Opera Tea: St. Patrick Meets Mozart

Opera Tea: St. Patrick Meets Mozart

An Opera Tea wishing you the luck of the Irish with greetings to the coming spring season. Join us for selections from Mozart’s Così fan tutte, and a soon-to-be-announced fourth opera. […]


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UBC WinterBang! Festival

where code and music meet UBC Music students perform electroacoustic music using computer instruments and audio/video processes. Students control these instruments and processes through gesture tracking of traditional instruments, dance, […]


Opera Tea: A Sneak Peek at The Cunning Little Vixen and More

Opera Tea: A Sneak Peek at The Cunning Little Vixen and More

This Opera Tea offers a sneak peek of our upcoming production of The Cunning Little Vixen, as well as arias from some of our students preparing for competitions! Enjoy this concert […]


Wednesday Noon Hours- Visions of Light and Dark

Wednesday Noon Hours- Visions of Light and Dark

The program begins with Reena Esmail’s ethereal and tender Saans (Breath), with its Indian-inspired improvisatory writing. This is followed by 2 short works commissioned by the Trio for its 20th […]


Wednesday Noon Hours- Invisible Cities

Wednesday Noon Hours- Invisible Cities

Celebrated duo Marina Thibeault and Janelle Fung delight international audiences with their spellbinding performances and engaging presence. They will perform a compelling program for viola and piano which includes works […]


Wednesday Noon Hours- J.S. Bach: Das Orgelbüchlein

Wednesday Noon Hours- J.S. Bach: Das Orgelbüchlein

Rescheduled from Jan 17. J.S. Bach’s monumental Orgelbüchlein (BWV 599−644) is a collection of 46 Lutheran chorale preludes for organ, spanning the entire traditional liturgical year. As Bach composed these […]


Wednesday Noon Hours- David Kaplan

Wednesday Noon Hours- David Kaplan

This program involves three interrelated commissions by Christopher Cerrone, Anthony Cheung, and Andrea Casarrubios, around which I’ve developed a “quasi una fantasia” program theme, featuring almost-improvised works connected and interspersed with […]


Wednesday Noon Hours- Eckhardt-Gramatté National Competition 2023 Winner’s Tour: McKenzie Warriner

Wednesday Noon Hours- Eckhardt-Gramatté National Competition 2023 Winner’s Tour: McKenzie Warriner

McKenzie Warriner is a Saskatchewan-born and raised/Toronto-based soprano acclaimed for her interpretation of music spanning from the Baroque to the Avant-garde. Particularly committed to singing the works of living composers, […]


One, Two, Trio! With Alan Matheson

One, Two, Trio! With Alan Matheson

One Two, Trio is comprised of three proponents of brass instruments and chamber music; Katherine Evans (Trumpet), Valerie Whitney (French Horn), and Jeremy Berkman (Trombone). Founded initially during the pandemic […]


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Michael Tenzer, director

UBC World Music Ensemble: Balinese Gamelan

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 […]


UBC Contemporary Players

UBC Contemporary Players

Director: Dr. Paolo Bortolussi The Contemporary Players Ensemble is a dynamic and eclectic program of music featuring world-renown contemporary masterworks, as well as newly commissioned works by UBC composers.


UBC Chamber Strings; Eric Wilson, director

UBC Chamber Strings

Eric Wilson, conductor Join us for an exciting evening of music making including string quartets from our Strings Chamber Music Program.


UBC Opera: Così fan tutte

UBC Opera: Così fan tutte

Mozart’s tale of love’s vices is a timeless classic beloved by audiences the world over. Ferrando and Guglielmo enter into a wager with the old cynic Alfonso to test the […]


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UBC Chamber Choir

UBC’s graduate choral conducting students lead the UBC Chamber Choir in performance.


UBC Opera: Cendrillon

UBC Opera: Cendrillon

Long before Disney’s Cinderella, there was Massenet’s Cendrillon. Based on Charles Perrault’s 1698 version of the classic fairy tale, Cendrillon finds our titular hero, whose real name is Lucette, aching to go to the […]


UBC Chamber Choir

UBC Chamber Choir

UBC’s graduate choral conducting students lead the UBC Chamber Choir in performance.


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UBC Contemporary Players: Concert at the Belkin

Paolo Bortolussi, director The UBC Contemporary Players present a program of collaborative works created in response the Belkin Gallery’s current exhibition, of artist Carole Itter’s works: “Only when I’m Hauling Water do I wonder […]


UBC Contemporary Players

UBC Contemporary Players

Director: Dr. Paolo Bortolussi The Contemporary Players Ensemble is a dynamic and eclectic program of music featuring world-renown contemporary masterworks, as well as newly commissioned works by UBC composers.


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UBC Early Music Ensemble

The UBC Early Music Ensemble is a mixed instrumental/vocal ensemble specializing in the performance of music from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras. Image: Lady Playing a Lute; Bartolomeo Veneto and workshop […]


UBC Early Music Ensemble

UBC Early Music Ensemble

The UBC Early Music Ensemble is a mixed instrumental/vocal ensemble specializing in the performance of music from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras. Image: A Musical Company, Gerard van Kuijl, ca. 1651


UBC Opera: The Cunning Little Vixen

UBC Opera: The Cunning Little Vixen

Leoš Janáček’s bittersweet fable shows a deep understanding of the complexities of power and oppression, and the cyclical nature of life. Usually seen as a fairy tale, this opera offers […]


Future of mariculture under climate change

Future of mariculture under climate change

Aquaculture has shown remarkable growth, averaging about 6.7% per year over the last three decades, making it the fastest-growing agro-food sector worldwide. In 2021, aquaculture accounted for approximately 91 million […]


Inspiring Community Grant Info Session

Inspiring Community Grant Info Session

Have an idea to support social connections in your community? Join us for a grant making workshop and learn about how you can fund your community building ideas with up […]


UBC Symphony Orchestra

UBC Symphony Orchestra

Join the UBC Symphony Orchestra led by director Jonathan Girard for its opening night! PROGRAM: Jean Coulthard (1908-2000) Introduction and Three Folk Songs (from Canadian Mosaic) Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Suite […]


TH’OWXIYA: THE HUNGRY FEAST DISH

TH’OWXIYA: THE HUNGRY FEAST DISH

Axis Theatre presents the Kwantlen First Nation tale of Th’owxiya: The Hungry Feast Dish. Immerse yourself in the legend of the basket ogress, Th’owxiya, an old hungry spirit that inhabits […]