🎙️🎭✍️ UBC School of Music is hiring Work Learn students! Roles in Recording & Audio, Communications, and Front of House (Box Office, Ushers, Coordinators). Gain real hands-on experience in the arts. Apply by Aug 12 via UBC CareersOnline. 🎶 #UBCMusic #WorkLearn

⚽🎶 50,000 strangers, one rhythm, zero rehearsal. Two UBC Music scholars break down the science behind World Cup chants — from Norway's "Viking Row" to England's "Wonderwall" singalongs. 🎻 #UBCMusic #WorldCup2026 #MusicTheory 🔗 music.ubc.ca/news/the-unr...

The Unrehearsed Choir: What two UBC Music scholars learned from a World Cup full of chants - School of Music

From Norway's Viking Row to the World Cup Final halftime show, two UBC music scholars explain how tens of thousands of strangers learn to move as one.

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Huge congratulations to our faculty and alumni! 🎉 Two ensembles with deep UBC ties—Standing Wave and Trio Garibaldi—have been nominated for Classical Artist or Ensemble of the Year at the 2026 BreakOut West Awards! 🎻🎹 🏆 Read more: music.ubc.ca/news/ubc-sch... 📷: BreakOutWest

New biography alert 📖 "Marvellous!": The Life and Music of Elliot Weisgarber is out now. Written by his daughter and UBC Music alumna ('77) Karen Suzanne Smithson, it's two decades of research distilled into one remarkable story. #CanadianMusic #UBCMusic #ElliotWeisgarber

Prof. David Metzer has published Prison Song: Music and Incarceration in the United States. Check out the announcement below 👇 music.ubc.ca/news/prof-david-metzer-authors-new-book-on-musicians-confronting-the-us-prison-system/ #UBCMusic #Musicology #PrisonSong

UBC Music alum alert! 🎶 2007 BMus grad Cris Derksen is set to debut a major new commission with the @tso.ca on April 30 & May 1, as part of the Art of Healing program. Check out the world première details: tinyurl.com/5mvdmyys #UBC #ClassicalMusic #Cello #MentalHealth #IndigenousArt

Dr. Taylor Brook is joining the School of Music as Asst. Professor of Composition. His research into video game music, AI improvisation, and microtonal systems is a massive addition to our community. Welcome to the School, Dr. Brook! 🎼🤖 #NewFaculty #MusicTechnology #AI #UBCMusic

Join us for UBC Giving Day tomorrow, April 8! Invest in the next generation of students at #UBC by removing financial barriers and putting the tools, training and cross-disciplinary collaboration in students’ hands.⁠ music.ubc.ca/events/event...

UBC Giving Day: Support the Dr. Bob Pritchard and Dr. Keith Hamel Award in Music Technology and New Media - School of Music

Empower future music-tech and new media creators at UBC!

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Watch #UBC Bands season finale live! Starts in 4 min ⏰ music.ubc.ca/events/event...

UBC Bands: Energy and Life - School of Music

UBC Bands is a vibrant leader in contemporary wind band performance. Comprising of the Concert Winds and Symphonic Wind Ensemble, these acclaimed student wind band ensembles are known for their artist...

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#UBC Adjunct Professor Vern Griffiths and fellow musicians perform Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians at Music on Main. www.createastir.ca/articles/ver...

Pulsing instruments and voices weave dreamlike patterns in Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians — Stir

Renowned percussionist Vern Griffiths and a group of musical luminaries take on the groundbreaking 1976 piece in celebration of Music on Main’s 20th anniversary

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This Friday! #UBC School of Music piano students perform virtuosic music by Beethoven & Mozart to compete for a spot in the finals with the ⁠UBC Chamber Orchestra. FREE 💫⁠ 📅 Mar 20 | 6pm⁠-9:30pm⁠ 📍 Barnett Hall, UBC Music Building⁠ music.ubc.ca/events/event...

