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Taylor Brook named Banting Fellow in Fine Arts
School of Music composer Taylor Brook is one of four UVic recipients of the prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship. The federal program is designed to build world-class research capacity by recruiting top-tier…
Congratulations Class of 2021
Congratulations, Class of 2021—you made it! You are now one of over 9000 Fine Arts alumni worldwide who studied at UVic—and have the distinction of graduating during the most difficult year in our history…
SSHRC funded AUDIO+ project examines discrimination in audio engineering industry
School of Music professor Kirk McNally is the recipient of a SSHRC Connection Grant for his AUDIO+ project—a planned three-day hybrid workshop at UVic, and the launch of a new open-access academic journal…
Patrick Boyle’s new album designed to lull you to sleep
School of Music professor, Patrick Boyle’s, latest album, LULL: Sounds for Sleep, is brought to you by the letter Z. Created in and around his Esquimalt, BC home during the COVID-19 lockdown, Boyle’s intention behind this solo 6-CD set
2021 Concerto Competition winners announced
The School of Music congratulates this year’s 2021 Concerto Competition winners: pianist Johnathan Devey with Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54, and UVic’s first graduate student in accordion performance, Nikolay Ovchinnikov…
Choirs collaborate virtually across Canada
A year ago, School of Music professor and UVic Chorus conductor, Adam Con, initiated a collaboration between the UVic Chorus and two other Canadian universities: Concordia and Kings…
Pianist Bruce Vogt adds new sounds to silent films
School of Music piano instructor, Bruce Vogt, has been performing live improvised music to silent films for a number of years but none of those performances had even been recorded. In the absence of live concerts, this year seemed like the perfect…
Anna Höstman nominated for Juno
School of Music alumna and composition instructor Anna Höstman has been nominated for a 2021 Juno award for Classical Composition of the Year for her piano solo, Harbour.
Joseph Salem tunes in to sound studies in Deans’ Lecture
Sound studies emerged as a field about 20 years ago, but it remains in flux. In this Deans’ Lecture Series presentation, School of Music Assistant Professor and Head of Musicology, Joseph Salem, introduces what defines sound studies…