UBCV
March 8, 2025, 8:15 pm to 9:15 pm
Riopelle and Musical Imagination
Mr. Thomson is an accomplished composer and orchestral arranger, celebrated for his recent 75-piece composition for orchestra and choir commemorating the centenary of Jean-Paul Riopelle, which was recorded and premiered by the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (OSM) in 2022.
His work spans orchestral, ensemble, theatre, dance, opera, musical theatre, and film and television compositions. He has crafted over 250 arrangements for orchestras and ensembles, including the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Cairo Symphony Orchestra, CBC Radio Orchestra, I Musici de Montréal, l’Orchestre symphonique de Québec and the OSM. His notable commissions include compositions for Musica Camerata Montréal, Pentaèdre, Quatuor Claudel, l’Orchestre Métropolitain and the OSM. In 2014, his “La Symphonie rapaillé,” based on Gaston Miron’s poetry, won the prestigious Félix award for the category “Reinterpretation,” and his arrangements for Half Moon Run with the OSM in 2017 were lauded as groundbreaking.
When: Saturday, March 8 at 8:15 pm
Where: Hall #2 P.A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, UBC’s Point Grey Campus, 2194 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver
- After-hours entrances are marked on this map.
- We recommend our audience sit in the lecture hall's lower area.
- Accessible parking is available at the Health Sciences Parkade, 2250 Health Sciences Mall.
- Please note: The ticket machine is located at the entrance of the parkade (south side). There is no ticket machine on the north side.
This event is in person, and it will not be live-streamed. The recoding will be posted at a later date here: https://archives.library.ubc.ca/lists/vancouver-institute-lectures/
