Proudly presented by

with

Maestro Victor Sawa conducting the

Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra

Saskatoon Children’s Choir,featuring

Dwayne Brenna, narrator

and an array of special guests in tonight’s orchestra!

VICTOR’S HOLIDAY SPECIAL

Saturday, December 11, 2010TCU Place, Sid Buckwold Theatre, 7:30 pm saskatoonsymphony.org

Saturday, February 26, 2011 TCU Place, Sid Buckwold Theatre, 7:30 pm

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Maestro Victor Sawa, Music Director

Franz Berwald Symphony Singuliere, Movt. 1

Tan Dun Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Chen Yan Xin Galloping Horses

Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 1

Featuring music from the movie “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”

and China’s most popular composer

Masters Series

George Gao erhuVictor Sawa conductor

with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra

Want to learn more about the music? Join Dr. David Kaplan and friends. TCU Place, Green Room, 6:55 pm. Free with concert ticket.

Stay for an after-party following the concert. Meet Maestro Vic, George Gao and musicians from the orchestra. Cash bar.

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Saskatoon Symphony OrchestraExperience the LIVE concert!

FEBRUARY 5, 2011TCU PLACE

Maestro Victor Sawa conducting

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Saskatoon Symphony OrchestraExperience the LIVE concert!

FEBRUARY 5, 2011TCU PLACE

Maestro Victor Sawa conducting

Tickets on sale now!

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RUSSIAN ROMANCE Masters SeriesMartin Leung piano, Maestro Victor Sawa conductorSome of the world’s most romantic and exotic music! YouTube sensation and Video Games Live star, classical pianist Martin Leung shows his passionate side. P. Tchaikovsky Polonaise “Evgeny Onegin” Piano Concerto No. 1N. Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade

It’s HOTon the SSO stagethis winter!

Saturday, January 15TCU Place, Sid Buckwold Theatre, 7:30 pm

Saturday, January 29Third Avenue United Church, 7:30 pm

BACH AND BEYOND Chamber Orchestra SeriesGuy Few trumpet, Maestro Victor Sawa conductor One of the most brilliant brass players of his generation (Toronto Star). Guy Few returns for an evening of trumpet virtuosity and creative genius with the masters of baroque. J. S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F MajorG. Handel Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 1, Royal Fireworks Music A. Corelli Christmas Concerto in G minor

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Presented by

Presented by

Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra

Maestro Victor Sawa conductor

— Guest Artists —

Saskatoon Children’s Choir directed by Phoebe Voigts

Dwayne Brenna

Special Guests for Haydn’s Toy Symphony include:

His Worship, Mayor Don Atchison, City of Saskatoon Melva Armstrong, Editor/Publisher, WHOLifE Journal

Lane Bannerman - Saskatoon Hilltops #32Cam Broten - MLA, Saskatoon Massey Place

Ken Cheveldayoff - MLA, Saskatoon Silver SpringsTrish Cheveldayoff - CTV News at NoonCorporal Russ Clark - Saskatoon RCMP

Nathan Draper - Saskatoon Hilltops #60Vic Dubois - General Manager, Saskatoon Media Group

Cam Fuller - Columnist, The StarPhoenixChris Getzlaf - Saskatchewan Roughriders slotback #89

Chris Hengen-Braun - Saskatoon Hilltops, 2010 Canadian Bowl Champions #58Peter MacKinnon - President, University of Saskatchewan

Mike McCullough - Saskatchewan Roughriders lineback #45Ryan Olsen - Saskatoon Blades centre #9

David Rybinski - Huskie Football defensive lineman #56Tommy Stipancik - Saskatoon Blades defenseman #24

Mark Von Eschen - Director, Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan

VICTOR’S HOLIDAY SPECIAL

proudly presented by

tonight’s program

A Christmas Festival Leroy Anderson

Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) Mel Torme/Robert Wells

Parade of the Toy Soldiers Leon Jessel/Gould Morton

Brother Heinrich’s Christmas - John Rutter Saskatoon Children’s Choir

with Dwayne Brenna, narrator

— Intermission —

Nutcracker: Trepak and Waltz Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Sleigh Ride Leroy Anderson

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Johnny Marks

Toy Symphony Joseph Haydn

Sing along carols:

Hark the Herald Angels Sing Felix Mendelssohn

Deck the Halls Welsh Carol

O Come, All Ye Faithful John Wade

Angels We Have Heard on High Old French Carol

We Wish You a Merry Christmas Old English Carol

meet maestro vic

Victor Sawa is a triple threat of talent, experience and personal dynamism in the orchestral world. Now Music Director of the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, he holds similar positions with orchestras in Sudbury and Regina. He was prev-iously Resident Conductor with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (1993-1997), Music Director with the North Bay Symphony, the Guelph Youth Orchestra and the Kitchener-Waterloo Orchestra. He also served as Principal Clarinet with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. He has been guest conductor for orchestras across the country.

