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We are in the middle of a very exciting season. It has been so rewarding to see so many people enjoying music in Saskatoon – the first half of the season proved that the orchestra is a vital part of what makes it a great place to live! I’m proud to say that over the course of the last 12 months, we’ve made major achievements in terms of how the organization operates. We’re on budget, growing our revenue, on target for a surplus, and making some really great music. We wouldn’t be experiencing this remarkable a year if it weren’t for the incredible support from our audience. As we turn our focus to the future, I hope you’ll join us as we embark on the next phase of our success. I want to invite each of you to be a part of our Share in the Future campaign – the concept is simple: find 2000 donors to give $100 to the SSO before May 31. In addition to your receipt, you’ll join us this fall for a gala concert with a very special surprise guest…the only way to get in is to be one of the 2000. We want a chance to musically say thank you. Thanks to the great generosity of the Frank and Ellen Remai Foundation, the money raised from the Share in the Future campaign will be matched – all 2000 gifts matched, completely retiring the deficit and allowing the SSO to focus on the future.
On March 4, we will announce our 16th music director; Saskatoon’s newest musician will step on to the podium this fall and help the SSO define a new soundtrack for the city. It is an exhilarating time to make music. I hope you will join us in preparing for the future. It’s clear you love music and a gift to Share in the Future will ensure that Saskatoon’s oldest arts organization stays around for a long time. See you at the symphony, Mark Turner Executive Director
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Saskatoon Symphony Board and Administration HONOURARY PATRONS Honourable Brad Wall, Premier of Saskatchewan, and Mrs. Tami Wall His Worship, Mayor Donald J. Atchison and Mrs. Mardelle Atchison Dr. Gordon Barnhart, Interim President, Vice-Chancellor, University of Saskatchewan
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VIOLIN 1
Orchestra
David Grosse
Michael Swan Concertmaster
Saache Heinrich
Stephen Kreuger
Jeremy Janzen On Leave
Zachary Carter
William Boan Assistant Concertmaster
Heather Wilson
FLUTE Randi Nelson Principal
Mary Lou Day
Miles Buchwaldt
Lillian Jen-Payzant
Stacey Mennie
Joan Savage
CELLO
Marcel van den Hurk
Lahni Russell Principal
Brenda Moats (flute, piccolo)
Supported by Sandra Beardsall, Bill Richards, Esther Cherland, David Jobling
OBOE
John Payzant Bernadette Wilson
Kevin Junk (oboe, english horn)
Carman Rabuka
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Christina Bakanec
Margaret Wilson Principal
Simon Fanner Maxim Pletnev
VIOLIN 2 Oxana Ossiptchouk Principal Karen Bindle Rosanne Daku Sophie McBean Arthur Boan
Scott McKnight
Evan Friesen
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Richard Carnegie Principal
James Legge Principal Supported by the Viola Section of the Saskatoon Philharmonic
Supported by Kay and Mark Turner in memory of Wayne Turner David Humphrey
Supported by Lilian and Doug Thorpe
Erin Brophey Principal
Melissa Goodchild
BASSOON Stephanie Unverricht Principal Supported by Mary Marino, in memory of Lucia Marino
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Marie Sellar (bassoon, contrabassoon)
James LeBlanc
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Don Schmidt Principal
Mathieu Pouliot Principal - On Leave
Carol-Marie Cottin Principal Arlene Shiplett Dubrena Bradley Anna Millan
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Personnel varies by concert. We gratefully acknowledge the support of additional musicians who perform with the orchestra when larger works are presented.
