Laurier Student Composer Concert Program, November 2, 2024

Oct. 17, 2024

Saturday November 2, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Maureen Forrester Recital Hall

Program

unmade; by Celeste De Vito
electronics with visuals

Fulfillment (2024) by Steven Baczynskyj
Steven Baczynskyj, classical guitar

Quiet Thoughts (2024) by Isaac Wilton
Isaac Wilton, piano

Gentleman’s Grey (2024) by Sarah Denny
Sarah Denny, piano

Spark! (2024) by Sarah Denny
Text by Sarah Denny
Lucy Gill, soprano
Sarah Denny, piano

Patria (2024) by Benjamin Hoffmann
Ben Hoffmann, trumpet
Madeline Dela Paz, piano

Muse (2024) by Alexander Donaldson
Rachel Harris, flute
Louise Pilatan, clarinet
Brooke Collins, oboe
Evan Hunter, French horn
Johanne Leveille-Schirm, bassoon

The Difference (2024) by Owen Maughan
Celeste De Vito, soprano sax
Jonah Peters, alto sax
Owen Maughan, tenor sax
Donavan Gilroy, baritone sax

Speed for the Restlessness (2024) by Pranjal Mandhan
Rachel Rotella, violin
Sarah Younussi, violin
Gareth Au, violin
Manuel Galvez, viola
Matthew Buczowski, cello
Lorelei Ye, piano

I Look to You (2024) by Lindsay Scott
Lindsay Scott, mezzo soprano
Jacqueline Scott, piano

Peonies (2024) by Christopher Phillis
Poetry by Mary Oliver
I. The Sun & The Ants
II. Dance of Flowers
III. Questions

Emily Shepherd, soprano
Christopher Phillis, piano

We Cry: Kyrie Eleison (2024) by Yolanda Lichty
Olivia Summers
Cassidy Hengartner
Yolanda Lichty

To Skies I Look from Ulysses by Drew Aarssen
Original text by Drew Aarssen
Drew Aarssen, baritone
Sean Nicholson, piano

Mother O’ Mine (2024) by Drew Aarssen
Text by R. Kipling, R. L. Stevenson

Sarah Hu-A-Kam, soprano
Priya Khatri, soprano
Kenzie Spoltore, soprano
Sarah Chadwick, soprano
Naomi Schlegal, soprano
Lindsay Scott, alto
Louise Pilatan, alto
Kate Markwart, alto
Delaney Dam, alto
Michael Kallinis, tenor
Xander Bechard, tenor
Roland Kessler, baritone
Emmanuel Dye, baritone
Sean Nicholson, piano
Drew Aarssen, conductor

We ask that patrons take photos only during intermission and/or after the show and refrain from recording audio or video unless otherwise announced at the beginning of the show.

Land Acknowledgement

We would like to acknowledge that Wilfrid Laurier University and its campuses are located on the shared traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishnaabe (Anish-nah-bay) and Haudenosaunee (Hoe-den-no-show-nee) peoples. This land is part of the Dish with One Spoon Treaty between the Haudenosaunee and Anishnaabe peoples and symbolizes the agreement to share, protect our resources and not to engage in conflict. From the Haldimand Proclamation of Oct. 25, 1784 this territory is described as: “six miles deep from each side of the river (Grand River) beginning at Lake Erie and extending in the proportion to the Head of said river, which them and their posterity are to enjoy forever.” The proclamation was signed by the British wit​h their allies, the Six Nations, after the American Revolution. Despite being the largest reserve demographically in Canada, those nations now reside on less than five percent of this original territory.