UVic has revealed the recipients of its 2025 Distinguished Alumni Awards, and the School of Music is thrilled that renowned Canadian-British composer and UVic Music alumna Cassandra Miller is among the eight recipients…
When it comes to honouring veterans, many people wear a poppy on November 11 and call it a day. Music alum Emily Armour created the Music for Veterans Project as a cross-generational way to honour soldiers year-round…
The School of Music is excited to announce the winners of our 2024 Concerto Competition: flutist Spencer Leong Cowie, pianist Jiran Miao, and soprano Olivia Charette…
The School of Music is thrilled to present our 2023 Concerto Competition winners: pianist Carey Wang and saxophonist Xavier Marican. Carey and Xavier were two of six finalists in the annual Concert Competition…
Fifteen years ago, the School of Music was named Canada’s first All-Steinway School and, while there are now over 200 All-Steinway schools globally, UVic is still the only one in Canada — a significant designation currently being celebrated with both a new $300,000 estate gift and a signature concert….
The School of Music congratulates this year’s 2022 Concerto Competition winners: trombonist Amaya Sydor and saxophonist Cole Davis. Amaya and Cole were two of six finalists in the annual competition that took place in April…
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)…
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…
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…
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…