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UBC School of Music
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Our programs foster collaborative, informed, and innovative musicians. At the University of British Columbia located on xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Territory.
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@createastir.ca #UBC Opera's presentation of Mozart's The Magic Flute starts next week! 💫

Tickets at www.ubcoperatickets.com

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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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November 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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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)
November 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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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!

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November 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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This Saturday (Nov 8)! #UBC Symphony Orchestra⁠ at 7:30pm⁠ at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts ✨️⁠
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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/
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November 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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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 ⬇️

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October 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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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.
October 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Wednesday at noon! Looking Glass Ensemble ✨
Take a break in Barnett Hall at #UBC with a refreshing presentation of Beethoven, Arvo Pärt & Vivian Fung.

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Below of the Looking Glass Ensemble performing Arvo Pärt's Spiegel im Spiegel.

#WednesdayNoonHours

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Looking Glass Ensemble - Arvo Pärt, Spiegel im Spiegel & Improv
YouTube video by Christine Carter
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October 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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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.
October 19, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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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 👀
October 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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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 👀
October 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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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 ⬇️
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October 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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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
October 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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#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 ✨

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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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October 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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UBC Opera celebrates the Old Auditorium’s first 100 years on October 14!

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The 'Old Aud' has played host to notable names including Eleanor Roosevelt and Dylan Thomas.

Thank you for this lovely article @createastir.ca!

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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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October 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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"There is something profoundly peaceful in being able to escape the outside noise and listen to beautiful, evocative music for an hour." ~ Zoé Stojanovic, @ubyssey.ca

Thank you to Zoé Stojanovic and Zoe Wagner for the lovely article!

Listings at music.ubc.ca/events ✨

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Wednesday Noon Hours concerts return after year-long hiatus
Brought back by acclaimed pianist, UBC professor and Chan Centre Piano Spirio Series curator David Fung, the concert series is making its return after many requests from the UBC community.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Next Wednesday! Bob Baker, voice and UBC Professor Wayne Weng, piano ✨️⁠
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Program juxtaposing Indigenous music with solo piano works from the Western canon and includes music by Bob Baker, Emily Douglas, Schubert, Schumann, and more.

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Next Wednesday! Bob Baker, voice and UBC Professor Wayne Weng, piano.
October 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Learn how the #UBC Old Auditorium spared the wrecking ball, and how the home of UBC Opera is saluting a century of culture and connection. Join us on October 14 & 15 for 2 special events! www.ubcoperatickets.com

Thank you for chatting with us UBC Magazine!

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How UBC’s Old Auditorium survived to celebrate 100 years
Once nearly lost, this beloved concert hall lives on as a hub of community and culture.
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October 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Tomorrow at noon! A Luminous Brocade with Angelique Po (BMus '14), pipe organ & Joël Tibbits, composer

Don't miss this rare chance to hear our Casavant Frères Opus 3055 Pipe Organ (with over 3000 pipes!).

Tickets & details: music.ubc.ca/events or at the door.
October 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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We're live! Watch the #UBC Symphony Orchestra kick off their season.

Music by the late Maestro Bramwell Tovey, Pixinguinha (Alfredo da Rocha Viana Filho), Brazilian composer Ernani Aguiar, and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 in G Major. ⁠

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October 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Today at noon! Pianist Helena Aung performs Thai literary masterpieces, mythical mermaids, enchanted forests, and sweeping romances—told in music that shimmers with both tradition and contemporary flair. ✨

Noon, Barnett Hall | UBC Music Building
Tickets & program ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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October 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Today at noon! Wednesday Noon Hours: Nathan Chan, cello & David Fung, piano ✨️
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Cellist Nathan Chan and pianist David Fung perform a charming selection music including the Bach’s Prelude from Cello Suite No. 3, Sollima’s Alone, and Debussy’s Cello Sonata.⁠

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September 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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This Wednesday (Sep 17) at Barnett Hall!⁠ ✨️⁠
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#UBC alumnus and Lecturer in piano, Lucas Wong shares his “brilliant and sensitive” playing (Fanfare) with a program of Wilhelm Taubert’s Sonatas No. 1 in A major and No. 2 in C minor.⁠

Tickets on sale now!

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September 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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#UBC Symphony Orchestra conductor Jonathan Girard makes his debut in Brazil with the Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre!

Featuring music by Haydn—performed by brilliant trumpeter Katherine Evans—and UBC Professor Emeritus Steven Chatman, Mendelssohn, Bizet.

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OSPA 2025 - 22/08 - A Dama do Trompete
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August 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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#UBC Associate Professor & acclaimed pianist David Fung joins the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra to kick off their 23rd season on September 6!

Fung will perform Beethoven’s Triple Concerto alongside violinist Christel Lee and cellist Jonathan Roozeman.

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Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra prepares for season opener with soloists David Fung, Christel Lee, and Jonathan Roozeman - Pancouver
Before Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, the VMO will perform a new work by composer-in-residence Aidan Mulldoon Wong.
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August 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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How do you talk about music that isn’t heard, but felt?⁠
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#UBC Assistant Professor @amaler.bsky.social speaks to Lydia Bangura about how her work on Deaf music-making and Dip Hop is reshaping how we think about music, sound, and accessibility.⁠

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Analyzing Sign Language Music (with Dr. Anabel Maler)
Podcast Episode · Her Music Academia · 2025-07-21 · 1h 16m
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August 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM