Laurier Choirs

Nov. 3, 2025

Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Maureen Forrester Recital Hall

Tracy Wong, director
Concert Choir Roster
Laurier Singers Roster

Program

Laurier Singers

Lumen (2012) by Abbie Betinis  

Concert Choir: Sopranos & Altos 

Vichten (2021) by Arthur & Angèle Arsenault, arr. Hart Rouge
Sarah McConnell, spoons 

Concert Choir

TaReKiTa (तारेिकट) (2021) by Reena Esmail 

Flying (2020) by Marie-Claire Saindon*

Tayo / Stand (2025), World Premiere by Tracy Wong* 
Alison Ballard and TL Sutherland, percussion

I Arise Today (2014) by Matthew Emery* 
Abigail Henry, violin 

Non nobis domine (2002) by Rosephanye Powell 

Concert Choir: Tenors & Basses 

In time of silver rain (2018) by Sarah Quartel* 

Octet

Moon River (1961, 2025) by Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini, arr. David Von Kampen 

Laurier Singers

Come, Ye Makers of Song (1997) by Ruth Watson Henderson* 

Blue Sky 蓝天 (lán tiān) (2021) by Cui Wei 崔薇* 
Claire Bidulka, Jerane Nicholas, soloists 

Over And Over (2022) by Jennifer Lucy Cook 

Alice (2006) by Sarah Quartel* 

From Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A 25, Part II by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
No. 28 Lift Thine Eyes 

Szellö Zúg (1921) by Lajos Bárdos (1899-1986)

I Thank You God (1999) by Gwyneth Walker 

Combined Choirs

How can I keep from singing? (2004) Quaker Hymn, arr. Gwyneth Walker

From Elements (2018) by Katerina Gimon*
II. Air
III. Fire
TL Sutherland, percussion

From A Vision Unfolding (2023) by Kyle Pederson
III. All of me 
Abigail Henry, violin

*indicates Canadian composer

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.

Program Notes

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.