: A great…
Voice & Opera | Choirs
Where Waters Meet
Artists: UBC Music PhD student Sherryl Sewepagaham, composer; Canadian Chamber Choir Release date: September 2024 Description (from Canadian Chamber Choir…
Keyboard | Early Music
A Prayer for Peace
Featured UBC Faculty Artist: Alexander Weimann, organ Redshift Records Recorded at Holy Rosary Cathedral in Vancouver Producer: Denise Ball Recording/mix…
Fifteen Feet Closer to the Sky
Artist: Adam Zitanelli, trumpet Recording details: Leaf Music Featured works: Dorothy Chang All That Glitters Link
Featured Publications & Productions
Musicology
Confraternities, Congregations and Aural Culture in Counter-Reformation Germany
Author: Alexander Fisher Publication details: In Listening to Confraternities: Spaces for Performance, Patronage and Urban Musical Experience, edited by Tess Knighton, 272–304.…
Music Theory
Seeing Voices: Analyzing Sign Language Music
Author: Anabel Maler Publication details: Oxford University Press, Oxford Studies in Music Theory Weblink: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/seeing-voices-9780197601976?cc=ca&lang=en& Abstract: First monograph-length analytical study…
Musicology
Edita Gruberová’s Wig: Belcanto Revival and Staging Practices at the Turn of the 21st Century
Arthor: Vellutini, Claudio Publication details: Edita Gruberová’s Wig: Belcanto Revival and Staging Practices at the Turn of the 21st Century,…