School of Music
Stories from the Creative Edge
Snapshot of a year
Jul 19, 2024
We're excited to share with you the latest edition of the Faculty of Fine Arts Annual Review. While it's always difficult to encapsulate an entire year's worth of activity into a single 36-page magazine, we do enjoy the creative challenge of sharing our top stories...
Quartet Fest West returns
Jun 24, 2024
The chamber music experience Quartet Fest West returns to the School of Music from June 24-July 5 with a lineup including former members of the Lafayette String Quartet, guest artists the Jasper String Quartet, the Breakwater Quartet plus this year's student...
Congratulation to the 2024 grad class!
Jun 14, 2024
Jude Wolff Ackroyd, BFA Honours 2024Congratulations to our 2024 grad class! Whether you're graduating from our department of Art History & Visual Studies, Theatre, Visual Arts, Writing or the School of Music, you're now part of an extended community of nearly...
“There’s always more to learn” says graduating professional musician Philip Manning
Jun 6, 2024
When it comes to career paths, most music students aspire to professional positions after graduation—playing with an orchestra, say, or becoming a chamber musician or band teacher. Not so with Philip Manning, who took a different approach to his own musical career:...
Feeling of solastalgia inspires Ocean Networks Canada residency
May 30, 2024
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...
Remembering guitarist Alexander Dunn
May 13, 2024
It is with profound sadness that we share the news that our friend and School of Music colleague, Dr. Alexander Dunn, passed away unexpectedly on the morning of May 8. “This is a loss that will be deeply felt by members of our School and the wider music community,”...
Submission call for Student Impact Awards!
Apr 18, 2024
Are you a current (or graduating) Fine Arts undergraduate student who’s been involved with a community-engaged creative project in Greater Victoria between Jan 1/23 & May 31/24? If so, you could qualify for $1,000 via our annual Fine Arts Student Community Impact...
Opera star Marion Newman joins UVic Music
Mar 22, 2024
Critically acclaimed Canadian opera singer and national CBC Radio host Marion Newman is returning to the University of Victoria to join the award-winning teaching faculty at the School of Music. Newman — whose traditional name is Nege’ga — is of Kwagiulth and Stó:lō...
Celebrating our Rubinoff Scholars
Mar 12, 2024
Congratulations go out to the Fine Arts graduate student recipients of the inaugural Jeffrey Rubinoff Student Scholarships, many of whom gathered at the University Club on March 5 to offer their thanks and mingle with the Rubinoff Foundation’s Betty Kennedy and Karun...
Distinguished Alumni Awards honour Carrie Tennant, Dennis Gupa & Ivy Martin
Mar 5, 2024
UVic announced the recipients of the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Awards on March 4 and Fine Arts was once again proud to see three of our outstanding graduates included among the 18 recipients being recognized across the three categories: Presidents’ Alumni Award...
Chamber Singers mark 50 years at UVic Music
Mar 4, 2024
Retired conductor Bruce More takes the stage with the Chamber Singers at the concert in March (Beth Bingham photo)For 50 years, the UVic Chamber Singers have proven to be one of the most endearing — and enduring — ensembles in our School of Music. Over the years, the...
Fine Arts in the news: media roundup
Jan 17, 2024
When it comes to announcements, publications and media appearances, there's never really a slow time for Fine Arts faculty, alumni and students — and the past couple of months have been no exception. Here's a quick roundup of who's been speaking with the media lately....
