The Prairies Performing Arts Initiative
The Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra was included in a special announcement made by Prairies Economic Development Canada this morning. Today, the Honourable Terry Duguid, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced on behalf of the Honourable …
Season 95
Completely by accident, our 95th season is designed to be a series of inspirations. Building a new season is always like putting together a puzzle. There are many pieces that need to be laid out …
What’s Happening at the Bassment
The Bassment is one of Canada’s premier jazz clubs and provides musicians of all skill levels a venue to showcase their talents in front of a live audience while accessing a variety of professional, concert-grade …
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 from the comfort of wherever …
Collaborating For The Future
For years the SSO and Saskatoon Opera have worked closely together. Both formally and informally, the two organizations have shared a passion for presenting music experiences that shine light on the human condition. After …
Elf Week
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! And we hope that your days are filled with music as we get closer to the holidays. We’re busy preparing for our performances of ELF and Handel’s …
Messiah Week
What is your favourite holiday music? For me, honestly, there are almost too many options! I love it all…from Sleigh Ride to All I Want for Christmas, music for Solstice and Hanukkah. But if I …
Composer Series Handel
In 2019, Denyse started to create famous composers into a series of colourful portraits in support of the SSO.She is delighted to reveal ‘Handel’, her latest to the collection. These pieces are available in two …
Contemplating Clouds on a Prairie Sky
When you look at the cover of Contemplating Clouds on a Prairie Sky by composer Wayne Toews there is a note that says Dedicated to Ellen Remai, who has enriched Saskatoon through support of the …
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 plot centers on a mysterious, …
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 Enigma. Thank you to Black …
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 concerto, a fast-paced scherzo to …
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 traditional Indigenous practice used to …
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 the keyboard when he happened …
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 first public performance, so he …
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 in Canada. She’s also close …
Judith Yan, conductor
Equally adept at conducting symphony, opera, and ballet, Judith Yan’s career has taken her internationally, conducting for major companies in Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America. She has held Staff Conductor positions at San Francisco Opera, Canadian …
2-for-1 Subscriptions
Trying to find date night ideas? Looking for a new way to get away from it all? Just love the music? If you’ve never subscribed to the SSO but think it’s time we have special …
The Drama of the Johannes Passion
Johann Sebastian Bach’s St John Passion stands as a testament to the power of music to convey profound emotion and drama. Written in the early 18th century, this sacred oratorio continues to captivate audiences with …
The Genius of William Grant Still
Called “the Dean of African-American composers”, William Grant Still (1895–1978) worked in all genres of music – from jazz to Broadway musicals to modern classical music (he studied in New York with Edgard Varèse, who …
Sing-Along Messiah FAQ
Messiah time is almost here! We love putting together and performing Handel’s Messiah each year. If it were possible we would fit everyone from Saskatoon’s large choral community on stage with us for one amazing …
Sergei Rachmaninoff, composer
Legendary Russian-American composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff left Russia after the Communist revolution of 1917. He was born on April 2, 1873, on a big estate near Novgorod, Russia. From the age of four, Rachmaninoff …
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
In 1934, Sergey Rachmaninoff performed the solo part for the world premiere of his Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, in Baltimore, Maryland. With its virtuosity, emotional range, and creative twists on Niccol …
