Ken Murray Concerto Competition Finals

Jan. 20, 2026

Friday, January 23, 2026, 12:00pm
Maureen Forrester Recital Hall

Program

Ch’io mi scordi di te?...Non temer, amato bene by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Amye Buchan, soprano
Guy Few, accompanist

Violin Concerto in D minor by Robert Schumann (1810-1851)
First Movement
Rachel Rotella, violin
Connor O’Kane, accompanist

Concerto for Bass Tuba by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Owen Vince, tuba
Stephanie Mara, accompanist

Violin Concerto No.3 in B minor, Op. 61 by Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
I. Allegro non troppo
Gareth Au, violin
Connor O’Kane, accompanist

Clarinet Concerto No.4 in E minor by Louis Spohr (1784-1859)
David Tape, clarinet
Stephanie Mara, accompanist

Intermission

Concerto No.1, Op.99 by Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Second Movement
Robert Fielding, violin
Connor O’Kane, accompanist

Horn Concerto No.4 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Isaac Shantz, French horn
Stephanie Mara, accompanist

Tzigane by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Ren Lamarche, violin
Connor O’Kane, accompanist

Tuba Concerto by Edward Gregson (b. 1945)
Ethan Bennett, tuba
Stephanie Mara, accompanist

Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, Op.15 by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
I. Maestoso – Poco piu moderato
Phoebe Croteau, piano
Anya Alexeyev accompanist

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.