Student Recital: Contemporary and Commercial Music

Nov. 19, 2025

Friday Nov. 28, 2025, noon
Maureen Forrester Recital Hall

Program

Summer Breeze by Seals & Crofts, arr. Ramsey Lewis trio
Nicholas King, piano*
Andrew Guerin, electric bass
Jude Leynes, drums

Improvisation by Brandon Dela Cruz
Brandon Dela Cruz, piano

Shape of My Heart by Dominic Miller, Sting
Maggie Donnelly, acoustic guitar*
Koralie Jutras, cello
Josh Bergeron, cajón

Spain by Chick Corea
Aidan Playfair, saxophone*
Jason White, piano

Midnight Stroll by Polly Mauro
Polly Mauro, piano and voice*
Jude Haines, guitar and voice

Footprints by Wayne Shorter arr. Terence Blanchard
Noah Middelkamp, guitar*
Andrew Guerin, bass
Nicholas King, piano

I’ll Be There by Berry Gordie, Hal Davis, Bob West, Willie Hutch
As performed by The Jackson 5
Nathan Meacher, electric bass*
Salem Robinson, electric bass*

Fred by Tony Williams
Jude Leynes, drums*
Nicholas King, piano
Andrew Guerin, bass

* featured performer

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.