Lauren McCall joins School of Music

Lauren McCall joins School of Music

The School of Music is thrilled to welcome Dr. Lauren McCall as Assistant Research Professor in composition and music technology. Dr. McCall will join our school on Jan. 1, 2025. Dr. McCall is a composer and music educator from Atlanta, Georgia. She received her Ph.D. in Music Technology from the Georgia Institute of Technology…

Opera star Marion Newman joins UVic Music

Opera star Marion Newman joins UVic Music

Critically acclaimed Canadian opera singer and national CBC Radio host Marion Newman joins the teaching faculty at the School of Music. The 2022 UVic Distinguished Alumni Award recipient (BMus ’93) will officially join as an assistant professor on July 1, 2024.

A coding career composed of science and sound

A coding career composed of science and sound

When Calgary-based Logan Wood was looking for a leading post-secondary music and computer science degree program, he quickly realized that there was only real choice for him. “In comparing programs across the country, UVic stood out for me,”…

School of Music stars now in orbit

School of Music stars now in orbit

While they’ve long been considered stars in the world of classical music, UVic’s Lafayette String Quartet are now officially astronomical, thanks to the newly named asteroid (613419) Lafayettequartet…

Lafayette String Quartet takes final bow in 2023

Lafayette String Quartet takes final bow in 2023

The internationally acclaimed Lafayette String Quartet (LSQ), the only all-female ensemble in the world still with all four original members, is ending their time as an ensemble after more than 35 years of performances and three decades of teaching with UVic’s School of Music…

Farewell to jazz legend Hugh Fraser

Farewell to jazz legend Hugh Fraser

Canadian music has lost a giant in the form of pianist, trombonist, and composer Hugh Fraser (1958-2020). In addition to his teaching at UVic, Hugh was head of the Banff Centre for the Arts Summer Jazz Program and taught at the Royal Academy…