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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.

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The Unrehearsed Choir: What two UBC Music scholars learned from a World Cup full of chants

 
From Norway's Viking Row to the World Cup Final halftime show, two UBC music scholars explain how tens of thousands of strangers learn to move as one.

UBC Giving Day: From math to music-tech to digital media: Q & A with Ollie Rosario

 
[caption id="attachment_27152" align="alignnone" width="599"] Ollie Rosario[/caption] Ollie Rosario (BA'19) studied mathematics with a minor in Applied Music Technology (AMT). In this Q&A, Ollie reflects on their pivot into music technology

UBC Musicology Professor David Metzer asks what makes music queer in new course

 
"Running for the first time this term, MUSC 403G, Queer Music: Music and the 2SLGBTQIA+ Imagination, spotlights queer voices across history, tracing its DNA from Tyler, the Creator to Queen to George Frideric Handel." / The Ubyssey
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Featured Recordings

Contemporary Players

Unrealistic Spaces by UBC alum Sam Davidson and Will Howie, and Yujin Honda

Sam Davidson: Clarinet, Whistles, Akai EWI 4000s, Electronics Yujin Honda: Drums, Timpani Will Howie: Electronics, Spatial Sound Design, Bass Featured…

Woodwind, Brass & Percussion

Trio Garibaldi: In Faded Sepia

Featured UBC Faculty: Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet & David Fung, piano with Marina Thibeault Release: March 2026 on ATMA Classique Description:…

Woodwind, Brass & Percussion

Ari Cohen Mann's New Album: VORTEX

Featured UBC Alum: Ari Cohen Mann, Oboe (BMus '12) Release: 2025 Description: The album features works by Kevin Day, Jennifer…

Strings

Cris Derksen's New Album: THE VISIT

Featured UBC Alum: Cris Derksen, Cello (BMus '07) Released: November 6, 2025 Description: Cris Derksen, a Juno-nominated Indigenous cellist and composer,…

Featured Publications & Productions

Music and Sound Studies | Music Theory

Signing Divas: Sign Language Covers of ‘Defying Gravity' by Anabel Maler

Music and Sound Studies | Music Theory

Vocality and Plurality in Sign Language Cover Songs by Anabel Maler

Music and Sound Studies

Negotiating Sound and Space in Early Modern Augsburg: Gregor Aichinger’s Solennia (1606) for the Confraternity of Corpus Christi by Alexander Fisher