The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 American silent horror film adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s novel of the same name, directed by Rupert Julian and starring Lon Chaney. The…
Music Talk – Enigma
Music Talks are back and in a new format! Maestra Tania Miller sat down with SSO CEO & Creative Producer Mark Turner to talk about the upcoming season 94 opener…
SSO’s Live Streaming for 2024-2025
ConcertStream.tv continues to give incredible access to your SSO. Not only do you get to see fantastic content whenever you want, you get an up close and personal experience all…
Frenergy
The bulk of the musical material found in this piece comes from sketches for my Triple Concerto. These sketches were to be part of the proposed final movement for the…
Controlled Burn
While raging forest fires made headlines all summer and will likely increase in the coming years due to climate change, Cree composer Cris Derksen’s work is about controlled burns, a…
Enigma Variations
English composer Edward William Elgar (1857-1934) had a habit to improvise on the piano in the evening. After a long day of teaching violin lessons, he began noodling away at…
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1
The Piano Concerto No.1 in Bb minor, Op. 23 was composed between 1874-1875 and revised three times until 1888. The premiere of this concerto would mark ten years after Tchaikovsky’s…
Celebrating Margaret Wilson
Our beloved principal clarinet Margaret Wilson is retiring after 47 seasons with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra. We are fairly certain that Margaret is the longest-serving principal clarinet of any organization…