2004 Articles

Jones-ing for Opera. It is a great program - you doeverything. Yo get to do all the acting classes, language classes,diction classes. They put you right on stage from the very beginning -Rhoslyn Jones [alumni]. [The Ubyssey: December 31, 2004]

From Bach to baroque, 2004 a pretty decent year. The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra had a $42,000 surplus - not a bad achievement. [Vancouver Sun: December 27, 2004]

Harpist's soothing music envelopes the afflicted. Rita Costanzi's[sessional faculty] new CD, Song of the Stars, a gift to others - and ahealing balm for her own soul. [Vancouver Sun: December 23, 2004]

Roger Cole [sessionalfaculty], Vancouver Symphony. The orchestra's principal oboe player isfeatured in Bach's sublime Concerto for Vilin and Oboe, December 29& 30 at the Orpheum. [Vancouver Sun: December 23, 2004]

ABlaze of Berlioz featured at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts onSaturday December 4, 2004 [The Georgia Straight: December 9, 2004]

Opera: Parodying the Greeks. Dancing the Can-Can through heaven, hell and the exotic land of Greece- say what? That's the thrust of Orpheus in the Underworld. JacquesOffenbach's frothy parody of Greek mythology. [The Vancouver Courier: December 8, 2004]

UBC biophysics student wins Rhodes Scholarship. Michael Rivers-Bowerman [alumni]:The six-foot-five-inch student has also been a member of the UBC wingEnsemble for four years, playing euphonium. [The Province: December5, 2004]

Winter Festival. The Seattle Chamber Music Society's Winter Festival features guest artists violinist David Harding [faculty], violinist James Ehnes - both Juilliard graduates and flutist Lorna McGhee [sessionalfaculty], recipient of the Queen's Dcommendation for Excellence atLondon's Royal Academy of Music. [Alaska Airlines Magazine: December2004]

UBC music professors receive presigious awards: Honoursreceived for unique composition work woith electronic media and SouthAsian percussion ensembles. [Dorthy Chang, Faculty] [The Ubyssey: November 30, 2004]

Amid dire predictions, clasical records are flowering, if more selectively. [Sara Davis Buechner, Faculty] [The New York Times: November 30, 2004]

She writes music, and she isn't dead. Alexina Louie, a UBC alumna and one of Canada's most successful composers. [The Ottowa Citizen:  November 12, 2004]

Ensemble knows the future. Ensemble Contemorain de Montreal played in the UBC Recital Hall onSunday November 14, 2004 [Vancouver Sun: November 11, 2004]

Famed Verdi work comes richly to life. Cast gives emotional, impressive rendering. Featuring Krzysztof Biernacki, UBC School of Music student. [Winnipeg Free Press: November 8, 2004]

A halloween classic: Terrace Sympony Orchestra featuring Gene Ramsbottom [sessional faculty], clarinet during their 2004/2005 season. [Terrace Standard: October 20, 2004]

Music Review: Extreme Piano: Beethoven's 32 Sonatas. The cap on the evening was Jane Coop's[faculty] performance of the final sonata, Opus 111, elegant and strongand never overdone. [The New York Times: October 13, 2004]

Top Spots: I Tromboni will perform at over 80 schools this year including a norther tour. [Jim Tranquila, Alumni] [Artstarts in Schools: Fall 2004]

The master organist: Armed with youth and vitality - and an armload of talent - Surrey's Michael Dirk [alumni] breathes new life into an old instrument. [Surrey/North Delta Leader: October 10, 2004]

Time and emotion are essence of music for pianist Sara Buechner [faculty] [Springfiend Journal Register: September 29, 2004]

Beijing Forum Figure: Professor Stephen Chatman and Canadian Multicultural Music  [PKU News: September 2, 2004]

Celebrating creativity through collaboration: The concerns, passions and dreams of young poets set to music. Stephen Chatman, Faculty, [The Recorder: Summer 2004]

Backstage with Jasper Wood. [faculty] [Forum: Fall 2004]

Retirement brings new challenges for Dawes. In 1996 Dawes[faculty] took a leave of absence from UBC to parachute into the TokyoString Quartet as first violinist … [Opus Magazine: Fall 2004]

Singing success: UBC Grad Fraser, Walters, becomes member of Chanticleer. [UBC Arts Beat: Spring 2004]

Robert Silverman [emeritus]: Live at the Orpheum theatre [Fanfare Magazine: May/June 2004]

VancouverScene - Blaze of Berlioz - all day symposium with subsequent concert ofHector Berlio'z music presented by the School of Music [The MusicScene: Fall 2004]

Judith Forst [alumni]: Forst remains at heart, an unassuming person, cheerful, content with her life and thedecisions she has made. [Opera Canada: Fall 2004]

Composer profile on Rudolf Friml's Chanson by Sara Davis Buechner [faculty] [Piano Today: Fall 2004]

How Sweet and Fair   Stephen Chatman[faculty] constructs a beautifully singable and harmonically lushinterpretation of these 17th century poetic masterpieces. [ChoralJournal Vol 45 Issue 3: Fall 2004]

