Pianist Yoko Hirota, chair of the music department at Sudbury’s Laurentian University, will perform works by six Canadian composers at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 5, at Mackenzie Hall.

The recital shares its title, “Voces Boreales (Northern Voices),” with Hirota’s most recent CD.

“Having performed contemporary music in Canada and abroad for almost two decades, I have had the privilege of meeting composers whose aesthetics and musical universes are helping to shape Canada’s musical identity,” she says.

Her program features solo piano works by Brian Cherney, Brian Current, Robert Lemay, Bruce Mather, François Morel, and Laurie Radford. Two of these works, Morel’s Trinôme and Cherney’s Nachtstücke, were written for Hirota. Tuesday will also mark the world premiere of Mather’s composition Selections from Eight Songs without Words.

Admission is $15, $5 for students. Order tickets by phone at 519-253-3000, ext. 4212, purchase online at www.uwindsor.ca/music, or at the door. The Mackenzie Hall Cultural Centre is located at 3277 Sandwich Street.