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Apr 28 2022

VANCOUVER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA DEBUT!

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…

Mar 31 2022

CALGARY PHILHARMONIC DEBUT on April 9th!

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…

Mar 21 2022

SARAH SINGS THE MUSIC OF JONI MITCHELL WITH ORCHESTRAS ACROSS CANADA

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…

Nov 11 2021

SOCAN BOARD APPOINTMENT!

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…

Sep 5 2021

FEBRUARY 2022 CONCERT DATES

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…

Sep 5 2021

Canadian Screen Award Statue Arrives!

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! 

Jun 23 2021

Canadian Screen Award WIN!

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…

Mar 30 2021

2021 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD NOMINATION!

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…

Mar 9 2021

JUNO NOMINATION for CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR!

WOW! Sarah's collaboration with Symphony Nova Scotia and composer Christos Hatzis has been nominated for a Juno Award, Canada's celebrated music prize, in the "Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral" category!! Congratulations to all our wonderful colleagues on…

Mar 4 2021

EAST COAST MUSIC AWARD NOMINATION!

We're pleased to announce that Sarah's collaboration with Symphony Nova Scotia and composer Christos Hatzis has been nominated for an East Coast Music Award - wooooo! Congratulations to all the musicians, Christos, producer Jeff Reilly, conductor Bernhard Gueller and all…

Feb 17 2020

COVID-CANCELLED SYMPHONY DATES

Three concerts with orchestras on Sarah's schedule for the 2020 season have been cancelled or rescheduled. The National Arts Centre Orchestra date on April 17 and Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec April 24-25 have both been cancelled. We hope to present…

Sep 7 2019

NEWS! 2020 SHOWS & RECORDING NEWS

SLEAN / HAWKSLEY WORKMAN 2020 TOUR 

That’s right, these spiritual siblings are teaming up again for 9 tour dates in 2020! 
They will be playing and singing on each other’s songs, and bringing two extra musicians with them. 

Stories, laughs…

Nov 20 2018

NEWS – DOWNLOADABLE SHEET MUSIC AND MUCH MORE!!!

Hey everybody – I’ve missed you! So much news! Read on… 

SYMPHONY NOVA SCOTIA: CONTEST ALERT! 

After months of prep – I’ll finally be in Halifax this week with Symphony Nova Scotia rehearsing for our big shows this Friday November…

Mar 10 2018

SONG IN CTV HIT SHOW “CARDINAL”

Sarah penned a dark and mournful song called “Personne ne M’Entend” for the season finale of CTV’s crime drama “Cardinal” with friends Todor Kobakov (the composer for the series) and First Nations singer/songwriter Jacques Nadjiwon. To be released worldwide later…

Mar 10 2018

CANADIAN FILM CENTRE ADVENTURES

Sarah has been a resident film composer at the Canadian Film Centre since July 2017. The CFC will be taking the composers to Los Angeles mid-March for a week of film scoring activities – woo! 
Sarah has been writing and…

Mar 10 2018

VINCE MENDOZA – JONI MITCHELL TRIBUTE WITH ORCHESTRA!

 

What an incredible concert with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra on Saturday March 3rd! 

Sarah sang a full selection of Mitchell songs from the acclaimed albums “Travelogue” and “Both Sides Now”, as arranged by multi-Grammy Award winner Vince Mendoza – who…

Jun 22 2017

NEW VIDEO & TOUR DATES

Today, singer-songstress Sarah Slean announces her upcoming Canadian fall tour in support of her 9th studio album, Metaphysics. Metaphysics was released on April 7th via Cadence Music/Fontana North and features two CBC Radio 2 – Top 20 songs Sarah and…

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Jun 21 2017

METAPHYSICS REVIEWS

“Metaphysics is a tour de force.” – NUVO Magazine 

“breathtakingly compelling, evocative and immersively lush new album…” 
– Music Life Magazine 

“Her songs are simple, poignant and utterly personal, infused with jazz, classical, pop and Latin influences. Sarah Slean’s classiness…

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Nov 3 2016

PRE-ORDERS FOR SARAH SLEAN’S NEW ALBUM – METAPHYSICS

 

Pre-order Sarah’s first recording in 5 years – the gorgeous, moody epic “Metaphysics”, featuring her breathtaking arrangements for string orchestra and the brilliant production contributions of Canuck gems Hawksley Workman, Daniel Romano, Jean Martin and Joshua Van Tassel. Mixed by…

Jan 26 2016

THE BARONESS AND CRIMSON PEAK

 

So, as you may have heard, last April I was Jessica Chastain’s piano-pounding body double in the Guillermo Del Torro thriller “Crimson Peak”. Crazy, right? Let me tell you, it was more than a fluke opportunity – it was more…

Oct 7 2015

NEW ORCHESTRA DATES FOR 2016 ADDED!

We’re delighted to announce the addition of three new shows with orchestra in 2016, all of them will be debuts for Sarah! 

Stay tuned for more Canadian dates in April as the site undergoes a creative re-birth. 

Sarah is working…

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Feb 1 2015

FALL EUROPEAN TOUR

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED Monday, August 19th, 2013

Here are the dates for Sarah’s September Tour across Europe… 

September 13 : Paris, France – Le Zebre (w/ Thomas Semence) 
September 19 : Dublin, Ireland – Whelan’s (w/ Ian Kelly) 
September 20…

Feb 1 2015

GREAT MERCH ALERT ! MINI TOUR DIARIES: LIMITED EDITION

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED Saturday, September 14th, 2013

Ever wonder what it`s like to be on tour on foreign soil – strange new places everywhere you turn? During the month of September while on tour in Europe, Sarah will be creating a…

Feb 1 2015

HOLIDAY MAGIC, FREE SHOW IN TORONTO

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED Sunday, November 3rd, 2013

It has been two years since Sarah has last played her home town of Toronto. On November 16th, Sarah will be joined by a string section and play the Bloor-Yorkville’s 2013 Holiday Magic lighting…

Feb 1 2015

LIVE DVD

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED Thursday, May 15th, 2014

WOW! Final editing is now underway for the DVD filmed in Montreal on April 5 in front of a sold out crowd. 

The performance featured an octet of incredible string players, bass, drums and…

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