Spring & Summer Round Up 2025

Congratulations Beth (Education), Hannah (Musical Arts), Maddison (Education), Meghan (Education) and Xavier (Performance). Proud of you all!

May all good things come your way as you pursue the next chapter in your education and careers.

Sylvan Wilkinson | Alum | Victoria Conservatory of Music AIMS Graduating Recital 2025

Dr. Alexander Richards ('11) & Sylvan Wilkinson ('24)

Dr. Richards, Sylvan and Prof. Clanton

Fanfarra Cinematica 2024

Fanfarra Cinemática

https://soundcloud.com/gregg-moore-2/sets/music-for-the-general

… is a multi-disciplinary and multi-generational wind ensemble on Vancouver Island dedicated to complementing the moving image with music. Formed in the spring of 2024, Fanfarra Cinemática, under the direction of veteran theatre and circus music composer, Gregg Moore, toured small communities on Vancouver Island with their inaugural, highly successful show, ‘Music for The General.’ This rare combination of seasoned professionals and capable, eager young graduates of Vancouver Island conservatories performed the innovative score composed by Moore. In 2002, he was commissioned by a group of cinema enthusiasts in the small town of Covilha, Portugal to compose a musical accompaniment for Buster Keaton’s masterpiece of silent cinema, ‘The General,’ for a festival of silent film with live music. The music reflects a wide variety of compositional influences including 19th century parlour songs, military marches, love songs and cartoon melodies. The ensemble includes trumpet, trombone, saxophone, percussion, clarinet, tuba, mandolin and keyboard. Keaton’s ‘The General’ is an imaginative masterpiece generally regarded as one of the greatest of all silent comedies.

Victoria native NATHAN SKIP (second from left) is a saxophonist and student of the saxophone programme at UVic.  An interest in video game music has led him to Composition as a course of study, in amongst which, he regularly performs with scholastic ensembles and in community Jazz and R& B ensembles.

SYLVAN WILKINSON (third from right), from Red Deer, Alberta, is a recent graduate from the University of Victoria’s saxophone performance programme.  Sylvan's academic career had them gracing the ranks of a wide variety of performance ensembles and winning numerous distinguished scholarships and competitions.  Sylvan continues to live in Victoria as they prepare for further studies.

Sylvan Wilkinson Grad Recital 2024

 

It is with much joy and pride that we congratulate Sylvan Wilkinson, BMus Performance 2024, on the success of a well-attended and polished graduating recital.

Sylvan hails from Alberta and successfully entered the Performance Program in Second Year. A confident and artistically sensitive performer, and an outstanding participant in all aspects of programming, Sylvan has been an exemplary representative of the School of Music. Sylvan was the Class Peer Representative whose timely input, example of excellence, goodwill, thoughtful concern and support for others, has helped shape the success of the UVic Saxophone Class.

In addition to being a pillar of the Wind Symphony Saxophone Section, Sylvan enjoyed many other significant accomplishments. Among them:

• First Place in Woodwinds Excellence, BC Performing Arts Festival, Penticton
• Second Place in the woodwind category of the 2023 FCMF National Music Festival
• Participant: Université Européenne De Saxophone 2023
• Winner: Roberto and Mary Wood Scholarship

Wishing Sylvan every success going forward. Congratulations Sylvan!

NASA

Convocation Quartet

Class of 2024

Faculty Concert Series: Diverse Harmonies 12 October 2023

7:30pm
Phillip T. Young Recital Hall
University of Victoria School of Music

Featuring:

Suzanne Snizek, flute
Quartetto Sorbetto: Wendell Clanton, Dr. Alexander Richards, Sylvan Wilkinson and Xavier Marican
Merrie Klazek, trumpet
Joanna Hood, viola
Michelle Mares, Ajtony Csaba & Kinza Tyrrell, piano
Anne Grimm, soprano
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor
Virginia Acuña, lecturer

Experience the power of music that transcends boundaries and celebrates the richness of cultural diversity. UVic School of Music faculty musicians come together to pay homage to underrepresented composers — including people of colour and of diverse heritage and gender — who have contributed immensely to the world of classical music. This inspiring evening will feature a carefully curated selection of pieces spanning different eras and styles, including Ukranian folk songs, a work of Baroque theatre by Sebastián Durón, Trumpet Songs by Jennifer Higdon, Six Year Interlude by Serbian American composer Nebojsa Macura, works by Josephine Lang arranged by Sharon and Harald Krebs, and more!

VIEW THE PROGRAM: https://finearts.uvic.ca/music/calendar/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023-10-12-Faculty-Diverse-Harmonies.pdf

• Advance tickets available through the UVic Ticket Centre (online, in-person and by phone). Advance tickets sales close at 12pm on Oct. 12.
• Tickets also available at the door (cash, credit, debit accepted).
• All seating is general admission.
• 1 complimentary ticket available at the door for all UVic School of Music students.
• This concert will be available as a live stream: https://finearts.uvic.ca/music/calendar/live/

Sobremesa Quartet 2020

 

Sobremesa Quartet On Tour

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sobremesa-saxophone-quartet-mountain-roads-tickets-88783815783

https://www.holytrinitycathedral.ca/events/sobremesa-saxophone-quartet/2020-02-21

https://downtownnewwest.ca/Events/Public/Sobremesa-Saxophone-Quartet-Presents-Mountain-Roads

Four of UVic's finest - Connor Stairs, Matt Fichter, Todd Morgan and Karsten Brewka - are performing on tour.

Wednesday, February 19th, Sobremesa performs at the Phillip T. Young Recital Hall at the University of Victoria School of Music to kick off their tour.

https://www.facebook.com/sobremesaquartet/

West Coast Composers Symposium 2019: UVic Saxophones

UVic Faculty Chamber Music Recital: January 9th

André Caplet | photo by Raoul Autin 1902
www.musimem.com/prix-rome-1900-1909.htm

UVic Faculty and alumni present Légende by André Caplet (McAlister, ed.) on Saturday, January 9th, at 8pm at the Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, University of Victoria School of Music.

Event link:

http://events.uvic.ca/?view=day&cal=23&day=09&month=01&year=2016#event_heading_107802

Dr. Adam Con, Conductor

Soprano Saxophone (oboe: ed. by Clanton)—Ross Ingstrup (alum)

Clarinet—Patricia Kostek (faculty)

Alto Saxophone—Wendell Clanton (faculty/alum)

Bassoon—Robyn Jutras (alum)

Violin—Ann Elliot-Goldschmitt (faculty)

Viola—Johanna Hood (faculty)

Violoncello—Pamela Highbaugh-Aloni (faculty)

Contrabass—Alex Rempel (alum)