UBC MUSIC 2019 | 2020 CONCERT CALENDAR University Singers Photo Credit: Takumi Hayashi 2019 | September
Sept 11 Wed Wednesday Noon Hours Sept 25 Wed Wednesday Noon Hours Divisional Concerts Vancouver Brass Orchestra Valerie Whitney horn Featuring Student Performers The Brash and the Beautiful! Joo Yeun Shin piano Held Tuesdays at noon in Barnett Hall Debut performance of the with David Gillham violin Vancouver Brass Orchestra Koetsier Scherzo Brilliante Keyboard Division Oct 1, Oct 22, Nov 12, Reflections on a Dance Koechlin Quattre Petit Pieces Jan 14, Feb 4, Mar 10, Mar 31 Works by unlikely combinations Desportes Sicilienne et allegro of artists from Björk to Sampson Desportes Ballade Normande Strings Division Sept 17, Oct 8, Oct 29, 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall Tomasi Chant Corse Thu Nov 14 (Guitar), $5 at the door Vignery Sonata for Horn and Piano Nov 19, Jan 21, Feb 11, Mar 17 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall Sept 14 Sat Mysterious Barricades $5 at the door Woodwind, Brass and Sept 24, Oct 15, Nov 5, A cross-Canada concert for suicide Percussion Division Nov 26, Jan 28, Mar 3, Mar 24 awareness, prevention and hope Sept 29 Sun Opera Tea Series Voice and Opera Division Dates and times TBA 14 cities including Vancouver, UBC Opera Ensemble 14 continuous hours of concerts 2:00 pm, UBC Botanical Garden Vancouver concert includes Santa Ono $28 Adult | $23 Senior | $15 Student as guest speaker and performer Call 604.822.6725 to reserve Graduate Colloquium Series Live concert 7:00 pm, Barnett Hall Faculty and Guest Speakers FREE Sept 29 Sun WindFest! Info: mysteriousbarricades.org Masterclasses, Concerts & Workshops Held many Fridays during the academic term Featured guest artists TBA 3:30 pm, Room 400B, Seminar Room, 4th floor Sept 18 Wed Wednesday Noon Hours Registration and schedule details at or other venues as posted. Jose Franch-Ballester clarinet www.music.ubc.ca/windfest Speakers and topics posted on the online Corey Hamm piano events calendar when announced. Schoenfield Klezmer Sonatina Bunch Cookbook Novacek 4 Rags for two Jons 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall $5 at the door
Legend BAND OPERA OTHER ENSEMBLES WEDNESDAY NOON HOURS SPECIAL EVENTS CHORAL ORCHESTRA MUSIC ON THE POINT MASTERCLASSES KNOX UNITED SERIES 2019 | October
Oct 2 Wed Wednesday Noon Hours Koerner Piano Trio Nicholas Wright violin Joseph Elworthy cello Amanda Chan piano Haydn Piano Trio in D major, Hob. XV:16 Schubert Piano Trio in B flat major, D. 898 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall $5 at the door Oct 3 Thu Symphonic Wind Ensemble 12:00 noon, Chan Centre FREE Oct 4 Fri UBC Bands Symphonic Wind Ensemble Concert Winds 7:30 pm, Chan Centre $8 available at tickets.ubc.ca* Oct 9 Wed Wednesday Noon Hours Introducing our new faculty member Marina Thibeaultviola In solos and with her trio: Trio Saint-Laurent Philip Chiu piano Jean-François Normand clarinet Schumann Marchenbilder Op. 113 Kurtág Hommage à Robert Schumann Op. 15D Schumann Märchenerzählungen, Op. 132 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall $5 at the door Oct 10 Thu UBC Symphony Orchestra Jonathan Girard conductor Chironjeev Kanjilal violin Selected works from Oct 11 programme UBC Symphony Orchestra 12:00 noon, Chan Centre Photo credit: Paul Joseph FREE Oct 11 Fri UBC Symphony Orchestra Oct 20 Sun UBC Young Performers Oct 28 Mon Contemporary Players Jonathan Girard conductor at Knox United 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall Debussy Prélude à “L’après-midi d’un faune” Artemisia Duo FREE Carrabré Symphony No. 1: War of Angels Emily Richardson flute;Susan Xia piano RachmaninoffSymphonic Dances, Op. 45 2:00 pm, Knox United Church Oct 30 Wed Wednesday Noon Hours 7:30 pm, Chan Centre FREE, suggested donation Jane Coop piano $8 available at tickets.ubc.ca* Presented in partnership with Knox United Bagatelles (Beethoven and Beyond) and Early Music Vancouver 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall Generously supported by Bryan and Gail Atkins Oct 16 Wed Wednesday Noon Hours $5 at the door Great Bach Sonatas Oct 23 Wed Wednesday Noon Hours Soile Stratkauskas baroque flute Near & Far Oct 30 Wed Piano Masterclass with Jane Coop Christina Huttenharpsichord iTromboni trombone ensemble 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Barnett Hall FREE J.S. Bach Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034 Lecuona Malagueña C.P.E. Bach Sonata in D major, Wq 131 Kulesha Romance J.S. Bach Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030 Verhelst A Song for Japan Oct 30 Wed Sondra Radvanovsky Benefit Recital for UBC Opera 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall Albam Geological Survey and much more! $5 at the door 7:00 pm, The Old Auditorium 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall $80 Adult | $70 Senior | $25 Student $5 at the door Oct 18 Fri UBC Choirs Presented by Peter Wall, Celebrating 50 Years of Wall Financial Reconciliation & Mercy Oct 24 Thu UBC Jazz Ensemble I 7:30 pm, Chan Centre 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall $8 available at tickets.ubc.ca* FREE Oct 31 Thu The Singer Behind the Song Voice masterclass with Sondra Radvanovsky Oct 19 + 20 Transcending Boundaries Oct 25 Fri Music on the Point 2:00 pm, The Old Auditorium Concerts with Personality Tickets $35 | $30 | $20 Sat + Sun Integrated research and practice Supported by the Sonya and Charlotte Wall Arts Fund in arts, health and wellbeing Introducing T. Patrick Carrabré Dr. Bill Thompsonfeatured guest Music & Life: A journey with the Barnett Hall (specific event times TBA) School’s new Director FREE David Gillham violin M. Gillian Carrabré violin Marina Thibeaultviola FREE Oct 19 Sat The Singer Behind the Song Student Rush Tickets Luca Pisaroni guest artist Ariel Carrabré cello Atet selects events. FREEshSee Tick The Fine Print for details. Megumi Masaki piano t Ru 2:00 pm, The Old Auditorium Studen Tickets $35 | $30 | $20 Chiharu Iinuma piano At select events. Supported by the Sonya and Charlotte Wall Arts Fund University Singers See The Fine Print for details. 7:30 pm, Barnett Hall $20 Adults | $10 Students* A UTown@UBC community concert in partnership *Tickets available in advance online at tickets.ubc.ca with the UBC School of Music or in person at the Chan Centre Ticket Office. 2019 | November
Nov 1 Fri UBC Symphony Orchestra Johannes Müller-Stosch guest conductor Zane Kistner graduate student conductor ✚ ProkofievCinderella Suite No. 1, Op. 107 Dvorak Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 ✚ 7:30 pm, Chan Centre $8 available at tickets.ubc.ca*
Nov 2+3, 8+9 Offenbach Les Contes d’Hoffman UBC Opera Ensemble Members of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra Leslie Dala conductor Nancy Hermiston director Nov 2, 8 7:30 pm, The Old Auditorium Nov 3, 9 2:00 pm, The Old Auditorium $45 Adult | $35 Senior | $20 Student | $15 UBC Student Available online at ubcoperatickets.com, or by telephone at 604.822.6725
Nov 6 Wed Wednesday Noon Hours A North American Song Book J. Patrick Rafteryvoice Mark Anderson piano Weill, Greer, Stokes, and others 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall $5 at the door
Nov 7 Thu UBC Jazz Ensemble II 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall FREE
*Tickets available in advance online at tickets.ubc.ca Carlos Savall Guardiola clarinet or in person at the Chan Centre Ticket Office. Photo Credit: Paul Joseph Nov 13 Wed Wednesday Noon Hours Nov 20 Wed Wednesday Noon Hours Nov 24 Sun Opera Tea Series Winner of the Eckhardt-Gramatté Axel Strauss violin UBC Opera Ensemble Competition Stéphane Lemelin piano 2:00 pm, The Old Auditorium Bryn Blackwood piano Schoenberg Phantasy, Op. 47 $28 Adult | $23 Senior | $15 Student Coulthard, Current, Takemitsu, Schubert Fantasie in C major, D. 934 Call 604.822.6725 to reserve Ornstein, Louie, Crumb, Hetu Fauré Sonata in A major, Op. 13 Nov 27 Wed Concert at the Belkin 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall UBC Contemporary Players $5 at the door $5 at the door 2:00 pm, Belkin Art Gallery FREE Nov 15 Fri Early Music Ensembles Nov 20 Wed Violin Masterclass with Axel Strauss Featuring the Baroque Mentorship Orchestra 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Room 113 Nov 27 Wed UBC Chamber Choir 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall