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Anthony Tan wins Jules Léger Prize for composition
Congratulations to School of Music professor, Anthony Tan, on being awarded the Canada Council for the Arts Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music for his composition entitled Ways of Returning (2020)…
CD by Suzanne Snizek brings attention to suppressed music
The latest recording by School of Music professor, Suzanne Snizek, entitled Chamber Music (Re)Discoveries, is now available through Centaur Records and can be found on streaming platforms…
Events highlight diversity in music programming
Since 2018, the University of Victoria has hosted a group of events collectively called the 5 Days of Action: 365 Days of Commitment. The events aim to amplify the efforts put forth by groups, units, and organizations across UVic that are committed to building a safe…
New accordion scholarship offers keys to the future
Visit any music academy in Eastern Europe, Russia or China and you’ll find numerous programs created specifically to study the accordion. Not so in North America, where it still doesn’t get the respect it deserves as a symphonic instrument…
Violin donation offers 250-year-old gift
Some gifts transcend time, as current School of Music undergraduate Iryna Peleshchyshyn discovered when she received the gift of a treasured 18th century violin to play during her degree program. The French violin—crafted in 1748 and valued at nearly $35,000…
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…
Dr. Alexis Luko joins School of Music as new director
Dr. Alexis Luko, a noted musicologist, educator and university administrator, has been appointed Director of the School of Music, Faculty of Fine Arts, for a 5-year term beginning July 1, 2021…
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…