J.S. Bach - Aunaccomanied Suites transcribed for Tuba. Distributed by Cherry Classics Music. [Los Angeles Philharmonic: September 2004]

Internationale Musiktage Dom Zu Speyer Jesse Read, Faculty [German Flyer: August 22, 2004]

Barocke Kammermusick erklingt im Munster Jesse Read, Faculty [German Flyer: August 22, 2004]

Opera Canada City Announcements Nancy Hermiston, Faculty [Opera Canada: August 20, 2004]

Xylophone is percussion at its best Sal Ferreras, Sessional Faculty. [Vancouver Sun: August 7, 2004]

Rachmanioff Sonata No. 1 Robert Silverman, Faculty. [Fanfar Magazine: August , 2004]

A National Artistic Treasure Strikes an Intense Chord Stephen Chatman, Faculty. [Vancouver Sun: August 6, 2004]

Festival Evening of Baroque Music no Disappointment Jesse Read, Faculty. {Vancouver Sun: August 2, 2004]

Rudolf Friml, Beyond 'Indian Love Call' Sara Davis Buechner, Faculty. [The New York Times: July 18, 2004]

The sounds of Cuba: La Candela transmits the spice and fire of the Caribbean music powerhouse. Daniel Tones, PHD Student. [Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News: July 14, 2004]

News of classical composers across Canada Stephen Chatman, Faculty. [SOCAN: July 11, 2004]

Dynamic Teaching ears Faculty Killam Awards Bob Pritchard, Faculty. [UBC Reports: June 30, 2004]

Flute and Chamber Orchestra Concerto Lorna McGhee, Sessional Faculty. [The Register Guard of Eugene Oregon: July 10, 2004]

Music and Religious Identity in Counter-Reformation Augsburg, 1580-1630 Alexander Fisher, Faculty. [Ashgate Publishing: July 7, 2004]

How Sweet and Fair Stephen Chatman, Faculty. [ECS Publishing: June 20, 2004]

West Coast Symphony with Gene Ramsbottom [sessional faculty] celebrates Jewish Wedding at their annual concert [Undercurrent: May 28, 2004]

Finding a New, Norther Form of Fado. Composer Cam Wilson [alumni] teams up with writer bill Richardson on bluer-than-the-blues songs of longing. [Georgia Straight: May 27, 2004]

Albany Symphony plays Dorothy Chang's [faculty] premiere with grace [The Daily Gazette: May 21, 2004]

Music fit for a Queen Stephen Chatman & Keith Hamel, Faculty. [Calgary Herald: May 16, 2004]

Beethoven Complete Piano Sonata performed by Robert Silverman [faculty] [Fanfare Magazine, May 7, 2004]

VO's voluptuous Violetta - La Traviate directed by Nancy Hermistion [faculty] for Vancouver Opera [Vancouver Sun: May 4, 2004]

Teacher and composer Stephen Chatman writes about "Tara's Dream"and the first performance of this piece at the Regina Sympony Orchestraperformance in the 2003-2004 Masterworks Series. [Leader Post: May 3,2004]

School of Music grad Fraser Walters [alumni]returns to Vancouver Sunday, May 2nd for a performance with theChanticleer choir at the Chan Centre. The only Canadian member of theall-male ensemble, Walters struck it big last year when he joined theSan Francisco-based choir just days after graduating from UBC. [ArtsNEWS: April 21, 2004]

Five projects in the Faculty of Artswill receive funding under a new program geared towards innovativeresearchers in the performing and creative arts. Of 13 applicationssubmitted for funding, UBC has received grants for six projects ‚— allbut one in the Faculty of Arts. Professors Keith Hamel and Bob Pritchardof the School of Music; Kenneth Lum of the Department of Art Historyand Visual Art; and Robert Gardiner and Linda Svendsen of theDepartment of Theatre, Film, and Creative Writing will all receivegrants to facilitate their research projects. [ArtsNEWS: April 21,2004]

Lucas Wong, Bachelor of Music, piano performance graduate. [The Ubyssey: April 7, 2004]

Borealis provides fitting end to LCF season. The fourth concert in the Lindsay Concert Foundation's 2003/2004 series. [The Lindsay Daily Post: April 6, 2004]

VisionTV broadcast Good Friday Concert of Haydn's The Last Seven Words of Christ featuring Andrew Dawes [faculty], Manuela Milani, Guylaine Lemaire and the Ottawa Chamber Music Society. [Vision TV: March 29, 2004]

Philharmonic offers classical Carnivale : The Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic combines talents with Robert and Ellen Silverman [faculty] for an evening of exquisite sounds and tales. [Scranton Times Tribune: March 22, 2004]

Review of "Canadian Voices" presented February 28,2004. Stephen Chatman, Faculty. [Toronto Star: March 1, 2004]

Trio Provides treat for music lovers: Anabel Ramirez, Cherry Li & Bo Peng [graduate students] perform in Lillooet. [Lillooet News: February 11, 2004]

New, musical experiences Jesse Read, Faculty. [The Point: January 28, 2004]

Question and answer chat room Sara Davis Buechner, Faculty. [Washington Post Webpage: January 7, 2004]

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2004 Articles