Maestro Sawa has received many awards and honours, including three Canada Council awards for Conducting, a Grand Prix du Disque—Best Chamber Music Recording (Canadian Chamber Ensemble), a Grammy award (with the New England Ragtime Ensemble), and the Tanglewood Festival award for Outstanding Musician. A Montreal native, Mr. 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 and is also a graduate of the Pierre Monteux School for Advanced Conductors.

Music Director / Conductor, Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra

meet the orchestraViolin 1Michael Swan (Concertmaster) Martha Kashap (Assistant Concertmaster) Mary Lou Day Lillian Jen-Payzant Joan Savage Simon Fanner Maxim Pletnev

Violin 2Oxana Ossiptchouk (Principal) Karen Bindle Oriana Watt Sarah Tsoi Rosanne Daku Karen Ogle Sophie McBean

ViolaJim Legge (Principal) Saache Heinrich Jeremy Janzen Katie McBean

CelloScott McKnightJohn Payzant Bernadette Wilson Terry SturgeMartine Drew

BassRichard Carnegie (Principal) David Humphrey David Grosse Warren Hay Dave Pyra

FluteRandi Nelson (Principal) Brenda Moats

OboeErin Brophey (Principal, temporary)Kevin Junk

ClarinetMargaret Wilson (Principal) Bradley Powell

BassoonPeter Gravlin (Principal) Marie Sellar

HornCarol-Marie Cottin (Principal) Arlene Shiplett Dubrena Myroon Micajah Sturgess

TrumpetTerry Heckman (Principal) Daniel Funk

TromboneDon Schmidt (Principal) Brian Unverricht Dawn McLean-Belyk

TubaBrent Longstaff (Principal)

TimpaniDarrell Bueckert (Principal)

PercussionMark AltmanNikoly KarnaukhDavid Bindle

PianoGillian Lyons

The Saskatoon Children’s Choir was founded in 1996 by its artistic director, Phoebe Voigts. In the years since, they have developed a reputation for their musical sound, creative spirit and commitment to excellence. The choir performs a wide variety of compositions with a particular emphasis on classic literature, international folk music and Canadian works. The choir is sponsored and nurtured by the Saskatchewan Music Educators Association.

The choir regularly appears as guest artists of the SSO and has accepted invitations to perform with the Calgary Girls Choir, Prairie Virtuosi, the Greystone Singers, the Barenaked Ladies and folk singers Valdy and Connie Kaldor. Recording credits include four CDs, feature performances on radio and tv, and the CBC Christmas CD, A Gift of Song, with baritone Henri Loiselle.

The Saskatoon Children’s Choir believes that music crosses all cultures and borders, that all children can be a voice for peace and that they have an obligation to contribute to building a future of hope for the world. From 2000-2002 the SCC supported the International Campaign to Ban Landmines through concerts, education platforms and signatures. This project, endorsed by Nobel Laureate Jody Williams, included a performance tour of France and Spain, the release of the CBC CD, Fields Interrupted, and a guest performance at the Canadian/American International Peace Gardens. In 2005 and 2006 the choir performed the children’s opera Brundibar in Saskatoon, Regina and Winnipeg. This opera was first performed in 1942 by the children of the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp.

The choir has twice been awarded Kathaumixw’s Elmer Iseler Award (2000 and 2004) for best performance of a Canadian work. Other awards include First Place (folk) from the International Choral Kathaumixw (2000); First Place (children’s choir) at the Festival Internacional de Musica de Cantonigros (Spain: 2002); Second Place (children’s choir) and Second Place (folk) from Kathaumixw 2004; and the Leslie Bell National Award for Choir (2003). Both Apprentice and Concert Choirs have been awarded the Isabelle Mills Award for outstanding choral achievement.

In July 2009, the SCC embarked on a performance tour of Austria and the Czech Republic. In Vienna, they participated in the prestigious Summa Cum Laude Festival, and were awarded two first prizes: First Place “with outstanding success” in the category of treble choirs, and the Summa Cum Laude Award of the City of Vienna for best choir of the festival, which they accepted from the Lord Mayor of Vienna.

If you would like further information Saskatoon Children’s Choir, please feel welcome to contact the choir office at 306 249 3927.