Violin: Evan Barber, Bryn Rees, Kristan Couture, Luke Hnenny – Viola: Emily Woytiuk, Michael Hrycay Flute: Jennifer McAllister – Bassoon: Peter Gravlin – Horn: Roxanne Inch – Trumpet: Frank Harrington Piano/Keyboard: Gillian Lyons – Percussions: Brad Litster
Our Named Principal Chair Program offers a unique opportunity for music lovers and donors to be recognized for their gifts and allows you to foster deeper and personally meaningful connections with the orchestra. A Named Principal Chair presents the opportunity for an individual, group, company, or foundation to name, honour, or remember someone special by attaching their name to one of the key positions in the orchestra. Being recognized as a donor to the SSO through the Named Principal Chair Program is about more than a financial commitment to your orchestra. This program will provide you with an important link to our musicians and artistic team. To name your chair, please contact Angela Kempf at 306.665.6414 or email development@saskatoonsymphony.org,
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SSO Shoots and Scores TAKING THE ORCHESTRA TO CENTRE ICE! Did you read The Hockey Sweater as a kid? Did you read it to your kids or grandkids? Remember the movie version that was on CBC? Well, now it comes to your orchestra. In the 30th anniversary year of Roch Carrier, the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra is proud to partner with the Saskatoon Blades and SaskTel Centre in an event that combines sport, music, childhood memories and new ones about to be made. A few years ago, the National Arts Centre Orchestra commissioned a composer to put the famous children’s book that follows a hockey-loving boy through the disappointment of getting the gift of the wrong jersey to music. Imagine the SSO at centre ice – stand for the anthem, throw the iconic images onto the score clock, and live out Canada’s greatest hockey tale. The story comes to life with Mayor Don Atchison (a former Blade himself!) as our narrator…and when
it’s all done, the kids will hit the locker room, play mini-sticks on the concourse, and take to the ice to skate with the Blades. “This is one of the most unique events we’ve ever done,” said Steve Hogle, president of the Saskatoon Blades Hockey team. “When the opportunity came along to partner sports with music in such a great way, we just had to make this one of the most unique things you can take your kids to.” The SSO will be the first orchestra to perform this concert in a rink—and definitely the first to do it on ice. “In a season where the SSO is finding out what it means to be an orchestra on the prairies, it goes without saying that somehow there needed to be a rink involved; I think this is one of the best kids’ concerts in Canada this year. Nothing else like it,” said Mark Turner, SSO. The game takes place on March 15 at SaskTel Centre – don’t miss the puck drop!
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Nathan Berg – A Hero’s Homecoming When the SSO set out to explore what it means to be an orchestra on the Canadian prairies, it was clear that it was high time the orchestra started asking some exceptional artists to come home. And the most exciting artist of the season is Nathan Berg. Berg was born in Spalding, Saskatchewan and attended high school at Luther Bible College in Outlook. But the rest, as the saying goes, is history. Nathan attended musical studies at some very prestigious schools; the most notable is the Guildhall School of Music in London, England. While at Guildhall he gained recognition winning the Kathleen Ferrier Competition, the Peter Pears Competition, and Guildhall’s Gold Medal. The English journalist Bernard Levin once wrote of the young Nathan Berg in The Times: “A Canadian baritone, Nathan Berg by name, with a voice not only powerful and full of meaning, but of such velvet beauty that the comparison cannot be avoided: surely the young Fischer-Dieskau sounded like this.” Since his debut singing Messiah in Paris in December 1992, Berg has become known for his contributions in Early to Classical
music periods in opera and concert. Highlights from his earlier career include performances and recordings with French early music group Les Arts Florissants with whom he recorded often. He also recorded Dvorak’s Stabat Mater with the late Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony which proved to be Shaw’s final recording and a German Lieder disc with pianist Julius Drake. Berg is an established recording artist with over 30 CD and DVD recordings to his name – he is a JUNO Award winner and Grammy nominee. And in the two decades that his career has spanned he’s worked with every important opera company and orchestra, and with the likes of Abbado, Ashkenazy, Boulez, Davis, Dohnanyi, Dutoit, Eschenbach, Mackerras, Masur, Maazel, Norrington, Ozawa, Salonen, and a recent recording of Beethoven Symphony 9 with the San Francisco Orchestra and Michael Tilson-Thomas. His achievements are exceptional. He is in demand around the globe for his performances ranging from the Baroque to Wagner. And his SSO performance in March marks the first time that he has performed with our orchestra. This is a big moment for music here: it’s time to celebrate a hero!
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Celebrating 30 Years! MICHAEL SWAN Saskatoon audiences have been very privileged. For 30 seasons, Michael Swan has sat to the left of every conductor that has taken the podium in Saskatoon. But Michael’s contribution to the city’s musical life has been so much more than simply sitting to the left of the conductor. He began violin studies at age five with Dorothy Overholt, and also studied with Norma Lee Bisha, Mark Reedman and Robert Klose as he was growing up. In 1979, he was awarded the Gold Medal for the highest standing in Canada for Royal Conservatory of Toronto ARCT violin examinations. Michael studied with Yuri Mazurkevich in the Faculty of Music at the University of Western Ontario, receiving the Hideo Saito Award for academic achievement in 1981 and 1982. Afterwards, he studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia with Aaron Rosand, receiving a Bachelor of Music degree in 1984.
