Meet Our 2025 Concerto Competition Winners
The School of Music is thrilled to announce the winners of our 2025 Concerto Competition: Tamsyn Klazek-Schryer, Olivia Pryce-Digby, and Ethan Page.
Kirk McNally wins REACH Award for advocacy and activism
The Provost’s Advocacy and Activism Awards recognize the achievements of individuals or groups in the university who demonstrate dedication to the advancement of social equity through advocacy and/or activism…
Emily Armour’s Music for Veterans Project connects young musicians with military vets
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…
Meet Our 2024 Concerto Competition Winners
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…
2023 Concerto Competition winners prepare to take the stage
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…
Legacy gift highlights Steinway anniversary
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….
2022 Concerto Competition winners
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…
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)…
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…