Kimberly Barber and Friends: A Collaborative Musical Celebration

Jan. 22, 2026

Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, noon
Maureen Forrester Recital Hall

Kimberly Barber, mezzo-soprano

Featuring:
Kendra Dyck, Leslie Fagan, Jessica Lalonde, Elizabeth Lepock and Mary-Lou Vetere, sopranos
Delaney Dam, Sarah Stapleton and Stephanie Yelovich, mezzo-sopranos
Xander Bechard, tenor
Kate Carver, Leslie De’Ath, Adrean Farrugia, Anna Ronai and Peter Tiefenbach, pianists
Elvera Froese, conductor
Mary-Lou Vetere, accordion

And many others!

Full list of biographies

Program

Ständchen, Op.135 by Franz Schubert (1800-1827)
Kimberly Barber, mezzo-soprano
S1: Elaine Glinos, Elizabeth Lepock, Naomi Schlegel, Juliet Szafranski
S2: Kendra Dyck, Lucy Gill, Meghan Mair, Mackenzie Smith
A1: Meghan Bunce, Hannah Haworth, Stephanie Yelovich
A2: Delaney Dam, Sarah Stapleton
Elvera Froese, conductor
Leslie De’Ath, piano

Afton Water (Robert Burns) Traditional arr. Robert Fleming (1921-1976)
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Kimberly Barber, mezzo-soprano
Anna Ronai, piano

Die Schwestern by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Elizabeth Lepock, soprano
Kimberly Barber, mezzo-soprano
Elvera Froese, piano

Je cherche un millionnaire by Nacio Herb Brown (1896-1964)
Kimberly Barber, mezzo-soprano
Mary-Lou Vetere, accordion
Peter Tiefenbach, piano

Chip’s Lament from The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by William Finn (1952-2025)
Xander Bechard, tenor
Kate Carver, piano

Make Someone Happy from Do, Re, Mi by Jule Styne (Betty Comden and Adolph Green)
Jessica Lalonde, vocals
Adrean Farrugia, piano

Duetto Sestetto buffo dei due sei gatti by Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
(adapted by Peter Tiefenbach, b. 1960)
Kendra Dyck and Lucy Gill, sopranos
Kimberly Barber, Delaney Dam, Sarah Stapleton, and Stephanie Yelovich, mezzo-sopranos
Peter Tiefenbach, piano

Barcarolle from Les contes d’Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Mary-Lou Vetere, soprano
Kimberly Barber, mezzo-soprano
Anna Ronai, piano

La vie en rose (Edith Piaf) by Louis Louigüy (1916-1991)
Kimberly Barber, mezzo-soprano
Mary-Lou Vetere, accordion
Peter Tiefenbach, piano

Anytime (I am there) from Elegies by William Finn
Kimberly Barber, mezzo-soprano
Kate Carver, piano

We’ll meet again by Ross Parker (1914-1974) and Hughie Charles (1907-1995)
Ft. Kimberly Barber (also strumming the ukulele!), Leslie Fagan, Jeremy Bell and Jerzy Kaplanek (violins), Brennan Connolly (percussion)
Audience participation welcomed!

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.