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…
Music professor Lauren McCall keen to extend realities
When it comes to attracting new talent to our faculty, national borders are no barrier. Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, Lauren McCall is the newest professor to join our School of Music faculty…
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…
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…
Feeling of solstalgia inspires Ocean Networks Canada residency
How do we feel when the ecosystems we know and love start to vanish? What happens when our memories no longer match our physical surroundings? And what about the ecosystems we don’t see? These are the kind of questions inspiring the work of Megan Harton, the latest…
Harald Krebs & A Place of Infinite Possibility
Harald Krebs is an internationally respected music theorist, award-winning Distinguished Professor, past president of the Society for Music Theory, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada; also the head of our theory program, he is now retiring after 37 years of scholarship and teaching…
Sound Genres explores sound as foundational practice
The School of Music will be exploring sound as a foundational practice with Sound Genres, a special multimedia symposium running May 26-28 and funded in part by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council…
Christopher Butterfield marks retirement with new album
Forget the gold watch: noted composer and longtime School of Music professor Christopher Butterfield is marking his UVic retirement with the March 31 release of his latest album, Souvenir. Performed by longtime musical collaborators Aventa Ensemble…
Oil & water fuels Ocean Networks Canada artistic residency
Our world is saturated by oil. From fuel and plastic to climate change and the global economy, oil affects every aspect of human existence. For 2022 Ocean Networks Canada artist-in-residence Colin Malloy, oil provided the inspiration for his residency and had a direct influence on the instrument he plays…
Dean’s Lecture: Virginia Acuña
In this series of talks hosted by UVic’s Division of Continuing Studies, you’ll hear from distinguished faculty members and learn about their research interests. In her talk “Amusing the King: Gender, Parody and Musical Theatre in Early 18th Century Spain”, Virginia Acuña explores the world of Spanish baroque musical theatre…