Everywhere we go, we surround ourselves with music. But are our playlists actually inspiring — as they should be — or just white noise? Let your inner monologue find its voice more often, writes Media Columnist Colin Angell.
Dr. Morna Edmundson CM co-founded the treble-voice choir Elektra in 1987 alongside the late Dr. Diane Loomer CM because, in the world of choral music, women’s ensembles were once consistently considered secondary to men’s.
What would it sound/look/smell like if a bunch of guys started singing in the Nest bathroom?
Komaniecki aims to inspire confidence in his students. And this starts on day one when, according to class tradition, he will have new students stand up and sing together.
Three years ago, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and UBC’s Chan Centre worked in collaboration to host the first ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl (Come Toward the Fire), a free-entry festival celebrating the resilience and talent of North America/Turtle Island’s Indigenous peoples.
Sporting his Lightning McQueen-red graduation gown and toy guitar, singer-songwriter Ethan Lyric’s infectious smile brings home the peppy, nostalgic tones of the music video for his new single “Just Like That.”
In many ways, Khatsahlano is one of the main arteries of the beating heart that is Vancouver’s summer arts and culture scene.
In early June, The Ubyssey covered Music Waste's 30th anniversary. It's one thing to capture a moment with words and another to hold it in a photo and at Music Waste, you have to see it to understand the festival's energy.
There is something so inherently sapphic about making a playlist.
In the early 1900s, a clockmaker’s wife plans to meet up with her lovers while her husband is out of the house. Hijinks ensue and both lovers end up stuck inside clocks, forced to somehow make their escape without the clockmaker catching on to his wife’s agenda.
Jazz was never meant to be monothematic — the nature of the genre is experimental and giving. In their freshman album, Raagaverse is taking advantage of this malleability by infusing classical Hindustani vocality with the improv and complexity of jazz to pave their own silky and microtonal rhythm.
The line for Rhiannon Giddens’ sold-out performance at the Chan Centre was by far the longest the venue has seen this season.
In mid-January, when everyone else was sitting at home during a snow day, UBC Musical Theatre Troupe (MTT) director Lauren Coulson was sitting in Swing Space holding auditions for their rendition of Anything Goes, wondering if anyone would show up.
The Chan Centre has been waiting for Oumou Sangaré for a year and a half. Her concert, originally scheduled for October 2022, was delayed due to visa issues.
After what lead singer Kate Cunningham jokingly called “a divorce in the family” during the performance, the members of Nonarchy are going their separate ways with the release of their first full-length album.
