A Picasso Suite for the SSO
Harry Somers’ “Picasso Suite” was commissioned by the SSO in 1964 and received its premiere performance in Saskatoon. Since that first performance, it has gone on to be one of…
Live Stream Tips & Tricks
So, you’ve bought your concertstream.tv subscription or your one-time Digital Ticket for the SSO live-streamed concert. You are settled in your favourite chair, with snacks and drinks in hand and…
Ravel’s Mother Goose
Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite is not unlike a thoughtfully assembled box of one’s favorite assorted chocolates: each has something unique to offer our tastebuds, and all should be savored. If…
An Afternoon for a Faune
It can be said of beauty in the arts that the simpler something appears to a beholder, the greater were the creator’s efforts in cloaking the underlying complexity of their…
Piaf and La Vie en Rose
Imagine falling in love in Paris: a delicate series of scenes painted in soft pastels, where romance shines through every innocent moment of discovery in that bright and historic city….
Chevalier and the Balloons
Audiences today don’t know enough Joseph Bolonge, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, and we need to change that because he was an important figure in music history who’s music is making…
Musical Herstory
For centuries, the writers of musical textbooks (and the programmers of musical institutions) excluded women who composed. Women have been writing and performing music for as long as men have;…
SSO in the Classroom
The SSO has a long history of engaging in music education, both through our programs and through the reach of the incredible musicians who play in the orchestra. With school…