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- ►2024 (68)
- ► November (9)
- Orion Lecture: Composing for Voice with Barbara Hannigan
- Orion Lecture: "Composing for Voice" with Barbara Hannigan
- Pacific Opera Victoria Presents Barbara Hannigan & Bertrand Chamayou
- Explore UVic on Nov 30
- UVic Symphony Orchestra: From Darkness to Light
- Robotics artist plots course for the future
- Orion Series presents Jude Brereton
- Jeannette Armstrong and Lina de Guevara awarded Honorary Doctorates
- 2024 Student Impact Award winners
- ► October (7)
- ► September (9)
- Visiting Artist: Jessica Stockholder
- UVic retires 215+ memorial banners, raises Survivor Flag
- Welcoming Lauren McCall to Music
- Writing Faculty Reading Night returns
- Estate gift highlights All-Steinway anniversary
- World premiere of climate disaster play at Phoenix Theatre
- "solastalgia" exhibit closing panel talk
- Carey Newman named Royal Society Fellow
- SALT celebrates 10th festival
- ► August (9)
- Wayde Compton joins Writing
- Mique'l Dangeli joins AHVS
- Co-op brings learning to life
- Theatre grad Medina Hahn is choosing her own path
- World premiere climate play coming in September
- Externally funded research (select)
- “This funding is an absolute lifesaver“
- Students & seniors work towards wellness
- Student award honours northern roots
- ► July (8)
- How to Build a Fire: A Performance by Kerri Flannigan
- Snapshot of a year
- Laura Ramoso is that one girl who became an internet sensation
- More micro-certificates for the GLAM sector
- New mural connects art & wellness
- Eva Baboula marks a decade as Associate Dean
- Faith, fuel and the life of poet Cara-Lyn Morgan
- Beth Stuart’s monumental Montreal art commission
- ► June (4)
- ► May (4)
- ► April (3)
- ► March (7)
- Portland student balances art & athletics
- Opera star Marion Newman joins UVic Music
- Phoenix Theatre launches new season
- Celebrating our Rubinoff Scholars
- Orion Series presents Randi Edmundson & Shizuka Kai
- Distinguished Alumni Awards honour Carrie Tennant, Dennis Gupa & Ivy Martin
- Chamber Singers mark 50 years at UVic Music
- ► February (4)
- ► January (4)
- ► November (9)
- ►2023 (65)
- ► December (5)
- ► November (8)
- Giving Tuesday in Fine Arts: Climate Disaster Project
- International exchange info fair
- Transformational reconciliation through exhibitions
- Upcoming Music concerts
- Linda Catlin Smith named Honorary Degree recipient
- A climate of change marks Writing grad Aldyn Chwelos' academic journey
- Feeling Earnest at the Phoenix
- New sxʷiʔe’m Indigenous Writers & Storyteller Series launches
- ► October (8)
- Orion Series presents Kunji Ikeda
- Orion Series presents Patricia Bovey
- Discover "how art seeds change, & seeds change art"
- Visiting artist: Farheen Haq
- Orion Series presents Duncan McCue
- Phoenix season kicks off with shows for the young & the young-at-heart
- Orion Series presents Lindsay Wong
- Orion Series presents Malik Gaines
- ► September (7)
- ► August (6)
- ► July (4)
- ► June (6)
- QFW performances & new LSQ video
- Climate Disaster Project a finalist in global journalism awards
- Witness Blanket seeks “soundtrack of resilience”
- High-achieving twins both earn the Victoria Medal for their love of writing
- Zainub Verjee awarded Honorary Doctorate
- Climate Disaster Project inspires students to help build community of survivors
- ► May (3)
- ► April (3)
- ► March (5)
- ► February (5)
- Timeless classic Medea gets a timely update with Mojada
- Audain Professor Lindsay Delaronde continues her learning journey
- UVic contributes talent, technical & creative power to Victoria’s burgeoning film industry
- Fighting disinformation with theatre
- Southam Lecture: David Beers & "The War on Journalists"
- ► January (5)
- ►2022 (68)
- ► December (6)
- ► November (7)
- Giving Tuesday supports Student Impact Fund
- Dean's Lecture: Merrie Klazek
- Call for grad student proposals: Ocean Networks Canada Artist-in-Residence Program
- Explore UVic on Nov 26
- Fine Arts active with 5 Days of Action
- A coding career composed of science and sound
- Broadway veteran directs Spring Awakening at the Phoenix
- ► October (5)
- ► September (7)
- ► August (5)
- ► July (6)
- ► June (3)
- ► May (4)
- ► April (4)
- ► March (9)
- School of Music debuts new Ballet BC collaboration
- Visiting Artist: Jaimie Isaac
- Young Alumni Lunch & Learn Series: Finding Meaningful Work in the Arts
- The Human Nature of Climate Change
- Meet Shakespeare's Women
- Young Alumni Lunch & Learn Series: Are You Media Ready?