Since September 1984, Michael has been concertmaster of the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Saskatoon Symphony Chamber Players. He has been a soloist with the orchestra a number of times in the Master Series and with the Chamber Orchestra. He performs solo recitals regularly, and has several compositions to his credit. He has been featured on CBC radio as a solo violinist and as a composer. Michael has been heard on the SSO stage as a composer – and music lovers in the city have reveled in his solo concerts where he showcases his ability to play baroque to modern repertoire. Michael, for your years of dedication and music making, your orchestra and audience salutes you!
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Espana – Chabrier 6 mins Espana is the most famous orchestral composition by French composer Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894). Written in 1883 after a trip to Spain, it was dedicated to the conductor Charles Lamoureux, who conducted the first public performance on 4 November 1883, at the Théâtre du Château d’Eau for the Société des Nouveaux Concerts in Paris. After a short guitar-like introduction, the first theme appears low on muted trumpets and recurs four times during the piece. This is followed by a flowing second theme (bassoons, horns, cellos). Bassoons introduce another idea, ben giocoso, sempre con impeto, after which instrumental sections take up a dialogue with another highly-rhythmic theme. After a return to the first theme, another flowing melody, dolce espressivo, on upper strings leads to a climax only broken by a marcato theme on trombones. Instrumental and thematic variants lead the piece to its ecstatic and joyous conclusion.
Concierto de Aranjuez – Rodrigo 30 mins The Concierto de Aranjuez has remained Rodrigo's most popular work. While he maintained that there was no program implied, the title refers to a famous royal enclave on the road to Andalusia on the Tagus River near Madrid. According to the composer, the music "seems to bring to life the essence of eighteenth-century court life, where aristocratic distinction blends with popular culture." The Concerto is meant to sound like the hidden breeze that stirs the treetops in the parks; it should only be as strong as a butterfly and as delicate as a veronica (a pass with the cape at a bullfight). The guitar solo that opens the Concerto sets up a series of strummed chords that promise, but delay, the arrival of the principal theme. Only a full minute later, after the orchestra has repeated the pattern, does the theme actually appear, played by the violins with the orchestra and soloist engaging in a musical dialogue. The Adagio is the heart of the Concerto, capturing for the concert hall the brooding Flamenco strains in a late-night bar. The guitar sinuously, even lovingly, embellishes a melody like an example of fine decorative Moorish calligraphy. The final movement comes like a splash of cold water on a sunburn. The movement is a series of free variations based on a lively sixteenth-century folksong. Interval
Sevillana – Elgar 5 mins This is a short piece for orchestra by the English composer Edward Elgar written in 1884 and published as his Op. 7. It was first published by Tuckwood, with the composer's revision of 1889 published by Ascherberg in 1895. It was dedicated to W. C. Stockley, conductor of the Birmingham Festival. The piece was composed when he was a young man of 26, shortly after the break-up of his engagement to Miss Helen Weaver.