FREE UBC graduate student conductors FREE 7:30 pm, Barnett Hall Nov 20 Wed Piano Masterclass FREE with Stéphane Lemelin Nov 15 Fri UBC Chamber Music 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Barnett Hall Nov 28 Thu UBC Women’s and Men’s Choirs 7:30 pm, Telus Studio Theatre, Chan Centre FREE UBC graduate student conductors FREE 7:30 pm, Barnett Hall Nov 21 Thu UBC Jazz Ensemble I FREE Nov 17 Sun UBC Young Performers 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall Nov 29 Fri at Knox United FREE Contemporary Players Genesis Trio 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall FREE Jonathan López clarinet Nov 22 Fri UBC Bands Nina Weber viola Symphonic Wind Ensemble Nov 29 Fri Art Song Markus Masaites piano Concert Winds Graduate Song Interpretation students 2:00 pm, Knox United Church Steven Bryand Resident Composer The Unique Alchemy of Poetry, FREE, suggested donation 7:30 pm, Chan Centre Sung and Played Presented in partnership with Knox United $8 available at tickets.ubc.ca* 1:30 pm, Barnett Hall and Early Music Vancouver FREE Generously supported by Bryan and Gail Atkins Nov 23 Sat UBC Symphony Orchestra Terence Dawson piano Nov 29 Fri Music on the Point Nov 18 Mon UBC Composers’ Concerts J. Patrick Rafteryvoice ✚ Concerts with Personality 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall Valerie Whitney horn ✚ Paolo Bortolussi flute / alto flute FREE Jonathan Girard conductor Fringe Percussion Finzi Eclogue for Piano and Strings, Op. 10 Farr, Reich, Etazady, Telemann, Nov 18 Mon Early Music Ensembles Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Harrison, Mozart and Wyre Featuring the Baroque Mentorship Orchestra Strings, Op. 31 ✚ 7:30 pm, Barnett Hall 7:30 pm, Barnett Hall Elgar Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma” $20 Adults | $10 Students* FREE A UTown@UBC community concert in partnership 7:30 pm, Chan Centre with the UBC School of Music $8 available at tickets.ubc.ca* 2019 | December
Dec 1 Sun UBC Percussion Ensemble 7:30 pm, Barnett Hall FREE
Dec 11 Wed Winter Bang! Festival Electroacoustic Music 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall Capstone Presentations 2:00 pm, Barnett Hall Winter Bang! Concert Interactive Music and Dance 7:30 pm, Barnett Hall FREE
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*Tickets available in advance online at tickets.ubc.ca Sonic UBC Laptop Sounds or in person at the Chan Centre Ticket Office. and Sensors Class (SUBCLASS) Photo Credit: Takumi Hayashi 2020 | January
Jan 11 Sat UBC Concerto Competition Jan 19 Sun BrassFest! Jan 29 Wed UBC Concert Winds 6:30 pm, Barnett Hall Masterclasses and performances 7:30 pm, The Old Auditorium FREE for brass enthusiasts of all ages FREE Save the date! Registration and schedule Jan 12 Sun Faculty Artist Recital details at www.music.ubc.ca/brassfest Jan 30 Thu Piano Masterclass Jasper Wood violin; David Riley piano with John O’Conor Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 (Kreutzer) Jan 22 Wed Wednesday Noon Hours 12:00 noon – 2:00 pm, Barnett Hall Fuerst Sonata No. 3 Van Django FREE 7:30 pm, Barnett Hall Cameron Wilson violin FREE Budge Schachte guitar Finn Manniche guitar & cello Jan 30 – Feb 2 Weinberg Pasażerka Jan 15 Wed Wednesday Noon Hours Brent Gubbels acoustic bass (The Passenger) Microcosmos Quartet Mozart Django style, epic Beatles, Members of the Corey Hamm piano new originals Vancouver Opera Orchestra Ades Arcadiana for string quartet 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall David Agler conductor Ades Piano Quintet $5 at the door Nancy Hermiston director 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall Thu – Sat 7:30 pm, Chan Centre $5 at the door Jan 24 Fri West Coast Student Composers Sun 2:00 pm, Chan Centre Symposium $45 Adult | $35 Senior | $20 Student | Various times, Barnett Hall & Gessler Hall $15 UBC Student Jan 19 Sun UBC Young Performers FREE Available online at ubcoperatickets.com, at Knox United or by telephone at 604.822.6725 Art Song, Opera Arias and Jan 29 Wed Wednesday Noon Hours Piano solos Mosaïque Project Jan 31 Fri Music on the Point UBC School of Music student Ensemble Made in Canada Concerts with Personality John O’Conor