- Distinguished Alumni
- Orion Series presents Islamic scholar Richard McClary
- Meet our newest Youth Poet Laureate
- ► February (7)
- Orion Series presents visiting artist Jim Holyoak
- Young Alumni Lunch & Learn Series
- Adapting The Waste Land for the stage, 100 years after its literary debut
- Orion Series presents visiting playwright Carmen Aguirre
- Orion Series presents visiting artist Abdoulaye Niang
- BC Arts Council Funding 101
- BC Arts Council Funding 101
- ► January (5)
- Fine Arts well represented at the 2022 Victoria Film Festival
- Orion Series presents visiting artist Linda Catlin Smith
- Orion Series presents visiting artist Tanya Linklater
- “Never less than amazing”: Lafayette String Quartet take its final bow in 2023
- Michael LaPointe’s debut novel blurs the lines between facts & fictions
- ►2021 (77)
- ► December (6)
- ► November (14)
- ONC Artist-in-Residence call for grad student applications
- New survey of scientists & journalists finds media should cover climate as a crisis
- Hot new electives for Winter ’22
- Orion Series presents visiting artist Julian Hou
- Orion Series presents playwright Marcia Johnson
- Fine Arts active during 5 Days of Action
- Staging Equality is making change by building relationships with theatre
- Phoenix Theatre returns with Dead Man's Cell Phone
- Orion Series presents visiting artist Hazel Meyer
- Baylie Adams rehearses for success
- Fine Arts online open house Nov 17
- Visiting Southam Lecturer: Andrew Nikiforuk
- Jenessa Joy Klukas harnesses the power of the pen
- AUDIO+ pushes for positive change in recording industry
- ► October (7)
- New Fine Arts Indigenous student award
- Join us for a discussion on sustainability & the arts
- Thinking globally, reporting locally
- Orion Series presents visiting artist Tania Willard
- Orion Lecture: The Day The World Stops Shopping
- Sandra Meigs returns with a new exhibit - don't miss it!
- 2021 Student Community Impact Award winners
- ► September (5)
- ► August (4)
- ► July (6)
- ► June (3)
- ► May (3)
- ► April (2)
- ► March (12)
- Phoenix Theatre livestreams Problem Child
- Orion Series presents Visiting Artist Curtis Santiago
- Orion Series presents Drew Hayden Taylor
- Distinguished Alumni Talk: Mercedes Bátiz-Benét on supporting IBPoC voices
- Orion Series presents Gary Farmer
- Susie Winter's feature film screenplay started as student project
- Orion Series presents director & writer Soheil Parsa
- Theatre class assignment: mask movement
- Orion Series presents scholar Heather Igloliorte
- Zoom into our spring Fine Arts open house on March 9
- Orion Series presents artistic director Ravi Jain
- Orion Series presents artist & scholar Diane Roberts
- ► February (9)
- In Memoriam: Dr. Anthony Welch
- Orion Series presents scenographer Rachel Hann
- Orion Series presents poet Louise Halfe
- Orion Series presents art historian Ruba Kana'an
- Reading Break student wellness message
- Orion Series presents alumna curator Charo Neville
- Orion Series presents composer & performer Gayle Young
- Orion Series presents poet Canisia Lubrin
- Orion Series presents alumna artist Kelly Jazvac
- ► January (6)
- ►2020 (44)
- ►2019 (50)
- ► December (1)
- ► November (6)
- Seasonal concerts a holiday highlight
- Susan Lewis named new AVP of Academic Planning
- A passion for learning, curating and decolonizing
- Phoenix produces Othello for first time in 53-year history
- Visual Arts undergrad Austin Willis the only Canadian winner of US student sculpture award
- Lifelong supporter of liberal arts donates $1.6 million to UVic
- ► October (7)
- Day in the life: Karla Stout
- Artists discuss the radical influence of Buddhism on contemporary art
- Indigenous oral ceremony finalizes historic Witness Blanket agreement
- Final week for Spotlight on Alumni show
- REACH Awards honour 2 professors
- Syrian guitar quartet completes UVic fellowship
- "Master storyteller" Sam Mullins shares greatest hits
- ► September (4)
- ► August (4)
- ► July (3)
- ► June (6)
- New Phoenix season offers comedy & drama
- Acoustic ecologist Kaitie Sly explores unheard world of ambient sound
- Congratulations, Class of 2019!