Airs d’Espagne – Jose Evangelista 15 mins This piece consists of 15 folk melodies from Spain. They include worksongs, lullabies, entertainment songs, religious songs, etc. They come from a variety of regions and most of them are probably fairly old. These arrangements are not harmonizations. The melodies are
presented as such, or at most repeated, without formal developments or modulations. There is a systematic use of ornamentation and heterophony which nearly gives the impression of real polyphony, but with no counterpoint or chords. My purpose is to emphasize the validity of Spanish folk music in its pure linear dimensions, that is, as melody. As a matter of fact, many folk tunes are monodic originally, without harmonic accompaniment and they often exhibit modal features difficult to reconcile with the harmonic tonal language. This piece was commissioned by the CBC. J. Evangelista
Capriccio Espagnol – Rimsky-Korsakov 16 mins Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 1. Alborada 2. Variozioni 3. Alborada 4. Scena e canto Gitano (Scene and Gypsy Song) 5. Fandango Asturiano Many composers have been inspired by customs, melodies and national or ethnic characteristics of countries other than their own. Outstanding examples include Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio Italien, Bruch’s Kol Nidrei, Dvorák’s New World Symphony, Elgar’s Alassio, Mendelssohn’s “Italian” Symphony and the work heard here. Inspiration in this special compositional category comes to composers in many ways such as personal travel, attending performances by visiting foreign artists, or research and study. In the summer of 1887, Rimsky-Korsakov was visiting not Spain but Switzerland. Borodin had died in February and had left his opera Knyaz Igor (Prince Igor) uncompleted, and RimskyKorsakov undertook its completion. Rimsky-Korsakov had collected material that he originally planned to incorporate into a virtuoso violin fantasy on Spanish themes, but the final form of the work that emerged was that of a five-movement orchestral suite in which the movements are played without pause. The composer himself explained that the changes of timbres, the happy choice of melodic designs and figuration patterns that are precisely suited to each kind of instrument, the short virtuoso cadenzas for solo instruments, the rhythm of the percussion instruments, and so on, constitute in this piece the very essence of the composition. Although it is true that the work derives much of its effect from brilliant orchestration, the composer insisted that the piece is a “brilliant composition for orchestra,” not a “brilliantly-orchestrated composition.” In the first movement in A Major, an alborada (morning song), the full orchestra introduces the two principal themes. Violin arpeggios lead to the second movement, “Variations,” which is in the unrelated key of F Major. The French horn announces the theme and five short variations follow. A flute solo leads to a recall of the opening alborada, now transposed to B-flat Major with different orchestration. The fourth movement, “Scene and Gypsy Song,” begins with a roll on the side drum. Five cadenzas are heard, followed by a harp glissando. The gypsy song, a seductive cantilena in the violins, grows in drama and intensity, and builds to a whirling climax. A rhythmic theme for trombones begins the final movement, Fandango Asturiano. Woodwinds present a second theme, and the music becomes extremely lively. The work concludes with a © Ted Wilks recall of the alborada theme.
Lucas Waldin conductor Lucas Waldin is a dynamic and versatile conductor with a blossoming international career. Combining a command of the standard repertoire with a flair for pops and a passion for education and outreach, he has appeared to great acclaim across Europe and North America. Currently Artist-in-Residence and Community Ambassador with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Lucas was named to the newlycreated position after three seasons as the orchestra’s Resident Conductor. The tailor-made post will see him lead the ESO in nearly 20 concerts each season while focusing on establishing strong ties with the community through inventive outreach initiatives. He will also act as director of the ESO's new El Sistemainspired program, YONA - Sistema. With over 100 appearances to date with the Edmonton Symphony, Lucas has collaborated with some of North America’s finest musicians including Jens Lindemann, Angela Cheng and Sergei Babayan and conducted in Carnegie Hall during the ESO's participation in the 2012 Spring for Music festival. An experienced conductor of pops and crossover, he has worked with a range of artists from Ben Folds to the Barenaked Ladies and has led numerous multimedia presentations such as Blue Planet Live and Disney in Concert. Strongly dedicated to contemporary music, Lucas has focused on the work of Canadian composers. He has performed over 25 Canadian compositions including six world premieres, and has collaborated closely with composers such as John Estacio, Allan Gilliland, and Malcolm Forsyth. In recognition of his accomplishments, Lucas was awarded the 2012 Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestra Conducting by the Canada Council for the Arts. Lucas studied conducting and flute at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and has conducted in master classes with Helmuth Rilling, Michael Tilson-Thomas, Colin Metters, Kenneth Kiesler and Bernard Haitink. Prior to his appointments with the Edmonton Symphony, he was twice a Discovery Series Conductor at the Oregon Bach Festival and Assistant Conductor of Cleveland’s contemporary orchestra, {RED}. He has conducted the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Symphony as a participant of the St. Magnus Festival, and was invited to lead the Cleveland Orchestra, the Montreal
Symphony Orchestra, and the Kansas City Symphony in rehearsal. In Europe, he has performed with orchestras including the Staatstheater Cottbus, Bachakademie Stuttgart, and the Jugendsinfonieorchester Kassel, while in Canada he has worked with the KitchenerWaterloo Symphony, Orchestra London and the Toronto Symphony. Upcoming debuts include concerts with the National Arts Centre Orchestra and the Houston Symphony.