piano performers TBA Angela Park piano; Elissa Lee violin; Beethoven 250: 2:00 pm, Knox United Church Sharon Wei viola; Rachel Mercer cello FREE, suggested donation Newly commissioned suite of piano The Great Last Three Sonatas Presented in partnership with Knox United quartets by Canadian composers Piano Sonatas Op. 109, 110 and 111 and Early Music Vancouver from across the land 7:30 pm, Barnett Hall Generously supported by Bryan and Gail Atkins $20 Adults | $10 Students* 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall A UTown@UBC Community Concert in partnership $5 at the door with the UBC School of Music Markus Masaites piano Photo Credit: Takumi Hayashi 2020 | February Feb 12 Wed Wednesday Noon Hours Feb 24 Mon UBC Composers’ Concerts Works from behind the Iron Curtain 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall Feb 5 Wed Wednesday Noon Hours Christie Reside flute FREE PEP (Piano and Erhu Project) Grace Huang piano Nicole Ge Li erhu; Corey Hamm piano SchulhoffSonata for flute and Piano Feb 26 Wed Wednesday Noon Hours New works by UBC alumni and friends Dohnanyi Aria for Flute and Piano Sounds Global Ensemble Hwang, Maunders, Gainey, Fekri Gubaidulina Allegro Rustico / Sounds of An ensemble that sounds like 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall the Forest how Vancouver looks $5 at the door Feld Sonata for Flute and Piano 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall $5 at the door Feb 6 Thu UBC Jazz Ensemble I 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall $5 at the door 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall Feb 26 Wed FREE Angela Hewitt Feb 13 Thu UBC Bands Dal Grauer Memorial Lecturer in Music Symphonic Wind Ensemble The Bach Odyssey Feb 7 Fri UBC Symphony Orchestra Concert Winds Angela Hewitt piano Jose Franch Ballester clarinet 7:30 pm, Chan Centre Four Duets, BWV 802-805 Louie The Ringing Earth: Festive Overture $8 available at tickets.ubc.ca* Navarro Leyendas (world première) Eighteen Little Preludes Strauss Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24 Feb 14 Fri StringFest! Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 944 7:30 pm, Chan Centre Featuring soloists and chamber ensembles French Overture in B minor, BWV 831 $8 available at tickets.ubc.ca* from the String Division Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall 7:30 pm, Barnett Hall Feb 8 Sat UBC Choirs FREE Adults $65/$30/$20 | Students $30/$20/$15 University Singers Tickets available in advance at tickets.ubc.ca* Feb 14 Fri StringFest! Sponsored by the Dal Grauer Memorial Lectures Choral Union Mary and Kathleen Tierney Her Sacred Spirit Soars Memorial Concert Feb 27 Thu Piano Masterclasses Esenvalds, Pärt, Mealor, and Whitacre UBC Chamber Strings 7:30 pm, Chan Centre with Angela Hewitt Brandenburg Concertos (selection TBA) $8 available at tickets.ubc.ca* Bach Dal Grauer Memorial Lecturer in Music 7:30 pm, Barnett Hall 12:00 noon – 3:00 pm, Barnett Hall Feb 9 Sun The Robert and Ellen Silverman FREE 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, Barnett Hall Piano Concerto Competition at UBC Feb 16 Sun Kids Take Over UBC Tickets for each class: Adults $10 | Students $5 Current graduate and undergraduate Family Day Weekend Events Cash only at the door Sponsored by the Dal Grauer Memorial Lectures UBC Piano Majors compete for a Instrument Petting Zoo and More! chance to perform as soloist with the UBC School of Music UBC Symphony Orchestra Various activities in the Music Building 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm, Barnett Hall Full day of events with schedule and ticketing FREE information available closer to the date Petting Zoo Presented in partnership with Tom Lee Music 2020 | March