Next week! An evening of Mozart & Beethoven with the #UBC Symphony Orchestra⁠ at Fri, Mar 6 at 7:30pm⁠ at Chan Centre for the Performing Arts ✨️⁠ ⁠ #UBC Symphony Orchestra performs Mozart’s Overture from The Magic Flute and Beethoven’s Leonore Overture & Eroica. ⁠🎟️ music.ubc.ca/news-events/

✨️⁠ Enjoy this preview of #UBC University Singers performing “The Prow” by Matthew Lyon Hazzard. Don't miss this live, alongside music by Andrew Balfour, Sydney Guillaume, Hussein Janmohamed, and more on Friday, Feb 6 at the Chan Centre! music.ubc.ca/events youtu.be/UQOY504c3sE

UBC Choirs: The Prow

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This Wednesday ✨ Countertenor Daniel Moody with #UBC School of Music Faculty & Student Chamber Ensemble perform the music of UBC Alum Alfredo Santa Ana.⁠ 📅 Jan 28, 2026 at noon 📍 Barnett Hall, UBC Music Building⁠ 🎟️ Tickets available below or at door. music.ubc.ca/events/event...

This Wednesday: Jeung Beum Sohn, piano✨️⁠ An unforgettable exploration of passion, color, and expressive power.⁠ Music by Grieg, Chopin, Beethoven and more! ⁠ 📅 Jan 21, 2026 | 12PM-1PM⁠ 📍 Barnett Hall, UBC Music Building⁠ 🎟️ Tickets at⁠ music.ubc.ca/events www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1gr...

[4K] F. Liszt - Piano Concerto No.1, S.124 :: Pf. Jeung Beum Sohn | 손정범, 지휘 장윤성, 프라임필하모닉오케스트라

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Tomorrow at noon. Ukrainian-born pianist Inna Faliks performs music by Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin, more. Wednesday Noon Hours: Inna Faliks, piano 📅 Nov 26 at 12pm 📍 Barnett Hall, #UBC Music Building 🎟️ Tickets at the door (card only) or music.ubc.ca/events #UBCMusic youtu.be/saU7w_80ccY?...

Inna Faliks Plays Chopin Polonaise Fantasie

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@createastir.ca #UBC Opera's presentation of Mozart's The Magic Flute starts next week! 💫 Tickets at www.ubcoperatickets.com www.createastir.ca/articles/ubc...

UBC Opera stages Mozart's The Magic Flute at the Old Auditorium, November 27 to 30 — Stir

Fantasy-filled production featuring members of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra offers a timeless story that resonates with audiences of all ages

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This Wednesday! UBC Bands honours #UBC Climate Emergency Week with a powerful program exploring themes of nature, resilience, and environmental urgency through bold, contemporary wind band repertoire. 🍃🎶 ➡️ Wed, Nov 21 7:30pm 📍Chan Centre 🎟️ music.ubc.ca/events ($10 UBC Students & Under 30yrs)

Didn't get tickets? Join us 7:30pm tonight! We're livestreaming #UBC Symphony Orchestra: von Weber, Rimsky-Korsakov & Brahms live from the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts! music.ubc.ca/events/event...

This Saturday (Nov 8)! #UBC Symphony Orchestra⁠ at 7:30pm⁠ at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts ✨️⁠ ⁠ Music by Carl Maria von Weber, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F Major conducted by Jonathan Girard. Tickets at music.ubc.ca/news-events/ ⁠

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. Tickets and details ⬇️ music.ubc.ca/events/event...

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.

Wednesday at noon! Looking Glass Ensemble ✨ Take a break in Barnett Hall at #UBC with a refreshing presentation of Beethoven, Arvo Pärt & Vivian Fung. 🎟️ music.ubc.ca/events Below of the Looking Glass Ensemble performing Arvo Pärt's Spiegel im Spiegel. #WednesdayNoonHours youtu.be/F4_FuvjbCgo

Looking Glass Ensemble - Arvo Pärt, Spiegel im Spiegel & Improv

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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!⁠ Head to music.ubc.ca/events to watch now.

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 🔥 🎟️ Tickets and full program below ⬇️ music.ubc.ca/events/event...

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

#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 ✨ www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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...

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UBC Opera celebrates the Old Auditorium’s first 100 years on October 14! 🎟️ music.ubc.ca/events The 'Old Aud' has played host to notable names including Eleanor Roosevelt and Dylan Thomas. Thank you for this lovely article @createastir.ca! www.createastir.ca/articles/ubc...

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

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