Daniel Bolshoy guitar Daniel Bolshoy is committed to bringing the guitar to the attention of audiences everywhere. He is regularly praised for his friendly and informative spoken introductions, and progressive programming of solo and chamber music. His concert tours take him from prestigious international concert stages to remote villages and houseconcerts. Mr. Bolshoy has performed as a soloist with many orchestras internationally and across Canada. This season he performs with the Kingston Symphony, the Canada West Chamber Orchestra and the Israel Chamber Orchestra. Daniel Bolshoy has performed for many prestigious festivals and has toured under the auspices of Prairie Debut, Debut Atlantic, Jeunesses Musicales du Canada and Musique Royale. He has performed for the Debut Series in Montreal and Vancouver and for the CBC/NAC Debut series in Ottawa. Concerts in the United States include a tour for Live on Stage and numerous appearances at music festivals and universities. Among recent orchestral appearances are concertos by Rodrigo, Ponce, Kernis, and Castelnuovo-Tedesco with international orchestras. He has been invited to the jury of the Tabula Rasa Guitar Competition as well as concerto soloist in Ponce's Concierto del Sur in an upcoming tour of Russia. Daniel Bolshoy appears on seven commercial CD recordings: Resonance, España (Boldan Music), McGillicuddy's Rant (Centaur Classics), and as guest artist on Isabel Bayrakdarian's latest album Tango Notturno (CBC Records), Marc Hervieux's A Napoli (ATMA) and with Pinchas Zukerman and members of the NAC in a special CD to benefit the homelessness in Vancouver. His most recent solo CD Soñando Caminos (ATMA) is devoted to the works of Spanish composer Eduardo Sainz de la Maza. His recitals are frequently broadcast on CBC Radio, and he has also appeared in two documentary films for the Bravo! (TV) series entitled The Classical Now.
Daniel Bolshoy has been invited to participate as a jury member in several international music competitions, including the Guitar-Gems festival in Israel, the Tabula Rasa festival in Russia, and the National Finals of the Canadian Federation of Music Festivals. Mr. Bolshoy has recently been appointed to the position of head of the guitar division at the University of British Columbia School of Music. He is also the head of the guitar department at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra School of Music where he gladly welcomes everyone. His students have won awards in competitions, and scholarships to leading Universities and Conservatories, including the top two awards in the Canadian Music Festival competitions, in 2008 and 2009. Daniel Bolshoy is a D'Addario Gold Performing Artist, he performs on D'Addario Strings.
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Michelle LaBrash
Land & Estates Management Inc.
Jacques Lanteigne
Frederick Leighton
Leland Kimpinski LLP
Joyce & Karl Lenz Shelly Loeffler
Mairin Loewen
Henri Loiselle
Brent Longstaff
Brenda & Wayne MacDonald
Colin Macdonald & Theresa Skwara* Heather MacDonald
Effie MacLean Estate Margaret Marcoux
Peggy & Tim Martin Mary Matwyuk
Marjorie Mazzei
Sophie McBean Judy McCrosky
Vicki McDougall
Allan McGuire
Hugh & Sheryl McKee Donald McKercher Robert McLellan
Shirley & Wallace McNeil Dean McNeill
Phav Meekins Ivar Mendez
Meyers Norris Penny B.J. Michaels
Stuart & Dorothy Middleton Isabelle Mills
Lawrence Mitchell Brenda Moats
Margaret Monks Joanna Morrow
Jacqueline Mowchenko Ans Nahirney
Peter H. Neijmeijer Willette Neijmeijer
Hillary Nelson
Matthew Neufeld
Ken & Vel Neumann
New Community Credit Union
Ross Nikiforuk
Earl Nostbakken Hilda Noton
Pat Nowoselski Noella Nutting
Wendy Obrigavitch Grattan O'Grady
Catherine O'Leary Verna Olfert
Constance Owen-Jones Martha Pankratz George & Ellen Parchomchuk
Rosanna Parry Photography Ceri Patrick
Jamesy Patrick John Patterson John Payzant
Ronald & Betty-Ann Perkins Jan Phillips Joe Ponic
Mathieu Pouliot Ned Powers
John Prietchuk
Kathryn Probert
Sinikka Purmonen Henriette Quessy Vern Ratzlaff Neil Rawlyk
Robert & Sylvia Regnier Norrie Reid
Wilson Reid
Ruth Radostits
Karen Reynaud
Arlene Reynolds Betty Reynolds*
Kathy Rhoden
Dorothy Riemer
Al & Sandra Ritchie Myrna Rolfes
J. Frank Roy
Lila Rudachyk
Leslie Ruo
Alan & Edda Ryan Nicole Ryan
Rhonda Sader
Andrea Sargent
Saskatchewan Registered Music Teachers Assoc.
