The Chan Centre for Performing Arts

CBC is proud to present the 2010 Massey Lectures, by celebrated Canadian author and artist, Douglas Coupland. A cultural commentator with international impact, Coupland presents this year’s lectures in the form of a novel, Player One. What is to Become of Us.

“Faced with such excellence a mere critic can only abandon paper and pencil and listen to this heroic but deeply moving young artist with awe and amazement.” -Gramophone

One of Canada's greatest artists, Marc-André Hamelin, performs Mozart's most important, and perhaps greatest, concerto.

One of Canada's greatest artists, Marc-André Hamelin, performs Mozart's most important, and perhaps greatest, concerto.

“The Arcanto Quartet is one of the most stimulating, enjoyable ensembles to listen to, no matter what it is playing.” - The Telegraph

In her brand new, much-anticipated memoir, Changing My Mind, Margaret Trudeau speaks with candour and insight about the mental illness that affected her life so profoundly.

The Symphonic Wind Ensemble, which is open to Music and other university students by audition, plays four concerts on campus each year. They are dedicated to performing the finest and most challenging wind repertoire.

The University Singers and UBC Choral Union present Britten, Hymn to st. Cecilia and works by Haydn, Palestrina, and Whitacre.

What is "Santo Subito"? The literary and musical form devised for this project portrays the life and work of John Paul II with the language of song.

The beautiful acoustic of the Chan Centre will resonate with music for choir and orchestra, starting with Jon Washburn’s own orchestration of Gabriel Fauré’s luminous Messe basse.