- Visual Arts student Laura Gildner wins Victoria Medal
- Posthumous international award for Patrick Lane
- Diving deep: meet the alumni driving Hakai Magazine's sea change
- ► May (3)
- ► April (3)
- ► March (5)
- ► February (4)
- ► January (4)
- ►2018 (67)
- ► December (4)
- ► November (9)
- Final novel by celebrated Indigenous author Richard Wagamese launched at UVic
- The Drowsy Chaperone a smash success!
- Writing alum Esi Edugyan wins second Giller Prize in seven years
- AHVS professor Carolyn Butler-Palmer advised on new $10 bill Copy
- A shifting focus: from photography to film
- Leader in Art Song performance receives honourary degree
- UVic hosts 2018 Building Reconciliation Forum
- New artist residency strengthens connections between art & science
- Jazz ensemble offers new soundtrack for silent classic
- ► October (8)
- New adjunct professor heading up Canadian-born Broadway hit at the Phoenix
- Visiting actor/playwright D’bi.Young Anitafrika focuses on diversity
- Songs, poems commemorate 100th anniversary of the end of WWI
- Bill Gaston wins Victoria Book Prize
- It’s that time of year for This Side of West
- Wind & song highlighted in Faculty Chamber Music Series
- Flute concert offers rare & daring program
- Alumni show spotlights the ups & downs of new motherhood
- ► September (3)
- ► August (6)
- ► July (6)
- ► June (5)
- ► May (3)
- ► April (6)
- ► March (5)
- ► February (5)
- ► January (7)
- Exhibition reframes Innocence of 1960s artists
- It’s twice the charm for 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award winners, Twin Kennedy
- New Music & Digital Media Festival
- Iconic literary journal celebrates 50 years of excellence
- Fine Arts Wellness Day
- New Visual Arts professor creates Avatar Grove film project for IMAX screens
- New AHVS seminar spearheads new classroom concept
- ►2017 (59)
- ► December (2)
- ► November (9)
- Two Visual Arts grads win national art prize
- Try your luck with this Art History Christmas quiz!
- Music alum Rodney Sharman wins Excellence in the Performing Arts prize
- School of Music celebrates 50 years of sparking the musical imagination
- Madwoman serves up "visual delights and thought-provoking observations"
- Life skills assist Visual Arts grad on journey from worker to working artist
- It's pipelines & protests in metaphorical "Madwoman"
- Visual Arts MFAs connect across institutions
- Southam panel celebrates a decade of inspiring journalists
- ► October (6)
- ► September (6)
- ► August (4)
- ► July (1)
- ► June (7)
- Canadian comedy star & Phoenix alum Chris Wilson joins Air Farce
- Patrick Du Wors is the only Canadian accepted at 2017 World Stage Design in Taiwan
- Experiences of migrant youth explored in new play
- Visual Arts student keeps sex safe . . . and cute
- Two artists, one lake, 100 years apart
- Maestro Timothy Vernon becomes Honorary Doctor of Music
- Graduating Visual Arts project a bold step forward
- ► May (3)
- ► April (4)
- ► March (4)
- ► February (7)
- Research and creative practice on view at Ideafest 2017
- Phoenix play Gut Girls offers a way of protesting gender inequality
- Where are the Indigenous women in Canadian art history?
