by Kristy Farkas | Jan 13, 2022 | Awards, Faculty
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)…
by Kristy Farkas | Nov 25, 2021 | Faculty, News, Research
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…
by Kristy Farkas | Nov 15, 2021 | Events, Faculty, Students
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…
by Kristy Farkas | Aug 11, 2021 | Awards, Students
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…
by Kristy Farkas | Jul 16, 2021 | Awards
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…
by Kristy Farkas | Jul 4, 2021 | Faculty, News
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…
by Kristy Farkas | Jun 2, 2021 | Students, Video
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…
by Kristy Farkas | May 12, 2021 | Awards, Faculty, Research
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…
by Kristy Farkas | May 8, 2021 | Faculty
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
by Kristy Farkas | Apr 30, 2021 | Awards, Students
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…