Mar 1 Sun Opera Tea Series UBC Opera Ensemble 2:00 pm, The Old Auditorium $28 Adult | $23 Senior | $15 Student Call 604.822.6725 to reserve Mar 2 Mon UBC Early Music Ensembles 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall FREE Mar 4 Wed Wednesday Noon Hours Sharon Harms soprano Joan Forsyth piano Anderson, Chatman, Claman, Tower, Brickle and Dawe 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall $5 at the door Mar 6 Fri Opera Ball Fundraiser UBC Opera Ensemble Members of the Dal Richards Orchestra Dinner, entertainment and dancing on stage 6:30 pm, Chan Centre $200.00 Tickets must be purchased in advance. For info, or to order tickets, call 604.822.6725. Mar 6 Fri Music on the Point Concerts with Personality UBC Faculty, select UBC student performers & other artists TBA Steampunk David Bruce Steampunk Luciano Berio Opus Number Zoo, for speaker and wind quintet 7:30 pm, Barnett Hall UBC Opera Ensemble $20 Adults | $10 Students Die Zauberflöte, February 2019 A UTown@UBC Community Concert in partnership Photo Credit: Tim Matheson with the UBC School of Music Mar 11 Wed Wednesday Noon Hours Mar 16 Mon UBC Composers’ Concerts Mar 27 Fri Art Song Soundscapes: Music for mixed ensembles 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall Graduate Song Interpretation students Brenda Fedoruk flute FREE The Unique Alchemy of Poetry, Valerie Whitney horn Sung and Played David Gillham violin Mar 18 Wed Wednesday Noon Hours 1:30 pm, Barnett Hall Kenneth Friedman bass Of Songs and Dances FREE Terence Dawson piano Miranda Wong piano Others TBA Schumann, Weber, Respighi, Mar 27 Fri UBC Concert Winds 7:30 pm, Chan Centre Brouwer Sonata for Horn and Piano Ravel, Granados $8 available at tickets.ubc.ca Ibert Deux Interludes 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall Puts Seven Seascapes $5 at the door Mar 28 Sat UBC Choirs 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall University Singers $5 at the door Mar 19 Thu UBC Jazz Ensemble II Choral Union 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall UBC Symphony Orchestra Mar 11 Wed The Singer Behind the Song FREE Light Eternal Jane Archibald guest artist 7:30 pm, Chan Centre 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm, The Old Auditorium Mar 20 Fri ChamberFest! $8 available at tickets.ubc.ca* Tickets $35 | $30 | $20 Featuring UBC student chamber ensembles Call UBC Opera Box Office at 604.822.6725 or 7:30 pm, Telus Studio Theatre, Chan Centre Mar 29 Sun UBC Early Music Ensembles purchase online at www.ubcoperatickets.com FREE Featuring the Baroque Mentorship Orchestra Supported by the Sonya and Charlotte Wall Arts Fund 7:30 pm, Barnett Hall Mar 21 Sat ChamberFest! FREE Mar 13 Fri UBC Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music as Model for Co-Creation Winner of the UBC Concerto Sessions and Concert Mar 30 Mon UBC Early Music Ensembles Competition 2020 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Barnett Hall Featuring the Baroque Mentorship Orchestra Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 FREE 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall 7:30 pm, Chan Centre FREE $8 available at tickets.ubc.ca* Mar 25 Wed Wednesday Noon Hours Mar 30 Mon Stephen Chatman Celebration Music from Britain, Canada and France Stephen Chatman at 70 Mar 15 Sun UBC/EMV Young Performers Julia Nolan alto saxophone 70th Birthday Concert at Knox United Ad Mare Wind Quintet Vancouver Chamber Choir EMV/UBC Baroque Mentorship Orchestra Wood, Milhaud, Jarvlepp and Klein Vetta Chamber Players 2:00 pm, Knox United Church 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall 7:30 pm, Barnett Hall FREE, suggested donation $5 at the door $25 Adult | $10 Students (with ID) Presented in partnership with Knox United Tickets available in advance from and Early Music Vancouver https://bc.cmccanada.org/concert/ Generously supported by Bryan and Gail Atkins Mar 26 Thu UBC Jazz Ensemble I 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall Co-presented by the Canadian Music Centre, FREE Vancouver Chamber Choir and the UBC School of Music 2020 | April
Apr 1 Wed Concert at the Belkin UBC Contemporary Players 2:00 pm, Belkin Art Gallery FREE
Apr 1 Wed UBC Chamber Choir UBC graduate student conductors 7:30 pm, Barnett Hall FREE
Apr 2 Thu UBC Men’s and Women’s Choirs UBC graduate student conductors 7:30 pm, Barnett Hall FREE
Apr 3 Fri UBC Contemporary Players 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall FREE
Apr 3 Fri UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble UBC Symphony Orchestra Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5, Op. 64 Band works TBA 7:30 pm, Chan Centre $8 available at tickets.ubc.ca*
