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This year鈥檚 series of Masterminds free public lectures traverses an eclectic terrain of ideas. A singer, trombone player and a tuba player meet on stage to play music and tell stories about some of their life-changing musical experiences. A computer scientist compares historical and current photographs of mountain glaciers as part of an investigation into the effects of climate change in the West. A medical anthropologist combines research, storytelling and zombie metaphors as part of a cautionary tale of stress in our culture. And a linguist and app developer uses sound and video to demonstrate how we produce language.

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.

Show your heart is filled with song this Valentine's Day by sending your significant other a singing Valentine! There鈥檚 no better way to impress your lover than with a romantic barbershop medley sung by UVic School of Music students in the Vocal Jaz鈥�

A decade ago he was recording the likes of A-list rockers R.E.M., Bryan Adams and the Foo Fighters, but these days you鈥檒l more likely find Kirk McNally tweaking the levels in the MacLaurin Building鈥檚 recording studio. But as the Audio Specialist and Recording Engineer for the School of Music since 2004, the best part of McNally鈥檚 job is that he doesn鈥檛 really have a typical day.

Update January 2014:聽The winner of UVic's School of Music / Vikes Nation Rally Song Contest was decided at the Vikes men鈥檚 basketball game on Jan. 10鈥攁nd first prize went to the music school's songwriting instructor Colleen Eccleston.聽 Vikes Nation 鈥�

Thanks to 18 submissions from across campus鈥攊ncluding entries by students, faculty and administration alike鈥攖he School of Music / Vikes Nation Rally Song contest has definitely been a hit.聽Entries ran the gamut from rap and rock to cheers and chants, and have been narrowed to a top-three list of finalists.

Canada鈥檚 first master鈥檚 program in string quartet performance

Recent UVic School of Music graduate Robert Hansler has been announced as the co-winner of the Canadian University Music Society鈥檚 annual Student Composer Competition for his piece 鈥淏roken Branch.鈥�

Congress 2013鈥擟anada鈥檚 largest multi-disciplinary academic gathering鈥攚ill feature a wide range of performances, lectures and exhibits that are free and open to everyone.

One of Canada鈥檚 leading musical icons, Buffy Sainte-Marie, is the featured performer for Congress 2013 at the 番茄社区 on Wednesday, June 5. Headlining a day of free folk, jazz and pop music on the outdoor Celebration Stage (at the Qua鈥�

Sunday, June 2, 11 a.m. 鈥� 6 p.m. Bring family and friends to a full day of multicultural music, dance, ethnic food and craft making on Sunday, June 2. WorldFEST activities take place all afternoon in the middle of UVic鈥檚 campus at Celebration Square鈥�

School of Music Professor Emeritus Ian McDougall鈥檚 Fine Arts benefit CD, The Very Thought of You, has been nominated for a 2013 Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year. It was produced by McDougall鈥檚 wife, Barbara, and features a selection of jazz standards with strings. The album鈥檚 nomination came as a surprise to them both. 鈥淏arb and I are overjoyed about the news,鈥� says McDougall, who recently presented the Faculty of Fine Arts with a cheque for $16,000 raised through CD sales鈥攖he first significant payment to his Ten Mile Fine Arts Student Assistance Fund. The Juno winners are announced on April 21, and the CD is available on campus at the Bookstore, Arts Place Cafe, the School of Music, Phoenix Theatre and the Fine Arts office.

If you think a piece of music sounds the same when played by different orchestras around the world, you鈥檙e not listening internationally. Which, in a musical nutshell, is exactly what School of Music professor Ajtony Csaba had in mind when he approached UVic鈥檚 Learning Without Borders Program (LWB), which supports internationalization of the curriculum.