University of Alberta Department of Music

Calling all intermediate- and advanced-level string players (cello, guitar, violin, viola)!! Sign up to participate in this year's Late-Summer String Camp!

Wednesday, August 26 – Saturday, August 29, 2026
9 a.m.-noon & 1-5 p.m.
Fine Arts Building

This four-day string intensive features solo and chamber instruction, culminating in an afternoon concert on August 29. Cost for the full camp is $450 ($100 to audit). Register by 4 p.m., August 19.

Find more info and the link to register at:
https://www.ualberta.ca/en/music/concert-listings/2026-08-26_string-camp.html

Join us in congratulating Scott Smallwood as he takes the helm as Chair of the Department of Music, and listen to him talk about his research and the Sound Studies Institute on the most recent episode of SSH: The Podcast.

https://www.ualberta.ca/en/social-sciences-humanities/initiatives/ssh-the-podcast.html

Summer Orchestra has been working hard in rehearsal in preparation for their season concert coming up on Sunday, July 12 at 3 p.m. at St. Albert United Church​ (20 Green Grove Dr, St. Albert, AB T8N 5H6)

​Join us as L​idia Khaner conducts the University of Alberta Department of Music Summer ​Orchestra ​in a program of Mahler​,​ Vaughan Williams​ and Rimsky-Korsakov​.
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Free admission. Everyone is welcome.

Looking for last minute ways to celebrate Canada Day? Why not take in the Summer Band performances at the University of Alberta Botanic Garden! Check for ticket availability and find more information at https://www.ualberta.ca/en/botanic-garden/events-programs/canada-day.html

Summer Band will be performing as part of the University of Alberta Botanic Garden's Canada Day programming!! Head out to the gardens and make a day of it, and don't miss hearing their performances in the Amphitheatre at 1 and 2:30 p.m.

More info here: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/botanic-garden/events-programs/canada-day.html

June Convocation 2026 | Student Spotlight on Wiktoria Jurkiewicz

An accomplished vocalist and oboist, Wiktoria Jurkiewicz talks about her time in the Department of Music and shares the journey that has culminated in her Bachelor of Music (BMus) degree.

Read her story here:
https://www.ualberta.ca/en/music/about-us/news/2026/june-convocation-2026_student-spotlight_wiktoria-jurkiewicz.html

Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta

We're excited for Summer Band 2026!

Wed, Jun 10 - Wed, Jul 1, 2026
7:00 - 9:30 p.m.

Rehearsals on June 10, June 17 and June 24 from 7:00pm - 9:30pm with a performance at the U of A Botanical Gardens on July 1st. (Concert details to be confirmed).

Learn more and register at:
https://app.groupize.com/organizations/university-of-alberta-5ee56bd5-25a5-4b48-b9d5-4f1171a9c70f/events/summer-band-2026

Join us for Summer Orchestra 2026!

Tue, Jun 9 - Thu, Jul 9, 2026
7:00 - 9:30 p.m.

Rehearsals will take place on June 9, 16, 23, 30, July 2, 7, 9 with a performance at an external venue (to be confirmed).

More info at:
https://app.groupize.com/organizations/university-of-alberta-5ee56bd5-25a5-4b48-b9d5-4f1171a9c70f/events/summer-orchestra-2026

The sound of collaboration Sounds of Research helps graduate students and postdoctoral scholars reimagine their work through a sonic lens.

x: where our paths cross
Tuesday April 28 | 4-6 p.m.
Studio 2-7 (FAB 2-7), Fine Arts Building and Online via Zoom

x: where our paths cross is a performance of visiting, trust and otherwise possibilities. In it, Peter Morin (Tahltan, French Canadian) and Leah Decter (Jewish-Canadian white settler) mark the crossing of paths across time, territories and ancestries through reading aloud as an assertion of Indigenous sovereignty and listening-while-drawing as a practice of white-setter accountability.

Learn more and Zoom link at:
https://www.ualberta.ca/en/drama/on-stage/x-where-our-paths-cross.html

Co-presented by the Art & Design, UAlberta University of Alberta Department of Drama University of Alberta Department of Music and Kule Institute for Advanced Study