Apr 5 Sun Opera Tea Series UBC Opera Ensemble 2:00 pm, UBC Botanical Garden $28 Adult | $23 Senior | $15 Student Call 604.822.6725 to reserve
TBD Instrument Apr 5 Sun UBC Percussion Ensemble UBCEnsemble Korean Percussion Ensemble 7:30 pm, Barnett Hall PhotoPhoto credit:Credit: Paul Joseph FREE 2020 | May & June
Apr 6 Mon UBC Chinese Music Ensemble Apr 18 & 19 Music and Media Festival May 20 Wed Baccalaureate Concert 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall Sat & Sun at the Belkin Featuring UBC’s graduating students or on the plaza if sunny Live Performances and Installations 8:00 pm, Chan Centre FREE for Audience play FREE Sat Concert time TBA, Nu:BC Collective Apr 6 Mon UBC Composers’ Concerts Installation / display: Audience welcome to play Jun 13+14 Rossini Il viaggio a Reims 7:30 pm, Barnett Hall / interplay with music technology FREE 19+20 (The Journeyto Reims) Sun Concert time TBA, UBC Laptop Orchestra UBC Opera Ensemble Apr 7 Tue UBC Korean Percussion Ensemble Belkin Art Gallery Members of the 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall FREE Vancouver Opera Orchestra or on the plaza if sunny Gordon Gerrard conductor FREE Apr 19 Sun UBC Young Performers Nancy Hermiston director at Knox United Sung in Italian with English Surtitles Apr 8 Wed UBC Gamelan Ensemble Chamber Music Jun 13, 19 7:30 pm, The Old Auditorium 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall UBC School of Music Jun 14, 20 2:00 pm, The Old Auditorium or on the plaza if sunny student performers TBA $45 Adult | $35 Senior | $20 Student | FREE 2:00 pm, Knox United Church $15 UBC Student FREE, suggested donation Available online at ubcoperatickets.com, Apr 9 Thu UBC African Music and Dance Presented in partnership with Knox United or by telephone at 604.822.6725 Ensemble and Early Music Vancouver 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall Generously supported by Bryan and Gail Atkins or on the plaza if sunny FREE Apr 22 Wed Bang! Festival Interactive Computer Music Apr 17 Fri Music on the Point 12:00 noon, Barnett Hall Concerts with Personality Capstone Presentations Music for the 50th Anniversary 2:00 pm, Barnett Hall of Earth Day Bang! Festival Concert UBC Chamber Orchestra Interactive Music and Dance Jonathan Girard conductor 7:30 pm, Barnett Hall Chris Chafe Earth Moment 86/50 FREE Copland Appalachian Spring Suite FREE Student Rush Tickets 7:30 pm, Barnett Hall Atet selects events. FREEshSee Tick The Fine Print for details. $20 Adults | $10 Students* t Ru Studen A UTown@UBC community concert in At select events. *Tickets available in advance online at tickets.ubc.ca partnership with the UBC School of Music See The Fine Print for details. or in person at the Chan Centre Ticket Office. Photo credit: Dina MacDougall Changing The Future. Supporting Our Students. Becoming a musician takes more than the famous 10,000 hours of practice. Student awards enable our musicians to focus on their Betty Therriaulthas a special connection to our students. To learn more about how you studies and pursue their dreams. Recent UBC alumnus She endowed a scholarship in memory of a dear friend, can support music students Carter Johnson felt the impact of donor support. who shared her passion for orchestral music, and has Soon after his wife Hannah gave birth to their first child, committed to grow her support through a gift in her will. please contact: Carter won serveral national competitions, including the Students devote so much time and energy Anja Novak 2018 Stepping Stone Competition and 2018 Orchestre to their music. We wanted to provide some Faculty of Arts Symphonique du Montréal Manulife Competition. assistance while recognizing their talent and I would have had to work a lot more or go into hard work. 604-827-3515 debt, but with scholarships I had the opportunity to ~ Betty Therriault [email protected] become a better player, perform competitively and Betty’s scholarship has already helped 30 students. We Carla Banfield spend important time with my new family. thank Betty and all our donors as they change the future Gift and Estate Planning It enriched me as a musician, and it enriched my life. for our music students. 604-822-1601 ~ Carter Johnson Join us in creating new opportunities. [email protected]
