Events at: Chan Shun Concert Hall

Re-envisioning Arts:
Building Our New Strategic Plan for 2025-2030

Event Live Stream  Submit your questions Please visit slido.com and enter code 3260 897.   As your new Dean of the Faculty of Arts, I’m pleased to kick off a strategic planning process that will result in a new five-year strategy for our students, faculty and staff. With opportunities for input from across our academic community, […]

The Chan Centre Presents Abdullah Ibrahim

Jazz Concert | Nov 19, 7pm |    Any performance from Cape Town’s jazz hero is a journey through a lifetime’s experience; the musical melting pot of his upbringing (gospel and jive, American jazz and classical music, sacred and secular) and the music of his jazz heroes (Ellington and Coltrane amongst them) all skilfully embroidered […]

5 Piano Fantasy: Star Wars, Harry Potter, Holst

Nov 26, 3pm   Chan Centre Magical realms, lightsabers, and distant planets come together for this exciting concert featuring students from the UBC School of Music. Experience the symphonic grandeur of five pianos in selections of music from Star Wars and Harry Potter, as well as Gustav Holst’s “The Planets”. Pianists: Fergus Kwan, Hamilton Lau, […]

UBC Bands A Canadian in Paris – Valerie Whitney horn

DEC 1 at 7:30PM  Chan Centre UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble and UBC Concert Winds combine for a concert exploring the immense influence of Nadia Boulanger on the modern wind band. Assistant Professor of Horn, Valerie Whitney, performs a new wind chamber version of UBC Emeritus Professor of Composition Stephen Chatman’s Concertino for Horn.   

VSO: Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons

Dec 9, 8pm & Dec 10, 2pm VSO: Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons Chan Centre The VSO’s Holiday Tradition returns to the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC. Delight in one of the classical canon’s most iconic pieces, led by VSO Concertmaster Nicholas Wright. The perfect musical event to share with family and friends.  […]

University Singers & Choral Union with Vancouver Brass Orchestra

Dec 10 at 7:30PM    Chan Centre UBC Choirs join forces with the Vancouver Brass Orchestra for a special evening of music for voice and brass! Join us for a powerful program featuring the talented voices of UBC Music and Vancouver’s top brass musicians. Graeme Langager and Hyejung Jun conductors. 

Vancouver Pops Orchestra & Choir

Dec 17, 3pm   Home for Christmas Chan Centre Celebrate the holidays with Vancouver Pops’ Christmas special. Experience a live 100 piece orchestra and choir performing holiday music through the ages. Nothing says season’s greetings more than live festive music, song, and dance. Family friendly, and suitable for all ages.