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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2024
7:30 PM | TCU PLACE
Maestra Tania Miller returns to open our 94th season by leading the SSO in Elgar’s Enigma Variations. Pianist Sara Davis Buechner makes her long-awaited SSO debut with Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concert No. 1.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2024
7:30 PM | TCU PLACE
Cellist/composer Cris Derksen joins the SSO to perform her fiery new work Controlled Burn. Maestra Janna Sailor returns home to lead the orchestra in a new work by Saskatoon’s own Artist/Activist/Educator Zoey Roy.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2024
7:30 PM | TCU PLACE
Whenever Jeans ‘n Classics comes to town it’s sure to be a good time. They’re joining your orchestra for an Evening of Pink Floyd, with tunes from The Wall and The Dark Side of the Moon.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2024
7:30 PM | TCU PLACE
Buddy the elf travels to New York, in full elf uniform, in search of his real father. Now experience this holiday adventure with a live symphony orchestra: Elf™ in Concert!
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2024
7:30 PM | KNOX UNITED CHURCH
Conductor Karl Hirzer leads the SSO Chorus, spectacular soloists, and your orchestra in Handel’s timeless work The Messiah. A beloved holiday tradition in Saskatoon since it was first performed here in 1913.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 & SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2025
7:30 PM | Convocation Hall
What does the future hold for you? An intimate staging of Menotti’s haunting opera The Medium.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2025
7:30 PM | TCU PLACE
Join us for a magical journey into storytelling and music as only the timeless tales of Disney can evoke. Brought to life by the talents of four Broadway caliber singers, The Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, and featuring high resolution Animated Feature Film sequences, Disney in Concert Once Upon a Time explores iconic moments, plot twists and feats of daring heroics from Encanto, Frozen, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Tangled, The Lion King and many more.
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2025
7:30 PM | TCU PLACE
Violinist Timothy Chooi returns for a concert filled with music that’s perfect for you and your valentine. Led by Maestra Judith Yan, Chooi and your orchestra will wow us with Bruch’s stunning Scottish Fantasy. The romantic evening is made complete with selections from Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Sleeping Beauty curated by ballet aficionado Yan herself.
SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 2025
7:30 PM | ST. JOHN’S ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL
Maestra Cosette Justo Valdés returns to once again show us what magic she can create with your orchestra and the SSO chorus. Together they will highlight some of the greatest baroque works including Handel’s stunning Dixit Dominus.
SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2025
7:30 PM | TCU PLACE
We’re celebrating 40 seasons with our very own concertmaster Michael Swan! He’ll take centre stage to perform Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No.1. Conductor Evan Mitchell leads your SSO, and choir, in Christopher Tin’s moving choral work The Lost Birds. Sweeping and elegiac, it’s a haunting tribute to those soaring flocks that once filled our skies, but whose songs have since been silenced.
FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2025
7:30 PM | ST. JOHN’S ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL
As the Prairie Sons, cellist David Liam Roberts and pianist Godwin Friesen embody the expansive, nuanced perspective of their home landscape in their concert program. They are embarking on a Prarie Debut tour, and we’re delighted to host them here at home in the heart of the prairies
SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2025
7:30 PM | TCU PLACE
Conductor Karl Hirzer returns to lead your SSO in Mussorgsky’s iconic Pictures at an Exhibition. Pianist Meagan Milatz makes her way back home to the prairies to help us celebrate composer David L. McIntyre’s 75th birthday with a performance of his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra.
SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2025
7:30 PM | TCU PLACE
Our favourite sci-fi shows and movies would be very different without their iconic soundtracks. We’re highlighting our favourite works from galaxies near and far! With a special guest host to lead the way, it’s going to be out of this world.
SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2025
7:30 PM | TCU PLACE
After his triumphant orchestral debut with us in 2021, pianist Jerry Hu returns home to perform Chopin’s Piano Concerto no.1. Led by Maestra Tania Miller, your SSO will finish our mainstage series with Dvořák’s New World Symphony and Goulet’s Citius, Altius, Fortius.
SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2025
7:30 PM | ST. JOHN’S ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL
We end our season with an incredible immersive experience created by visual artist Monique Martin. She will fill St. John’s with thousands of silkscreened paper butterflies, while Maestra Judith Yan and your orchestra fill the space with incredible music.