UBC Symphony Orchestra Photo credit: Paul Joseph Friday evenings beginning at 7:30pm in the Roy Barnett Recital Hall. Our community concert series connects you with music, our faculty Oct 25 Introducing T. Patrick Carrabré artists, and special guests to experience music, meet the artists and Music & Life: A journey with the School’s new Director explore interesting perspectives. Enjoy the intimate acoustic space and David Gillham violin; M. Gillian Carrabré violin; comfortable seats of the Roy Barnett Recital Hall. Afterwards, join the Marina Thibeault viola; Ariel Carrabré cello; artists in the lobby for light refreshments and a chance to mingle with Megumi Masaki piano; Chiharu Iinuma piano your neighbours and talk to the performers. University Singers Carrabré Ancestral Drones; Orpheus (2); 100,000 Lakes; Promised Land Music on the Point is sponsored by UTown@UBC, the vibrant residential community on campus Nov 29 Paolo Bortolussi flute / alto flute where over 19,000 students, faculty, staff and Fringe Percussion residents live, work and learn together. Farr, Reich, Etazady, Telemann, Harrison, Mozart and Wyre
Jan 31 John O’Conor piano Beethoven 250: UTown@UBC community concerts The Great Last Three Sonatas are presented in partnership with Piano Sonatas Op. 109, Op. 110 and Op. 111 the UBC School of Music
Mar 6 Steampunk UBC Faculty, select UBC student performers and other artists TBA David Bruce Steampunk Luciano Berio Opus Number Zoo, for speaker and wind quintet
Apr 17 Music for the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day UBC Chamber Orchestra Jonathan Girard conductor Chris Chafe Earth Moment 86/50 Copland Appalachian Spring Suite UBC MUSIC IN THE COMMUNITY You can hear students and ensembles from the UBC School of Music perform off campus with community partners. UBC ENSEMBLES PERFORMING BEYOND THE GATES…
NEW FOR 2019 – 2020 SEASON UBC OPERA ENSEMBLE A new outreach initiative bringing student performers and In addition to their main stage opera productions and early career professionals into the community. Opera Teas on campus, you can find the UBC Opera (EMV & UBC) Young Performers Series at Knox United Ensemble performing often, including with the Vancouver Knox United, 5600 Balaclava Street, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in their Traditional Christmas events, and at the annual Opera and Arias performances at Bard Sept 15 EMV Scholar Sinead White soprano on the Beach. Oct 20 UBC SOM Artemisia Duo Nov 17 UBC SOM Genesis Trio CONCERTS IN CARE Dec 8 EMV Heather Beatty Baroque flute The Concerts in Care UBC Ambassadors, part of the Jan 19 UBC SOM Voice and Piano recital Health Arts Society’s Emerging Performers Program, (UBC student performers TBA) are advanced students from the UBC School of Music. Feb 16 EMV Gallo Chamber Players These talented soloists and ensembles provide quality performances for audiences in healthcare facilities who Mar 15 UBC – BOMP EMV/UBC Baroque Mentorship Orchestra might not otherwise have the opportunity to attend concerts. Apr 19 UBC SOM Chamber Music recital (UBC student performers TBA) FANFARES AT THE CHAN CENTRE Presenting partners: Knox United, Early Music Vancouver The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts commissions and the UBC School of Music Generously supported by Bryan and Gail Atkins UBC students to write works to premiere at select Chan Centre Presents concerts. Composition students are chosen to write these three-minute “ChanFares,” which UBC CHOIRS are performed by fellow students in the “Juliet Balcony” The University Singers and UBC Choral Union have been above the foyer before the main concerts. invited to perform with the Vancouver Symphony in masterpieces of the choral and orchestral repertoire:
Mozart Requiem (November 22 & 23) Beethoven Choral Fantasy (March 14) ChanFare brass quintet Photo credit: Tim Matheson THE FINE PRINT Concert Ticketing and Other Information
