Music professor’s climate commission explores the Northwest Passage
Commissioned by violist Joanna Hood from composer David A. Jaffe. Northwest Passages: Thirteen Alarms from the Arctic responds to the climate crisis reshaping the Arctic…
Welcoming new faculty member Sarah Belle Reid
The School of Music is delighted to welcome Dr. Sarah Belle Reid, performer-composer and pioneering artist in the field of electronic and electroacoustic music. . Reid joins the School of Music as Assistant Professor in Technology in January 2026…
Steven Capaldo has world premiere at Invictus Games
When over 550 wounded warriors walk and wheel into the closing ceremonies of Vancouver’s Invictus Games, they’ll be entering to the celebratory sounds of a triumphant new fanfare, specially composed for the event by School of Music professor Steven Capaldo…
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
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
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
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
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…
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…
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…