Music
Unique Johnny Cash memorabilia donation
Dániel Péter Biró included in prestigious group
Music school celebrates 50 years
Shostakovich cycle marks quartet’s anniversary
2015 Craigdarroch Research Awards
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The archives of Saul Holiff, manager of music legend Johnny Cash, are now available at UVic for scholarly research. The highs and lows of the relationship between Holiff and Cash
are documented in this collection, donated by the Holiff family to UVic Libraries.
UVic music professor and researcher Dániel Péter Biró is featured in the new Universities Canada publication "Canadian Excellence, Global Recognition: Canada's 2017 Winners of
Major International Research Awards."
When maestro Timothy Vernon raises his baton at the School of Music's gala 50th anniversary concert on Dec. 2, it won’t simply be in recognition of the honorary Doctorate of Music
he received at spring Convocation.
From one generation to the next, teachers pass along the skills and techniques instilled in them by their mentors. Now, the School of Music’s internationally acclaimed Lafayette
String Quartet will honour their own mentor with a rare performance cycle of all 15 string quartets by 20th century Soviet composer, Dmitri Shostakovich.
A historian who is increasing our understanding of Islam. An engineer and a computer scientist who are making our lives easier with new technologies. A nurse who is helping the
terminally ill and their families cope. And a performing artist who inspires us to better appreciate the world around us.