Sarah will be returning to the beautiful Orpheum Theatre to perform with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra! “Broadway Reimagined” is a show orchestrated and created by Mike Janzen, a phenomenal jazz musician, vocalist and orchestrator - it's full of extraordinary new…

Sarah will be performing at the Sweetwater Music Festival in Owen Sound this September! Bret Higgins on bass and Ryan Granville-Martin on drums - a rare trio set in an intimate setting. Check tour page for details! 

"Canuck Cantatas” won the award for Best New Opera at the Dora Mava Moore Awards last month!! For this compelling new Canadian production by Against the Grain Theatre, Sarah and renowned librettist Royce Vavrek collaborated on the “Kimberley Dunbar Suite”…

Don't miss Sarah's performances with the Black Dog String Quartet in BC! 

• Oct. 3 Blueshore Finanical Centre at Capilano University, North Vancouver BC
• Oct. 4 Shadbolt Centre, Burnaby BC

Don't miss Sarah's performances with the string quartet from the Calgary…

Sarah will be composing a number of exciting commissions for this year and next: 

• new choral work for the Elora Singers, to be premiered Dec 16-17 at their annual concert event
• 5 new cantatas for the Against the Grain Theatre…

I'm thrilled to be singing the music of Joni Mitchell April 12, 2025 with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra! Check the tour section for ticket links and information.  

I will be collaborating with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra again this year!  This time, I will be singing the extraordinary contemporary classical piece “Ecstasy” by my friend and mentor, Christos Hatzis - a work we first recorded with Symphony Nova…

Juno and Gemini Award-nominated Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah Slean joins the  ESO on the Winspear stage to pay tribute to the iconic Joni Mitchell. Slean sings classics from the Canadian legend's noteworthy albums Both Sides Now (2000) and Travelogue (2002) -…

Sarah is teaching the Intro to Film Scoring course at York University for the fall semester! Sarah began her university education in 1996 at York studying piano performance with Christina Petrowska.  

The Art of Time Ensemble, led by Artistic Director, Andrew Burashko brings one of its classic ‘songbook’ programmes, featuring the sensational Sarah Slean, with music by Randy Newman, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Sarah Slean, Brahms and many others.

Canadian bright light Sarah Slean is a four-time JUNO- and two-time GEMINI-nominated performer, and a CSA-winning composer with 25 years of wide-ranging experience in music. Joined by Ottawa’s Ironwood Quartet, this special collaboration will feature Sarah’s original chamber compositions, vintage…

Sarah is thrilled to be working on two new commissions for the National Arts Centre Orchestra and their spectacular 2023-24 season! The concerts will feature some outstanding singers from the Canadian Opera Company - more soon! Big Hint: Clara Schumann……

BIGLAKE and BASE31 are proud to present a very special concert celebrating the 80th birthday of Canada’s musical legend and hero, Joni Mitchell. Multi JUNO and GEMINI nominated performer, singer songwriter Sarah Slean has performed this programme for sold-out audiences…

Sarah will be singing an expanded program of Joni Mitchell music this October 28th with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra! New charts will include “Circle Game”, “River”, “Hejira”, “Refuge of the Roads” and more… Sarah first sang selections from Joni's Travelogue…

Sarah was a composer on Season 3 of the hit show “Detention Adventure” alongside talented composers Amin Bhatia, Ari Posner and Antonio Naranjo, and the music has just been nominated for a Canadian Screen Award (Best Original Music - Comedy)…

Sarah will be hosting the national classical music program "About Time" for two weeks this summer - July 25-29th and August 22-26th! Mark you calendars and tune in for some fascinating modern choices and the timeless classics... 

Two trips to beautiful BC within 6 months! Sarah will be performing with the Kamloops Symphony March 10-11 in 2023 for their spring season.  This will be the third orchestra in British Colombia that Sarah has collaborated with - first…

Sarah will make her debut with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra this October 28th and 29th at the stunning Orpheum Theatre as part of the VSO's 2022-23 season! Sarah will be singing a program of Joni Mitchell songs from the Travelogue…

Sarah will be singing the program of beautifully orchestrated Joni Mitchell songs with the fabulous musicians of the Calgary Philharmonic on April 9th (next Saturday) conducted by Karl Hirzer!

Stay tuned here for another orchestra debut announcement coming very soon…

Stages are opening up again and we couldn't be happier! Sarah has performed a program of Joni Mitchell songs (as orchestrated by the legendary jazz composer Vince Mendoza) with the Niagara Symphony Orchestra on February 19 and 20th and recently…

Sarah has been newly elected to SOCAN's Board of Directors! SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) administers and protects the performing and reproduction rights of more than 160,000 songwriters, music publishers, composers, and visual artists. In…

Hurray - many exciting shows to announce this week, and more next week! 

Sarah will be performing a full set of Joni Mitchell's exquisite music, arranged for full orchestra, with both the Niagara and Regina Symphonies.  These are the original…

This will look nice on the piano! Heartfelt thanks to the entire Detention Adventure team, and my excellent music colleagues with whom I share this incredible honour! 

In May, Sarah won her first Canadian Screen Award, alongside her co-composers Ari Posner, Amin Bhatia and songwriter Antonio Naranjo, for her work on the show "Detention Adventure"! Huge thanks to the amazing team on this show - from the…

Sarah has been nominated in the category of "Best Original Music - Fiction" for her composing work on the series Detention Adventure (HBO, CBC GEM)! This is her first CSA nomination. Sarah co-composed the score for Season 2 with esteemed…