Select your seat in advance for all our evening concerts How to purchase your single tickets for UBC Music events UBC Opera Ensemble Season Subscriptions at the Chan Centre! at the Chan Centre: and Single Tickets Tickets to most School of Music orchestra, band, and choir Online tickets.ubc.ca UBC Opera Ensemble season subscriptions available now. evening events at the Chan Centre have a ticket price of $8. Telephone 604.822.2697 Single tickets go on sale in September. Available online at There is a discount price for groups of 10 or more, and our (other service charges may apply ie: www.ubcoperatickets.com, by phone 604.822.6725, or in person noon hour concerts at the Chan Centre are free. Mailing fee $2.50) at the UBC Theatre & Film Box Office in the Freddy Wood Theatre, The Old Auditorium Box Office (check online for hours of operation) Group Rate for concerts with $8 tickets: In Person At the Chan Centre Ticket Office or Chan Centre Ticket Office (single tickets). Ticket price for groups of 10 or more people is $5 per ticket. Thank you! Music on the Point Concerts with Personality FREE Rush Tickets for UBC Students! Your support by attending and purchasing tickets to student Tickets available in advance online via tickets.ubc.ca, by telephone UBC students from all disciplines are eligible to receive one free performances helps to elevate and enrich student learning at the 604.822.2697, or in person at the Chan Centre Ticket Office. ticket to all the band, choir and orchestra concerts that have an UBC School of Music. Proceeds from concerts will directly support On concert day, tickets are available—cash only—at the door $8 ticket price. students through scholarships and awards, ensemble touring, (Barnett Hall) one hour before the start of the performance. professional training in Work Learn jobs, expanded masterclass Valid UBC student ID required. A limited number of rush tickets offerings, and more. Ticketed events at Barnett Hall will be available at the Chan Centre Ticket Office two hours Please note that for Barnett Hall concerts with an admission before the performance. Parking discount for select School of Music events: charge, only cash is accepted at the door as we are not able Look for this ticket symbol throughout UBC Parking is helping you come onto campus to hear our to process credit/debit cards. the Concert Calendar for events offering students and faculty perform. Event parking will be available at free rush tickets to UBC students. the Rose Garden Parkade, Fraser River Parkade and Armouries lots for 50% off the posted rate for audience members attending the following UBC School of Music events: performances at the Chan Centre (except noon concerts), the UBC Opera Ensemble’s main productions and Opera Teas at The Old Auditorium, as well as the Music on the Point series at Barnett Hall.
Legend BAND OPERA OTHER ENSEMBLES WEDNESDAY NOON HOURS SPECIAL EVENTS CHORAL ORCHESTRA MUSIC ON THE POINT MASTERCLASSES KNOX UNITED SERIES UBC School of Music Parking at UBC 6361 Memorial Road Fraser River Parkade 1913 West Mall Vancouver, B.C. Hourly rate M– F until 5:00 pm V6T 1Z2 flat rate evenings and weekends Rose Garden Parkade 6278 Marine Drive SW Hourly rate M– F until 5:00 pm Venues flat rate evenings and weekends Barnett Hall Music Building, Armouries Lot West side of Music Building 6361 Memorial Road with access from Crescent Road just off the foyer inside the main entrance (pay parking evenings and weekends only) Chan Centre 6265 Crescent Road Gessler Hall Music Building, Room 116 Please note: The Old Auditorium 6344 Memorial Road Event parking rates may apply at parkades. across the plaza from the Music Building Belkin Art Gallery 1825 Main Mall
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MUSIC To purchase UBC Opera Ensemble tickets in advance telephone BUILDING (604) 822-6725 or visit ubcoperatickets.com.
To purchase tickets in advance for Music on the Point or events THE OLD main mall at the Chan Centre telephone (604) 822-2697, AUDITORIUM visit tickets.ubc.ca or visit the Chan Centre in Person. Photo Credits (excluding guest artist images): as indicated Front cover: Jeongah Choi Photo credit: Takumi Hayashi Design credit: IT UBC Studios
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Emily Richardson, flute Hans Benoit, French horn D'Arcy Blunston Photo: Takumi Hayashi Photo: Paul Joseph Photo: Takumi Hayashi