Laurier Choirs

Feb. 4, 2026

Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026
Maureen Forrester Recital Hall

Laurier Concert Choir roster
Laurier Singers roster
Grand Philharmonic Youth Choir roster

Program

*indicates Canadian composer

Laurier Singers and Concert Choir: Sopranos and Altos

i carry your heart (2008) by Laura Farnell

Concert Choir

From Soundchants (1994) by Sid Robinovich*
II. Ta Tikee Tei
Alison Ballard, percussion

Verleih uns Frieden (1831) by Felix Mendelssohn

Cantique de Jean Racine (1865) by Gabriel Fauré

Heart of Earth (2024) by Shruti Rajasekar

We Have A Secret (2025) by Yolanda Lichty* (World Premiere, WLU Student Composer)

Grand Philharmonic Youth Choir

Songs from Silence (2020) by Elaine Hagenberg
Alma Redemptoris (1596) by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Song for Winter's Night (1967) by Gordon Lightfoot*, arr. Michael Hanawalt and Justine Sasanfar

Laurier Singers

I Am The Wind (2019) by Elaine Hagenberg
Heavy Coat (2025) by Isaac Wilton* (World Premiere, WLU Student Composer)
Butterfly (1983) by Nancy Telfer*
Lullaby (2015) by Matthew Emery*
To Sit and Dream (2022) by Rosephanye Powell, words from “To You” by Langston Hughes
Singkap Siaga (2021) by Tracy Wong*
Norwegian Trilogy (2008) by Norwegian folksongs, arr. Margaret King*
I. God morgen Ola Reppom
II. Ned i vester soli glader - Auri Fell, solo
III. Ekorn gjekk på volln og slo

Concert Choir: Tenors & Basses

Laudate Dominum (Psalm 117) (2009) by Dan Davison

Laurier Singers and Concert Choir

From Elements (2018) by Katerina Gimon*
IV. Water
Claire Bidulka, Hannah Haworth, Polly Mauro, Tessa Sercerchi, Lauren Spadzinski, soloists

All Choirs

United in Song (1999) by Paul Halley
Wild Mountain Thyme Scottish folk song, as performed by Jacob Collier, Laufey, and dodie, adapted by Will Clements*
Avett Hill and Jay Walton, soloists
Alison Ballard, guitar

Program Notes, Lyrics, and Translations

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.