Saskatoon Community Foundation
Saskatoon Co-operative Assoc. Ltd.
Saskatoon Funeral Home Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Saskatoon's Composers' Performance Society
Saskatoon Youth Music Theatre
Harvey & Grace Sauder George Schmid Judy Schmid
Angela & Randy Schmidt Viola Schmidt Don Schmidt
Kassidy Schneider
Ralph & Marg Schneider Frances Schultz
Sheila Scott
Marie Sellar
Kate Toews
Arlene Shiplett
Michael Tyrrell
John Senior
Phillip Settler
Robert D. & Lura Mae Meeds Sider Fund*
Audrey & Peter Siemens Rod & Denise Simair
Bonnie & Grant Skomorowski
Rosemary Slater Shanon Sofko Ruth Solheim
Charlene Sorensen
Harmony Souls
Elenor & Gordon Sparks Darci Speidel
Marie Spencer
Terry Stannard Pius Steckler
Stephanie Stefanson-Pexa
Peter Stoicheff & Kathryn Warden Frank Strange
Sunrise Publishing
Ian & Meredith Sutherland
P. Michael & Margaret V. Swan
Olive Swerhone
Edward & Dorothy Tymchatyn United Way
University of Saskatchewan Brian Unverricht
Ursulines of St. Angela's Convent Agnes Valade
Douglas Vaughan Tanya Veeman
Marilyn & Jim Veikle
Albert & Marjorie Veroba
Anthony & Darlene Walliser Mary Sue Weinmaster Johann Wentzel Erika Wentzel
Ross Wheaton Elsie White
Shannon Whyley
Victor & Erna Wiebe Katie Wiens
Bill Wildeman
Dennis Will
Michael Williams
Heather Wilson Marilyn Wipf
TCUPlace
Gary & Amy Wobeser
Kenneth Thomas
Catherine Zeilner
The Gallery / Art Placement Karin Tate
Derek Thompson
William Yang Yip Memorial Fund*
Thomas & June Zurowski
Our donor recognition policy is continuing to evolve, and we appreciate your continued assistance in helping us to ensure that we have your preferred names or anonymity requests for future donor acknowledgements. If you would like to change the way we display your name or your name has been accidentally omitted, please contact Angela Kempf, Director of Development, at development@saskatoonsymphony.org or 306-665-6414.
*Gifts made through the Saskatoon Community Foundation
Upcoming Events
March 4 TIME FOR TODDLERS Wednesday, March 4, 2015, SSO Rehearsal Hall, 408 20th St. W, 9:30 pm
15 THE HOCKEY SWEATER (FAMILY SPECIAL) Sunday, March 15, 2015 SaskTel Centre, 2:00 pm
20/21 THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC, THE CORE AT PAVED ARTS Friday, March 20, 2015, PAVED Arts, 424 20th St W, 7:30 pm Saturday, March 21, 2015, PAVED Arts, 424 20th St W, 7:30 pm
28 SASKATCHEWAN CELEBRATION (MASTERS SERIES) Saturday, March 28, 2015, TCU Place, Sid Buckwold Theatre, 7:30 pm
April 19 SEPTET (PLAYERS CHOICE SERIES) Sunday, April 19, 2015, Delta Bessborough, 2:30 pm
25 THE MUSIC OF LED ZEPPELIN (POPS SERIES) Saturday, April 25, 2015, TCU Place, Sid Buckwold Theatre, 7:30 pm
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SASKATOON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The concept is simple: find 2,000 donors to give just $100 each to the SSO before May 31, 2015. Your tax deductible donation will be generously matched dollar for dollar by the Frank and Ellen Remai Foundation and for every gift of $100 a seat will be reserved for you at a special concert and champagne party this November. The only way to get in on this is to be one of the 2,000 so that we can say, “Thank you!� musically! For more information visit saskatoonsymphony.org/share-in-the-future or call Angela at 306.665.6414