Haydn Symphony Video Interviews
We had a chance to sit down with Thomas Yu and Mark Turner to discuss our Haydn Symphony Masters Series concert, this Saturday at TCU place. Tickets are going fast! tcutickets.ca SSO Executive Director Mark Turner On the rare and beautiful Fazioli that will make it’s debut at TCU place for this concert “Everyone loves particular pianos…
Rare and Remarkable Piano to be Debuted at TCU Place
On Saturday, November 22nd, award winning Canadian celebrity pianist Thomas Yu will perform on a Fazioli piano made by hand in Italy and valued at $260,000. This will be the first time a Fazioli appears at TCU place. The rare piano is being loaned from Lipnicki Fine Pianos in Calgary and transported to Saskatoon for…
Core Series at PAVED Arts – feature on Lia Pas
This Friday and Saturday the SSO’s Core Musicians will be heard at PAVED Arts in one of the most unique and original music programming series in Canada. For more information and tickets please CLICK HERE In this feature we learn about the ideas and process behind the world premier performance of Book, Chair, Table…
Time to rally
Recently I was speaking to a group of students at the U of S about marketing classical music to young people – a student raised the question “what do you think is the difficulty of getting people under 25 to come to the symphony?”. I replied “well, people think classical music sucks.” Since I joined…
An incredible achievement
It’s time for a good news story. Your orchestra broke even on last season. This is no small accomplishment – this is the result of a complete analysis of how we were spending money. It is the achievement of months of careful decision making and the hard work of every single member of the SSO…
The Road to a Fresh Start
A season launch can say so much about an orchestra. Whether you know it or not, the launch is so much more than the announcement of what music you can expect to hear in the upcoming year. At the SSO, we took the last few months to ask ourselves who are we and what role…