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Summer Pop-Up Concert Series
Select Thursdays in July and August
12:00 PM
UBC Robson Square | 800 Robson Street, Vancouver BC
FREE
Join us for our Summer Pop-Up Concerts at UBC Robson Square! We’re bringing our most talented students to perform for you right in the heart of downtown on select Thursdays this July and August. Bring a friend, grab some lunch, and drop by our Plaza Lounge to enjoy an hour of classic tunes brought to you by the UBC School of Music.
Performers
Hamilton Lau
Hamilton Lau was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. He began his piano studies at the age of four, and he currently studies with Corey Hamm at the University of British Columbia. From 2016 to 2020, he was enrolled in the Young Artist Collegiate Program at the Vancouver Academy of Music, where he studied piano, theory, history, and composition.
Hamilton achieved first place at the Canadian Music Competition in 2021 and in 2019, and received Second Prize and the Paul J. Bourret Memorial Award at the 2022 Shean Piano Competition. He also won the UBC Concerto Competition, Kay Meek Competition, Performing Arts BC Provincial Festival, and the Bjorn & Lori Hareid Senior Secondary Competition. He has performed as a concerto soloist at the Orpheum Theatre and at the Chan Center, and his chamber music experiences comprise of playing at the Windermere Care Centre and the Roedde House Museum.

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Summer Pop-Up Concert Series
Join us for our Summer Pop-Up Concerts at UBC Robson Square! We're bringing our most talented students to perform for you right in the heart of downtown every Thursday in July.

Summer Pop-Up Concert Series
Join us for our Summer Pop-Up Concerts at UBC Robson Square! We're bringing our most talented students to perform for you right in the heart of downtown every Thursday in July.

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Summer Pop-Up Concert Series
Join us for our Summer Pop-Up Concerts at UBC Robson Square! We're bringing our most talented students to perform for you right in the heart of downtown every Thursday in July.

Summer Pop-Up Concert Series
Join us for our Summer Pop-Up Concerts at UBC Robson Square! We're bringing our most talented students to perform for you right in the heart of downtown every Thursday in July.

Summer Pop-Up Concert Series
Join us for our Summer Pop-Up Concerts at UBC Robson Square! We're bringing our most talented students to perform for you right in the heart of downtown every Thursday in July.

Summer Pop-Up Concert Series
Join us for our Summer Pop-Up Concerts at UBC Robson Square! We're bringing our most talented students to perform for you right in the heart of downtown every Thursday in July.

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