Time changed to 4PM. University Singers is the premier choral ensemble in the UBC School of Music. This 32-voice select ensemble performs the most advanced and exciting music written for chamber choir spanning the Renaissance to the modern day. The ensemble also performs major works with orchestra each season, including such works as Beethoven’s Symphony […]
January 31, Time: Pre-show 5:30 - 7:00 PM THE ARSONISTS Pre-Show Dialogue: Climate Complicity and Complacency Frederic Wood Theatre, UBC “If the thought of radical change scares you more than the thought of disaster, what can you do to stop the disaster?” - The Arsonists Do you ever feel overwhelmed at the thought of climate […]
Join us for an exciting evening of volleyball action as the UBC Thunderbirds Men's and Women's teams take on Thompson Rivers University in an epic match-up, while dedicating the evening to celebrating pride! Pride Night is a great opportunity for us to celebrate the inclusive environment at UBC and to celebrate LGBTQIA2S+ pride. For this […]
Opera in Two Acts Sung in English with English Surtitles Kurt Weill | Composer Langston Hughes | Librettist Book by Elmer Rice, based on the play of the same name. Kurt Weill’s Street Scene is a captivating two-act “American Broadway Opera” that masterfully combines operatic arias, show tunes, jazz, and blues. Set over two sweltering summer days, it portrays […]
The Arsonists by Max Frisch Translated by Alistair Beaton Directed by Stephen Heatley TelusStudio Theatre at The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts January 29–February 8, 2025 | 7:30 PM The town is plagued by acts of arson, yet upstanding businessman and model citizen Biedermann remains unperturbed. Ever the hospitable host, he welcomes two new […]
Kurt Weill’s beautiful two-act “American Broadway Opera” Street Scene blends operatic arias and ensembles, show tunes and dance numbers, jazz and blues, creating an emotionally charged portrait of family and communal life among the multi-ethnic working-class and immigrants living in a crowded brownstone in New York City. The action is centered on the life-changing events […]