- Minor in Digital and Interactive Media in the Arts announced
- Conversations and Collaborations: 2017 Distinguished Alumni winner Althea Thauberger
- Joan MacLeod explores faith and family in "Gracie"
- Lafayette String Quartet celebrates Shostakovich
- ► January (6)
- ►2016 (60)
- ► December (5)
- ► November (4)
- ► October (3)
- ► September (9)
- Southam Lecturer Vivian Smith talks gender & journalism
- Former FBI art crimes expert visits Art History & Visual Studies
- Mi’gmaq filmmaker Jeff Barnaby kicks off Indigeneity & the Arts series
- Writing event features inaugural Lorna Crozier Scholarship recipient
- BC sculptor’s donation benefits study of Art History
- A September full of events
- Strong buzz around Steven Price's new novel
- Harald Krebs is our newest Royal Society Fellow
- Welcome (back) to Fine Arts!
- ► August (2)
- ► July (4)
- ► June (6)
- School of Music announces new brass scholarship
- Double-medal winning grad Kelsey Wheatley offers an inspiring example
- Regan Shrumm wins Lieutenant Governor’s Silver Medal
- Theatre grad Jasleen Powar steps into the intercultural spotlight
- Connor Gaston's The Devout sweeps Leo Awards
- Gareth Gaudin's Perogy Cat gets a book—and theme song
- ► May (4)
- ► April (4)
- ► March (5)
- ► February (7)
- ► January (7)
- ►2015 (71)
- ► December (3)
- ► November (6)
- ► October (4)
- ► September (7)
- ► August (5)
- ► July (4)
- ► June (9)
- ► May (4)
- ► April (5)
- ► March (7)
- ► February (10)
- Faculty Research Symposium looks at digital scholarship
- Fine Arts at IdeaFest 2015
- "Brilliant" reviews for Lion in the Streets
- Visiting Artist Jessica Eaton
- Celebrated Polish poet spends week on campus
- Lion in the Streets moves with the world inside
- Adam Con: Notes in motion—and emotion
- A Day in the Life: Iona Hubner
- Victoria Film Fest features Fine Arts filmmakers
- Following her bliss: Distinguished Alumni Mercedes Bátiz-Benét
- ► January (7)
- ►2014 (83)
- ► December (1)
- ► November (6)
- ► October (11)
- Visual Arts profs create new public art
- Education, Bangkok-style
- The colour of love
- Is that meant to be funny?
- Alumni find love at the Phoenix
- Five for Fine Arts in GG list
- India field school spotlights intergenerational theatre
- No rest for Paul Walde's Glacier
- New book for Writing professor Lee Henderson
- History mystery central to First World War exhibit
- Two 4 One has BC premiere
- ► September (5)
- ► August (8)
- ► July (9)
- ► June (6)
- ► May (8)
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- ► March (7)
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- ► January (7)
- ►2013 (75)
- ► December (5)
- ► November (7)
- ► October (5)
- ► September (5)
- ► August (3)
- ► July (4)
- ► June (5)
- ► May (9)
- Fine Arts @ the edge of Congress 2013
- Now Art celebrates contemporary art by Visual Arts faculty
- Maureen Bradley wins filmmaking bursary . . . just in time
- SALT Festival returns
- Around the World in 37 Years
- Summer plans for Fine Arts faculty
- Edugyan & Price at Russell's
- Recent awards roundup
- Milwright wins Craidarroch Research award
- ► April (8)
- ► March (7)
- ► February (8)
- ► January (9)
- Talent on screen at VFF
- Students tune up for Concerto
- Writing grads make Waterstones Eleven list
- Update on Visiting Artists
- Phoenix grad finds success with Grim and Fischer
- CBC host guest stars with Writing
- Orion Series presents stellar concerts
- Music For and In the Moment
- Current Writing student named Victoria's Youth Poet Laureate
- ►2012 (104)
- ► December (12)
- Get ready for January
- New books from Writing this fall
- Media coverage of Writing remains brisk
- A busy autumn for Writing awards
- Cody Klippenstein wins Zoetrope's Fiction Contest
- Bradley to create feature film
- $16,000 from Ian McDougall benefit album
- Ready for a Christmas Quiz?
