The Grammy Award-winning Silkroad Ensemble present a program championing female and non-binary members with their original compositions. With music that draws from each musician’s personal background, spanning from Indigenous communities […]
UBC Chinese Music Ensemble Gloria Wong and Zhimin Yu, directors The UBC Chinese Music Ensemble performs a diverse range of regional Chinese music genres, including Jiangnan silk and bamboo music, traditional Cantonese music, folksong arrangements and contemporary orchestral pieces.
Part of World Music Week at the UBC School of Music UBC Balinese Gamelan Ensemble Putu Swaryandana, artist-in-residence Michael Tenzer, director Oscar Smith, assistant The UBC Balinese Gamelan ensemble performs the rich and dynamic Gamelan music of Bali Indonesia. The ensemble is made up of a beautiful symphony of gongs, drums, and other percussion, and the music is […]
Symphonic Wind Ensemble Scott MacLennan conductor Concert Winds Meijun Chen conductor Concert Winds Hail UBC by Steve Chatman Rocketship! by Kevin Day Starry Ocean by Shuying Li (Canadian Premiere!) Arabesque by Samuel R. Hazo Jazz Suite No.2 – Dmitri Shostakovich, arr. Johan de Meij (Finale – Waltz No. 2 – Dance I) Perseus by Satoshi Yagisawa First Suite in E-flat by Gustav Holst […]
The UBC Early Music Ensemble is a mixed instrumental/vocal ensemble specializing in the performance of music from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras. Banner image: Lady Playing a Lute; Bartolomeo Veneto and workshop (Italian, died 1531, active 1502 – 1531)
UBC African Music and Dance Ensemble J. S. Kofi Gbolonyo, director The UBC African and Dance Ensemble performs music and dances from Africa and specializes in repertoire from West Africa region. Through the drum, the voice, the dance, and other visual art forms and paraphernalia, this ensemble brings to the stage a unique and total African theatrical experience. In […]
