Concert Program
Student Recital Series
KATELYN ACKLAND
Senior Clarinet Recital
Sunday, November 16, 2025
7 p.m.
Recital Hall
Accompanists – Hyounkyoung “Joy” Kim, piano; Soo Yon Choi, piano; William Cernota, cello
Vocalist – Kayie Emmer
NIU Clarinet Choir – Katelyn Ackland, Chris Benson, Vanessa Carroll, Ava Cassens, Nathan Domecki, Henry Lloyd, Christian Martinez, Madelyn Montiel, Kelly Nelson, Jacob Salas, Ethan Schoon, Christopher Staton, Sarah Zamora, Eduardo Zamudio; conductor, Dr. Zachary Good
Concert Program
Program
| Those Red and Blue Butterflies Are Waiting (2025) – World Premiere | Katelyn Ackland (b. 2000) |
| NIU Clarinet Choir | |
| Running Waves of Rumination (2025) – World Premiere | Katelyn Ackland (b. 2000) |
| NIU Clarinet Choir | |
| Hands for solo clarinet(2017) | Cassie Wieland (b. 1985) |
| Deutsche Lieder (1837) | Louis Spohr (1784-1859) |
| Accompanists: Hyounkyoung “Joy” Kim, piano; Kayie Emmer, vocalist | |
| Arabesque (1973) | Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) |
| Accompanist: Hyounkyoung “Joy” Kim, piano | |
| Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114 (1891) | Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) |
| I. Allegro II. Adagio III. Andantino grazioso IV. Allegro |
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| Accompanists: William Cernota, cello; Soo Yon Choi, piano | |
This performance is given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Music degree.
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