- Dan Hogg scores again
- 2012 Audain professor Nicholas Galanin wins $50,000 in US fellowship
- Legacy Gallery exhibit offers art, with honours
- Visual Arts grad earns honourable mention in RBC competition
- ► November (7)
- ► October (6)
- ► September (6)
- ► August (2)
- ► July (8)
- ► June (13)
- Alumni accolades
- Proud to launch Plenitude
- Local filmmakers making a splash
- Two wins for Writing
- Building a future in heritage conservation
- Arno Kopecky's "Oil Man and the Sea" project
- Award-winning Medieval Studies student is on her own elf quest
- Adventures in Beaverland
- Legacy Gallery undergoes a Transformation
- Curtain calls
- Fables for naughty musicians
- Lightning Strikes Twice
- Cutting and Pasting
- ► May (13)
- Week of wordsmiths: Van Luven, Sonik, Cram & Boychuk
- Coming soon!
- Two Visual Arts alumni mount Victoria exhibits
- 21st century arts grads
- Vikky Alexander talks architecture and nature
- The Malahat's Side of West
- BC book prized
- Acting officially
- Arts Place wins award
- MFA Thesis Exhibition on now!
- Dan, Leo's calling . . . again
- Jeremy's Friend heading to Cannes
- Faces of UVic Research series launched
- ► April (6)
- ► March (9)
- New Ian McDougall CD Benefits Fine Arts Students
- Phoenix announces upcoming season
- Talking Trimpin
- Lilburn Launches New Book
- Learning from a Legend
- Finding Fine Arts Success Through Co-op
- Voting Time
- Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas calls Audain position "a rare and timely opportunity"
- Writing Grads Makes Some (More) Noise
- ► February (14)
- Megan Dickie Throws It Down
- Chocolate Woman Changes the World
- A Taste of SALT
- History in Art students know how to ARTiculate
- Ancient Myth, New Life
- A distinguished year for Distinguished Alumni Esi Edugyan
- Daniel Barrow Brings Art to Life
- Live at Open Word, It's Sheila Heti!
- Medieval Television?
- Charlotte Gill visits UVic
- Say It With Dance
- UVic at VFF
- Theatre Calgary's Dennis Garnhum to Speak
- Book, Prized
- ► January (8)
- ► December (12)
- ►2011 (67)
- ► December (6)
- ► November (15)
- Ready for the Spotlight?
- Holman talks Lobbying and more
- It's Anarchie!
- Milwright heads to Shangri La, becomes Fellow, acquires manuscript
- Greetings from Absurdistan
- Betty Waynne Allison is married to her role
- Media roundup
- Writing alum Esi Edugyan wins $50,000 Giller Prize
- Joan MacLeod wins the $100,000 Siminovitch Prize in Theatre
- Sonik nominated for $40,000 non-fiction prize
- Ready, set . . . launch!
- New face in Visual Arts
- All in good fun
- Franke James' green conscience
- Clearing the Air
- ► October (15)
- What Child is This?
- Jumping Jupiter!
- Laskarin in Sculpture mag
- From China, With Respect
- Media Check-Up
- Esi Edugyan gets another nod
- Brian Richmond for People's Order?
- Jack Hodgins has another Happy Ending
- The Science of Sound
- Robert Youds Gets Electric
- Writing instructors tapped for Butler Book Prize
- UVic Writing grad D.W. Wilson wins £15,000 prize
- Terry Glavin writes from the shadows of Afghanistan
- UVic playwright Joan MacLeod up for $100,000 Siminovitch Prize
- Writing grad Esi Edugyan makes shortlist trifecta
- ► September (2)
- ► August (1)
- ► July (1)
- ► June (2)
- ► May (6)
- ► April (4)
- ► March (15)