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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
Ari Cohen Mann's New Album: VORTEX
Featured UBC Alumni: Ari Cohen Mann, Oboe (BMus '12) Release: 2025 Description: The album features works by Kevin Day, Jennifer…
Cris Derksen's New Album: THE VISIT
Featured UBC Alumni: Cris Derksen, Cello (BMus '07) Released: November 6, 2025 Description: Cris Derksen, a Juno-nominated Indigenous cellist and composer,…
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TAUBERT, W. Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 2, 4, 6 (Romantic Piano, Vol. 2)
Artist: Lucas Wong Release Year: 2025 Recorded at Fazioli Concert Hall, Sacile, Italy Engineer: Federico Furlanetto Description: As part…
Beethoven, Medtner & Schumann: Piano Works
Featured UBC Alumni: Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, piano (MMus '23) Label: Steinway & Sons Description: Steinway & Sons is proud to present an album by…
Featured Publications & Productions
Music and Sound Studies | Musicology
Entangled Histories: Opera and Cultural Exchange Between Vienna and the Italian States After Napoleon
Author: Claudio Vellutini Publication details: Oxford University Press Weblink: doi.org/10.1093/9780197656594.001.0001 Abstract: Entangled Histories discusses the role of opera in the…
Music and Sound Studies | Musicology
Mourning for the Death of a Political System: Cantonese Opera and Cantopop in 香 • 夭 Requiem HK (2017)
Author: Hedy Law Publication details: In East Asian Voices of Resistance Against Racism in Music, edited by Maiko Kawabata and Ken Ueno, 138–149.…
Music and Sound Studies | Music Theory
The Influence of Dissonance on Listeners’ Perceived Emotions in Rhythmically Complex Musical Excerpts Copy
Author: Poudrier, Ève & Daniel Shanahan Publication details: Journal of New Music Research, Volume 52, Issue 5 Weblink: doi.org/10.1080/09298215.2025.2453697 Abstract:…
