Graduation Recital: Arlen Major, clarinet

April 2, 2025

Thursday, Apr. 17, 2025, 4 p.m.
Maureen Forrester Recital Hall

Arlen Major, clarinet
From the studio of Peter Shackleton

with

Rachael Harris, flute
Beth Ann de Sousa, piano
Stephanie Mara, piano

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

Program

River Songs: No. 1, A Fish Will Rise by Chris Rogerson (b. 1988)
with Rachael Harris, flute
Beth Ann de Sousa, piano

Scaramouche Suite by Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
I. Vif
II. Modéré
III. Braziliera
with Stephanie Mara, piano

Ten a Penny Pieces by Clifford Crawley (1929-2016)
VII. Intermezzo
with Stephanie Mara, piano

Tributes by Edward Gregson (b. 1945)
II. to Gerald Finzi
with Stephanie Mara, piano

Piece en Forme de Habanera by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
with Stephanie Mara, piano

Clarinet Concerto by Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
with Stephanie Mara, piano

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.