meet the saskatoon children’s choir

the saskatoon children’s choir

Alanna Barr

Christine Beaubier

Christina Beck

Dana Blumrich

Abigail Boison

Myiah Boison

Callandra Bosovich

Marie Chatlain

Rachel Cooper

Camille Cousyn

Gabrielle Cousyn

Samantha den Hollander

Lara Donnan

Bronwyn Edwards

Cassidy Ens

Sarah Ferwerda

Madison Flaherty

Kenna Forrester

Anna Glasgow

Caitlin Glasgow

Julie Hunchak

Zoe Johansen-Hill

Monica Koroluk

Glenda Lindgren

Hannah Luther

Tia Lynn

Veronica Maestrocampo

Brooklyn Mattila

Caroline May

Emily McBean

Sabryna McCrea

Emily McEwen

Rachel McKen

Aiden McRorie-Wilson

Cecilia Nguyen

Lauren Ochitwa

Mariel Ong

Alysse Sailor

Hannah Sollid

Jaymie Stachyruk

Cassidy Venne

Suraya Verlangen

Chloe Walmsley

Dale Wilson

Agnitha Xavier

Amy Zhou

Phoebe Voigts, Artistic Director

Michelle Aalders, Accompanist

Choristers

Dwayne Brenna has acted at the Stratford Festival and appeared on television in nationally and internationally broadcast programs including For the Record, Judge (CBC Toronto), The Great Electrical Revolution, and The Incredible Story Studio (Mind’s Eye). His movie credits include The Wars, Painted Angels (with Kelly McGillis), Black Light (with Michael Ironside), and The Impossible Elephant (with Mia Sara). A series of character-based vignettes called The Adventures of Eddie Gustafson, written and performed by Professor Brenna, had a five-year run on CBC Radio.

He has authored several books, including Scenes From Canadian Plays, Eddie Gustafson’s Guide To Christmas, and Emrys’ Dream: Greystone Theatre in Words and Photographs. His next book, tentatively entitled Our Kind Of Work: the Glory Days and Difficult Times of 25th Street Theatre, is forthcoming in 2011. He has contributed articles to Theatre Notebook (London), The Dictionary of National Biography (London), The Routledge Who’s Who of World Theatre (London) and the Czech journal Theatralia.

Dr. Brenna has participated actively in the administrative life of the University of Saskatchewan, and served as Head of the Department of Drama for eight years. He is currently a member of Faculty Council. Having completed his PhD at the University of London (England), Dr. Brenna is an active proponent of internationalization at the U of S. He was involved in the development of an exchange with Masaryk University in the Czech Republic, where he taught a module on Canadian theatre. He has taught (and learned) mask in the aboriginal village of Boruca in Costa Rica. He regularly leads a study abroad course in London and Stratford-upon-Avon for students at the U of S.

His stage plays have been produced at Dancing Sky Theatre in Meacham, 25th Street Theatre in Saskatoon, and Neptune Theatre in Halifax.

meet dwayne brenna

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Christmas carol sing-along

It’s holiday seasonat the Symphony!

Hark! The Herald Angels SingHark! The herald angels sing,“Glory to the newborn King;Peace on earth, and mercy mild,God and sinners reconciled!”Joyful, all ye nations rise,Join the triumph of the skies;With angelic hosts proclaim,“Christ is born in Bethlehem!”

Chorus:Hark! The Herald Angels sing,“Glory to the newborn King!”

Christ, by highest Heav’n adored;Christ the everlasting Lord;Late in time, behold Him come,Offspring of a virgin’s womb.Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;Hail incarnate Deity,Pleased as man with man to dwell,Jesus our Emmanuel.

Chorus

Hail the heav’n born Prince of Peace!Hail the Son of Righteousness!Light and life to all He brings,Ris’n with healing in His wings.Mild He lays His glory by,Born that man no more may die.Born to raise the sons of earth,Born to give them second birth.

Chorus

Deck the HallsDeck the halls with boughs of holly,Fa la la la la, la la la la.Tis the season to be jolly,Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Don we now our gay apparel,Fa la la, la la la, la la la.Troll the ancient Yule tide carol,Fa la la la la, la la la la.

See the blazing Yule before us,Fa la la la la, la la la la.Strike the harp and join the chorus.Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Follow me in merry measure,Fa la la la la, la la la la.While I tell of Yule tide treasure,Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Fast away the old year passes,Fa la la la la, la la la la.Hail the new, ye lads and lasses,Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Sing we joyous, all together,Fa la la la la, la la la la.Heedless of the wind and weather,Fa la la la la, la la la la.

We won’t go until we get some;We won’t go until we get some;We won’t go until we get some, so bring some out here.

We wish you a Merry Christmas;We wish you a Merry Christmas;We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Angels We Have Heard on HighAngels we have heard on highSweetly singing o’er the plains,And the mountains in replyEchoing their joyous strains.

Refrain:Gloria, in excelsis Deo!Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Shepherds, why this jubilee?Why your joyous strains prolong?What the gladsome tidings beWhich inspire your heavenly song?

Refrain

Come to Bethlehem and seeChrist Whose birth the angels sing;Come, adore on bended knee,Christ the Lord, the newborn King.

Refrain

We Wish You a Merry ChristmasWe wish you a Merry Christmas;We wish you a Merry Christmas;We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Good tidings we bring to you and your kin;Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;Oh, bring us a figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer.

O Come, All Ye FaithfulOh come, all ye faithful,Joyful and triumphant,O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;Come and behold him,Born the King of angels;

Chorus:O come, let us adore him,O come, let us adore him,O come, let us adore him,Christ the Lord.

God of God, light of lightLo! He abhors not the Virgin’s wombVery God, begotten, not created.

Chorus

Sing, choirs of Angels,Sing in exultation,Sing, all you citizens of heav’n above.Glory to God in the highest!

Chorus

Yea, Lord we greet TheeBorn this happy morning;Jesu, to thee be glory giv’nWord of the FatherNow in flesh appearing.

Chorus

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