Sasha Kow


Special Project Assistant

Composition, School of Music

Sasha is a Malaysian composer currently based on the unceded, territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil- Waututh peoples. She obtained a BMus in Composition from the University of Oregon, and is now in the 2nd year of her graduate degree in Composition at the University of British Columbia. Her music has been performed at the Concerts at First series, Oregon Bach Festival, Oregon Composers Forum, and the Music Today Festival. Her most recent work was premiered at the West Coast Student Composers' Symposium by UBC's Contemporary Players. Her art strives to understand where and how her background and upbringing fit into the world of Western contemporary art music. Through her involvement with the Score Cluster Research, she seeks to diversify her approach to writing music and hearing sound.


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