UBC School of Music

This Wednesday - noon at #UBC Barnett Hall! Eckhardt-Gramatté National Competition 2025 Winner’s Tour: Linda Ruan, piano✨

Music by Rita Ueda, Elisenda Fabregas, Alice Ping Yee Ho, Ann Southam, György Ligeti, and Vincent Ho.

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UBC Contemporary Players + Monsters & other(ed) bodies

📍Hatch Art Gallery, AMS Nest 2nd Floor
📅Oct 24, 2 – 3pm, Free

#UBC Music student composers Kelk Jeffrey & Rebecca Adams present musical responses to artworks in the exhibit Monsters & other(ed) bodies. Directed by Professor Paolo Bortolussi.

YouTube video by Christine Carter Looking Glass Ensemble - Arvo Pärt, Spiegel im Spiegel & Improv

Wednesday at noon! Looking Glass Ensemble ✨
Take a break in Barnett Hall at #UBC with a refreshing presentation of Beethoven, Arvo Pärt & Vivian Fung.

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Below of the Looking Glass Ensemble performing Arvo Pärt's Spiegel im Spiegel.

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We're live! Watch the #UBC Bands kick off their season with a special performance by Elder of Squamish Nation Mr. Bob Baker of The Gathering of Eagles, music by Frank Ticheli, Eric Whitacre, Cait Nishimura, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Julie Giroux, and more!⁠

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Concert night x2. We are back at the Chan Centre and livestreaming tonight's UBC Bands concert. Starts in 1 hour at 7:30pm! Head to music.ubc.ca/events to watch live 👀

Didn't get tickets to tonight's UBC Choirs concert at the Chan Centre? We're livestreaming in 1 hour! Head to music.ubc.ca/events to watch live 👀

UBC Choirs kick off their season tomorrow night (Oct 15) with music by Felix Mendelssohn and a Special Grand Finale with Choral Union, University Singers and 5 local high-school guest choirs ✨

Tickets going fast 🔥

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Today at noon in Barnett Hall✨ Pianist Wayne Weng and Elder of the Squamish Nation Bob Baker, a performance of The Gathering of Eagles (Eskekxw ta S’pakwus) by Bob Baker, Snowbird – A Protocol Song by Emily Douglas, and music by Schubert, Schumann, more.

Tickets at the door or music.ubc.ca/events

This Is My Music with Tom Allen | Live Radio | CBC Listen Each week, This Is My Music is hosted by one of Canada's foremost international classical artists. The host selects a program of mainly classical music and presents it in a lively, engaging manner, en...

#UBC Assistant Professor, Voice and Opera Krisztina Szabó will be on CBC's This is my Music (radio and streaming). Tune in this Saturday, Oct 11, 10am - 12pm PST ✨

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UBC Opera celebrates the Old Auditorium’s first 100 years on October 14 — Stir Saved from demolition in the late ’90s, the venerable concert hall has played host to notable names including Eleanor Roosevelt and Dylan Thomas

UBC Opera celebrates the Old Auditorium’s first 100 years on October 14!

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The 'Old Aud' has played host to notable names including Eleanor Roosevelt and Dylan Thomas.

Thank you for this lovely article @createastir.ca!

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Wednesday Noon Hours concerts return after year-long hiatus Brought back by acclaimed pianist, UBC professor and Chan Centre Piano Spirio Series curator David Fung, the concert series is making its return after many requests from the UBC community.

"There is something profoundly peaceful in being able to escape the outside noise and listen to beautiful, evocative music for an hour." ~ Zoé Stojanovic, @ubyssey.ca

Thank you to Zoé Stojanovic and Zoe Wagner for the lovely article!

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Next Wednesday! Bob Baker, voice and UBC Professor Wayne Weng, piano.

Next Wednesday! Bob Baker, voice and UBC Professor Wayne Weng, piano ✨️⁠
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Program juxtaposing Indigenous music with solo piano works from the Western canon and includes music by Bob Baker, Emily Douglas, Schubert, Schumann, and more.

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How UBC’s Old Auditorium survived to celebrate 100 years Once nearly lost, this beloved concert hall lives on as a hub of community and culture.

Learn how the #UBC Old Auditorium spared the wrecking ball, and how the home of UBC Opera is saluting a century of culture and connection. Join us on October 14 & 15 for 2 special events! www.ubcoperatickets.com

Thank you for chatting with us UBC Magazine!

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Tomorrow at noon! A Luminous Brocade with Angelique Po (BMus '14), pipe organ & Joël Tibbits, composer

Don't miss this rare chance to hear our Casavant Frères Opus 3055 Pipe Organ (with over 3000 pipes!).

Tickets & details: music.ubc.ca/events or at the door.

We're live! Watch the #UBC Symphony Orchestra kick off their season.

