Laurier Contemporary Lessons Student Recital Program Jan. 30, 2025

Jan. 28, 2025

Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, 11:45 a.m.
Maureen Forrester Recital Hall

Program

Musefully Listening, nursing a thought by Jack Behrens (1935-2024)
Jackie Oakes, flute and piano

Hostage 2017 by Billie Eilish (b. 2001)
Neela Nirula, voice
Luka Spisic, piano and voice

I Was Brought To My Senses from Mercury Falling (1966) by Sting (b. 1951)
Maggie Donnelly, voice and guitar

Arietta from Lyric Pieces Book I, Op. 12 No. 1 (1867) by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Natalia Perez, piano

The Fallout by Melanie Medeiros Cabral (b. 2003)
Melanie Medeiros Cabral, voice and guitar

Banana Pancakes, in between dreams by Jack Johnson (b. 1975)
Ciro Perono, voice
Josh Maher, guitar

I’ll Never Love Again from A Star is Born (2018) by Lady Gaga (b. 1986)
Brendan Perera, voice
Jason White, piano

I Know You Know from Esperanza (2008) by Esperanza Spalding (b. 1984)
Carol Stennett, voice
Luka Spisic, piano
Daniel Egger, bongos
Sam Boon, drums
Aiden Pierotti, flugelhorn
Ben Lesky, bass guitar

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.

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.