The Graduation Recital of Melanie Au, violin

March 25, 2026

Thursday, April 23, 2026, 7:30p.m.
Maureen Forrester Recital Hall

Melanie Au, violin

From the studio of Jerzy Kaplanek

with
Ren Lamarche, violin
Connor O’Kane, piano

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for Honours Bachelor of Music: Performance

Program

Violin Sonata No.1 in G minor, BWV 1001 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Adagio
Presto

Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor, Op.108 by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Un poco presto e con sentimento
IV. Presto agitato
with Connor O’Kane, piano

Sonata for 2 Violins, Op.56 by Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
I. Andante cantabile
II. Allegro
with Ren Lamarche, violin

Polonaise de concert in D major, Op.4 by Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880)
with Connor O’Kane, piano

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.