Music by the late Maestro Bramwell Tovey, Pixinguinha (Alfredo da Rocha Viana Filho), Brazilian composer Ernani Aguiar, and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 in G Major. ⁠

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Today at noon! Pianist Helena Aung performs Thai literary masterpieces, mythical mermaids, enchanted forests, and sweeping romances—told in music that shimmers with both tradition and contemporary flair. ✨

Noon, Barnett Hall | UBC Music Building
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Today at noon! Wednesday Noon Hours: Nathan Chan, cello & David Fung, piano ✨️
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Cellist Nathan Chan and pianist David Fung perform a charming selection music including the Bach’s Prelude from Cello Suite No. 3, Sollima’s Alone, and Debussy’s Cello Sonata.⁠

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This Wednesday (Sep 17) at Barnett Hall!⁠ ✨️⁠
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#UBC alumnus and Lecturer in piano, Lucas Wong shares his “brilliant and sensitive” playing (Fanfare) with a program of Wilhelm Taubert’s Sonatas No. 1 in A major and No. 2 in C minor.⁠

Tickets on sale now!

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OSPA 2025 - 22/08 - A Dama do Trompete YouTube video by Ospa

#UBC Symphony Orchestra conductor Jonathan Girard makes his debut in Brazil with the Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre!

Featuring music by Haydn—performed by brilliant trumpeter Katherine Evans—and UBC Professor Emeritus Steven Chatman, Mendelssohn, Bizet.

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Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra prepares for season opener with soloists David Fung, Christel Lee, and Jonathan Roozeman - Pancouver Before Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, the VMO will perform a new work by composer-in-residence Aidan Mulldoon Wong.

#UBC Associate Professor & acclaimed pianist David Fung joins the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra to kick off their 23rd season on September 6!

Fung will perform Beethoven’s Triple Concerto alongside violinist Christel Lee and cellist Jonathan Roozeman.

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Analyzing Sign Language Music (with Dr. Anabel Maler) Podcast Episode · Her Music Academia · 2025-07-21 · 1h 16m

How do you talk about music that isn’t heard, but felt?⁠
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#UBC Assistant Professor @amaler.bsky.social speaks to Lydia Bangura about how her work on Deaf music-making and Dip Hop is reshaping how we think about music, sound, and accessibility.⁠

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Recession pop making a streaming comeback in tough times Pop music from the Great Recession of 2008 and 2009 is picking up steam on streaming platforms like Spotify, and some believe it's because it once again fits the vibe of the moment.

Is Recession Pop making a comeback? #UBC Musicology Professor David Metzer talks to CBC (1:42) about how music from past recessions are gaining popularity on streaming platforms.

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In Silk Strings, musical cultures fuse through deep history of imperial courts and ancient poetry — Stir Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival and the Sound of Dragon Society join forces to play on Chinese-European musical exchange that is centuries old

TONIGHT! Silk Strings presented by Early Music Vancouver.

Director, UBC Early Music Ensembles Christina Hutten brings Baroque music into conversation with Chinese traditions, exploring the imagined sound world of 18th-century missionary-composer Teodorico Pedrini.
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A huge congratulations to #UBC Music student and saxophonist, Sunny Wu (BMus'27) for being named one of CBC Music’s Classical '30 Under 30' 🎊 Sunny is studying with Dr. Julia Nolan at UBC.⁠
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Congratulations Sunny 🎷✨️⁠

Read more at cbc.ca/30under30⁠

Head shot of Dr. Meijun Chen who was named one of CBC Music’s Classical “30 Under 30”

"I feel incredibly fortunate to have turned my passion into a career," director of #UBC Concert Winds ensemble, Dr. Meijun Chen named one of CBC Music’s Classical “30 Under 30” 🎉
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A maestro reimagines O Canada in the elbows-up era Alexander Weimann channeled nine composers − including himself − to come up with nine variations of the national anthem as part of a performance series for CBC Radio

(Paywalled) “I asked the CBC if O Canada was too nerdy a choice."

Alexander Weimann, sessional lecturer at @ubcmusic.bsky.social discusses creating a piano-based tour of Western music using one song played in the style of nine different composers with @theglobeandmail.com

Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestra Conducting The Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestra Conducting was given to a promising young Canadian conductor.

UBC Alumnus Jaelem Bhate (BMus’17, MMus’19) receives Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestra Conducting.

While at UBC, Jaelem studied with Dr. Jonathan Girard.

Congratulations Jaelem 🎉

#UBC #UBCMusic #MusicEducation

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YouTube video by Vania Chan Music When Music Meets Mindfulness - Krisztina Szabó

UBC Assistant Professor and mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó shares how mindfullness has enriched her musical and personal growth on "When Music Meets Mindfulness," a collaboration with Vania Chan and The Whole Note Magazine.

#UBC #UBCMusic #MusicEducation

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New books by Arts faculty for your 2025 reading list - Faculty of Arts UBC Arts scholars have published books on a fascinating range of topics—including medical assistance in dying, GenAI and learning, African American blues, sign language music, and even the role of str...

Delighted to see books by #UBC Music Faculty Dr. Anabel Maler and Dr. Claudio Vellutini, and a recording by UBC Chair of the Keyboard Division Mark Anderson on the list! Read more about their publications below.

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Breath, Brass and Belonging: The Vancouver Brass Collective's thriving music community - School of Music We caught up with UBC alumni—VBC creator Dasa Silhova (BMus’19, MM’20) and director Jaelem Bhate (BMus'17, MMus'19)—to explore the Collective's vision and their newly released album Acoustic Alloy.

The Vancouver Brass Collective is made up of brass and percussion professionals with a shared vision grounded in entrepreneurship and community. ✨

We caught up with UBC alum Dasa Silhova and Jaelem Bhate to explore their vision and new album Acoustic Alloy.

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