Laurier Student Composer Concert, March 21, 2025

March 20, 2025

March 21, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Maureen Forrester Recital Hall

Featuring the Penderecki String Quartet:
Jerzy Kaplanek and Jeremy Bell, violins
Christine Vlajk, viola
Katie Schlaikjer, cello

Program

We ask that patrons take photos only during intermission and/or after the show and do not record audio or video unless otherwise announced at the beginning of the show.

Deep Wind (2025) by Sarah Denny
Penderecki String Quartet

A Reminiscent Ghost (2025) by Isaac Wilton
Penderecki String Quartet

Shifting (2024-25) by Christopher Phillis
Penderecki String Quartet

When the Fog Clears (2024-25) by Lindsay Scott
I. Rain
II. Disturbance
III. Light

Penderecki String Quartet

Songs of the Stars (2024-25) by Yolanda Lichty
Original text by Yolanda Lichty
I. Overture: Night Harmonies (vibraphone & string quartet)
II. Call of the Stars (French horn & string quartet)
III. Star Stream (French horn & vibraphone solo)
IV. Brilliance (French horn, percussion & string quartet)
V. Star Lullaby (string quartet with cello solo)

Jasmine Martin, narrator
Adrianna Mcquillin, French horn
Kalico Schinkman, percussion
Penderecki String Quartet

String Quartet by Mark Goulet
Penderecki String Quartet

The Hunted (2025) by Owen Maughan
Penderecki String Quartet

Minatures for String Quartet (2025) by Pilar Bianchini
I. Nocturnal Hearts
II. Waltz of the Penguins

Penderecki String Quartet

The Walk of Self-Damnation (2024-25) by Steven Baczynskyj
I. A Deserted Disconnect
II. Serendipity
III. Emotional Instability
IV. Introspection

Penderecki String Quartet

Intermission

Bittersweet (2024-25) by Pilar Bianchini
Original text by Pilar Bianchini

Pilar Bianchini, soprano
Olivia Summers, mezzo-soprano
Maya Reynolds, alto
Olivia Tremblay, alto
Derica Scott, piano

Elegy (2024) by Mark Goulet
Yvon Arseneault, cello
Mark Goulet, piano

Yhorm, The Giant (2025) by Ivan Tran
Ivan Tran, piano

Of Starlight (2025) by Keelyn Thorogood
Sean Nicholson, piano

Tale of Resilience (2025) by Sarah Denny
Original text by Sarah Denny

Meghan Mair, soprano
Sarah Denny, piano

Processing (2024-25) by Owen Maughan
Lexy Edwards, bass clarinet
Stephanie Mara, piano

Erasure (2025) by Brayden Rak
Daniel Egger, Kalico Schinkman, Olive Ledroit and Sydnee Guglietti, percussion

Hindsight (2025) by Ness Leblanc
Leo George, B flat clarinet
Celeste De Vito, alto saxophone
Ed Scheifele, piano
Koralie Jutras, cello

Interchangeable (2025) by Lindsay Scott
Emma Kusiar, French horn
Keri Bailey, trumpet
Hazel Millar, violin
Leah Mezo-Willingham, cello

Somber Night (2025) by Tamia Royer for saxophone quartet
Charlayne Palton, soprano saxophone
Miajade Prior Del Monte, alto saxophone
Tamia Royer, tenor saxophone
Nickholus Heath, baritone saxophone

When We Lock Eyes (2025) by Anson Smith for brass quintet
Gus Bolton, trumpet
Aidan Pierotti, trumpet
Mya Salawu, French horn
Anson Smith, trombone
Owen Vince, tuba

Overcome (2025) by Gareth Frolander
Laurier Brass Ensemble

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.