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Here are the incredible conductors we are working with this season. Baton supported by Poplar Dell Farm & Scrase Farms in memory of Dr. R. H. D. (Bill) Sykes.

Karl Hirzer

Karl Hirzer conducts The Space Between on October 25, 2025, True North on November 8, 2025, Handel’s Messiah December 12, 2025, and Sing-Along Messiah on December 13, 2025.
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Monica Chen

Monica Chen conducts National Geographic Live in Concert – Secrets of the Whales on November 22, 2025
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Janna Sailor

Janna Sailor conducts YXE Divas Xmas on December 6, 2025 and A Change is Gonna Come on April 11, 2026.
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Kevin Zakresky

Kevin Zakresky conducts Disney’s Beauty and the Beast in Concert on January 24, 2026.
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Judith Yan

Judith Yan conducts Everything is Romantic on February 14, 2026 and Finding Light on May 30, 2026.
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Tania Miller

Tania Miller conducts Spring Fever on March 7, 2026.
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Andrew Crust

Andrew Crust conducts Night Seasons on March 28, 2026.
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Dinuk Wijeratne

Dinuk Wijeratne conducts The Traveller on May 2, 2026.
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Duff Warkentin

Duff Warkentin conducts the SSO Chorus.
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Music Director Emeritus

Eric Paetkau

In just a few short years Canadian Eric Paetkau (payte-co) has become a conductor to watch. 2017-2018 marks his third season as Music Director of the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, he is also founder and Music Director of Toronto-based group of 27, Mr. Paetkau is known for his intense musicality and artistic …
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Conductor Emeritus

Victor Sawa

Victor Sawa is a triple threat of talent, experience and personal dynamism in the orchestral world. A Montreal native, Sawa holds a Bachelor of Music with Distinction from McGill University and an Honours Masters of Music Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music. He is also a graduate of …
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